EPSRC CASE Studentship --- Professor Graham Upton (+ RAL)
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The overall aim of the project is to assess the ability of commercially-operated microwave links to estimate precipitation rates.
This 3-year PhD research studentship (Start Oct 1 2004) is open to UK students. The EPSRC stipend (£10,500 for 2004/5) will be enhanced by £2000 pa from the CCLRC. A minimum of 3 months will be spent working at the Chilbolton Observatory (Hampshire) or at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL).
The project should appeal to a student who enjoys data analysis.
The difficulty lies in collecting together the relevant data from the mass of data supplied available. An idea of the equipment available can be gained by visiting http://www.rcru.rl.ac.uk/weather/metdata.htm
The subject area will enable the student to gain some knowledge of meteorology, hydrology and telecommunications --- and a future career as a statistician working in any of these areas might result.
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For further information about these studentships, visit
http://www.essex.ac.uk/maths/admissions/pg/index.htm#studentships
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NERC CASE studentship --- Dr. M. R. Johnston (+CEFAS)
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Modelling nutrient loads in UK estuaries
This 3-year PhD research studentship (Start Oct 1 2004) is open to UK students. The NERC stipend (£10,500 for 2004/5) will be enhanced by £2500 pa from CEFAS. A minimum of 3 months will be spent working at at CEFAS at Felixstowe.
See www.cefas.co.uk
The objective of this research project is to use existing but little used large data sets to start to determine the factors regulating nutrient loads from river catchments flowing into UK estuaries and coastal seas. The EU Water Framework Directive demands that the UK, along with other European countries, implement the Directive, and this requires understanding of sources of nutrients and their management at a catchment and subcatchment scale. Understanding of the main factors influencing nutrient loads from catchments to estuaries is a necessary prerequisite to such management. The ultimate goal is to link the sensitivity of nutrients loads in UK estuaries to human-induced changes in contributing river catchments.
Prof. G. J. G. Upton,
Professor of Applied Statistics/Environmetrics
Dept of Mathematical Sciences/Centre for Remote Sensing and Environmetrics,
University of Essex, Essex. CO4 3SQ. UK
Tel: 01206 873027 Fax: 01206 873043 Sec: 01206 872704
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