USGS Mendenhall Fellowship Opportunity: Novel Uses of Infrasound to Study Active Volcanism
From: David Fee <dfee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Mendenhall Research Fellowship Opportunity #10: Novel Uses of Infrasound to Study Active Volcanism
Although the use of infrasound for monitoring man-made nuclear explosions has been well documented, the complete applications of infrasound in the geosciences are only beginning to be fully grasped. In particular, infrasound has been shown to be a powerful tool for studying many types of volcanic unrest. We seek a talented, Ph.D. level scientist with a background in geophysics, physics, or acoustics to explore a growing archive of infrasound data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and others to better understand any number of the following topics in naturally generated infrasound:
-Processes related to volcanic unrest
-Atmospheric gravity waves excited by volcanic explosions
-How atmospheric wave propagation and infrasonic ambient noise affect signal detectability
Beyond the use of infrasound to investigate any of these topics, the detailed research plan is left to the Postdoctoral Fellow to formulate. The project is expected to involve the analysis of infrasound data, numerical modeling of infrasound propagation, and the deployment of infrasonic microphones.
Research Advisors: Matthew Haney (Alaska Volcano Observatory, mhaney@xxxxxxxx), David Fee (Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, dfee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx), Victor Tsai (Caltech, tsai@xxxxxxxxxxx), and Jonathan Hagstrum (USGS Menlo Park, jhag@xxxxxxxx).
Project Website: http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/2013/opps/opp10.html
Duty Station: Anchorage, AK
Application Deadline: February 21, 2012
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David Fee
Assistant Professor
Wilson Infrasound Observatories
Geophysical Institute - UAF
903 Koyukuk Drive - Rm 506G
Fairbanks AK 99775-7320
office: 907.474.7564
fax: 907.474.7290
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