Postdoctoral Researcher (f_m_x) – Flood Risk and Adaptation under Climate Change

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This position is part of the project u201cKAHR 2.0: Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Wiederaufbauprozesse nach der Flutkatastrophe in Rheinland-Pfalz und Nordrhein-Westfalen: Impulse fu00fcr Resilienz und Klimaanpassungu201c. The position is responsible for developing and providing locally tailored flood projections under climate changeu00a0and plays a key role in evaluating flood safety targets and risk-reduction measures.u00a0

We are looking for a candidate to run the GFZ model chain RFM (Regional Flood Model) for catchments in Germany. This includes implementing and validating specific components (the weather generator nsRWG and the hydraulic model RIM2D) and running the entire model chain for current and future climate. In addition, the successful candidate uses the model chain to develop stress tests, assess the effectiveness of specific risk-reduction measures, develop maps of compound flooding, and provide climate factors to regiona...