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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT) of the Norwegian University of Environmental and Life Sciences (UMB) in Ås, Norway, offers PhD-scholarships in different research areas, hereunder physical geodesy. Applicants are expected to send in a research proposal, describing their desired PhD project. Deadline for receipt of a full application is in mid Mai 2009. The section of Geomatics at IMT hereby invites interested PhD candidates to consult the section in order to prepare a proposal with relevance to the following field of research.

Field of research:
The gravity field of the Earth gives insight into the mass distribution and mass transport in the Earth system. This is relevant information for geophysical models on various spatial and temporal scales. There are several techniques to observe and model the gravity field. Measurements are taken on the ground as well as onboard ships, airplanes or satellites. It is a major task to combine different observations and to exploit them in the best possible manner to support research in other geosciences. Today there are two relevant gravity satellite missions, GRACE and GOCE. The latter has high relevance for physics of the solid Earth and oceanography, while GRACE plays a key role in global mass transport, e.g. in connection with hydrology and glaciology. Preferably the research project is concerned with the use of satellite data, mathematical modeling and/or combination with terrestrial data. Ideally the research is
carried out in connection to geophysical application.

Research environment:
The project will be carried out at IMT, in cooperation with Bayerische Kommission für die Internationale Erdmessung at the Bavarian Academy of Science and Humanities (BAdW) in Munich, Germany. IMT is equipped with a FG5 absolute gravimeter, which allows observation of temporal gravity variations on ground. Both BAdW and IMT carry out research in glaciology, which provides options for close cooperation.

Contact:
Interested candidates are invited to consult the section of geomatics at IMT, in order to prepare a full proposal. Please contact
Prof. Bjørn R. Pettersen ( Este endereço de e-mail está protegido contra spam bots, pelo que o JavaScript terá de estar activado para que possa visualizar o endereço de e-mail , ++47 32136612 or ++47 97585117) or
Dr. Christian Gerlach ( Este endereço de e-mail está protegido contra spam bots, pelo que o JavaScript terá de estar activado para que possa visualizar o endereço de e-mail , ++47 64965462).