Earth Observation Science University of Twente in Netherlands

National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) is recruiting a Researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term contract employee in the Water and Sediment Disaster Prevention Research Division , within the Extreme Weather Disaster Research Area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. The position is tied to the project Research and Development on Observation and Prediction Technologies for Mitigating Wind and Flood Damage . The work focuses on research and development for extre...

Postdoc opportunity at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in machine learning, numerical modelling, wind flow prediction, coastal dunes, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and aeolian sand transport . The Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University is recruiting a 2-year postdoctoral researcher to improve coastal dune models using machine learning and numerical modelling . The project focuses on building a surrogate wind field model that can provide fast an...

Wageningen University & Research is advertising a fully funded PhD position on radar remote sensing for detecting logging in tropical forests . The project addresses illegal timber trade by developing scientific tools to detect logging activity and logging intensity across pantropical forests and to help verify claimed timber origin. The PhD will work with novel satellite radar data, process and analyse remote-sensing datasets, develop and test methods for logging detection, and contribute to mu...

PhD opportunity with Imago (SDR UK Imagery Data Service) for a project on flood mapping , earth observation , satellite imagery , and real-time flood prediction . The project aims to develop a national-scale flood mapping system that integrates satellite-derived embeddings with hydrodynamic simulations to support prediction of flooding anywhere in the UK. The successful candidate will be based at Newcastle University and co-supervised by Maria Valasia Peppa from the Imago team. This is a PhD ope...

TU Delft is advertising a PhD position in Marine Renewables , Energy System Modelling , and Societal Impacts under Climate Change . The project sits in the Marine Renewable Energies Lab within the Offshore Engineering Section of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Delft University of Technology . The research focuses on how climate change reshapes wave climates, marine renewable energy potential, and coastal systems. The successful candidate will work on resilient future energy systems an...