Lancaster University
Senior Research Associate in Satellite Altimetry - 0787-26
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Senior Research Associate in Satellite Altimetry
Lancaster Environment Centre
Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
Salary: £39,906 to £46,049 (Full-Time/Indefinite with End Date)
Closing Date: Friday 11 September 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 0787-26
Please note: this job is only available to current employees of Lancaster University
We are seeking to recruit an independent, highly-motivated senior post-doctoral researcher to work on the development and implementation of Kalman Filtering workflows to be applied to satellite altimetry data acquired over the polar ice sheets. Joining the UK’s Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM), and the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, you will work on the NERC PICANTE project, which is studying the drivers and impacts of extreme events in Antarctica. As part of this project, you will work to develop and evolve a new Kalman Filtering framework, adapting it to be able to ingest data from multiple different satellite missions, and to deploy these workflows at scale.
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Based at Lancaster University, you will join our dynamic and rapidly-growing group of polar researchers, who use satellite observations, climate models and field measurements to study the cryosphere. We offer a friendly and supportive environment for developing a career in polar research, and our group includes PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and more senior academics. Lancaster University has been named University of the Year 2018 and International University of the Year 2020, and is ranked in the top 10 UK Universities and the top 1% in the World.
The anticipated start date for this 1-year post is September 2026.
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