PhD position - Developing drone-based trace gas observations with...

PhD position - Developing drone-based trace gas observations with modelling-based emission verification

The goals that this project is pursuing are highly societally relevant. Applicants can contribute to the identification and quantification of atmospheric sources of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances; while at the same time being at the forefront of technology development through work with drones, ultra-sensitive sampling and detection systems, and local-scale near real-time modelling. The work will be carried out at the Institute for Climate and Energy Systems: Stratosphere (ICE-4) and Troposphere (ICE-3). We study chemical, microphysical and dynamical processes in the atmosphere and the role they play in the climate system and air pollution.

We are seeking a new Ph.D. student in the ''Ultra Trace gases'' group (ICE-4) to establish and perform drone-borne measurements of various trace gases using air sampling techniques in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The modelling activities of the PhD project will be integrated in the "Air Quality and Emission Optimization" group (ICE-3) and aim at expanding the group's modelling system to assess the emission strengths of ozone-depleting substances. The Ph.D. work also offers the opportunity to participate in the Graduate School HITEC (