Context And Mission

We are looking for an atmospheric data scientist / modeler to join the Atmospheric Composition group within the Earth Sciences department at the BSC-CNS. Composed of about 50 members (research engineers, predocs, postdocs, senior scientists), the AC group aims at better understanding and predicting the spatiotemporal variations of atmospheric pollutants along with their effects upon air quality, weather and climate. This is addressed through the continuous development and application of numerical models over multiple scales, from weather to climate and from integral to urban scales. The AC group is the research backbone of the Multiscale Online Non-hydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model (MONARCH), a cutting-edge atmospheric composition model used for both research and operational activities, that contains advanced chemistry and aerosol packages coupled online with a meteorological driver. MONARCH is part of the ensemble Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS)



regional air quality forecasting system that provides operational forecast and analysis over Europe. CAMS is a key component of the European Union’s Earth observation system. MONARCH also runs operationally at the first World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Barcelona Dust Regional Center (BDRC) for Northern Africa, the Middle East and Europe, and the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) ensemble of global aerosol forecasts. The group also develops the HERMES emission model, which provides high-resolution anthropogenic emissions for Spain and Europe.
Anthropogenic emission inventories remain one of the largest sources of uncertainty in air quality modelling: they are typically compiled with a delay of several years, rely on activity data and emission factors with large uncertainties, and poorly capture rapid changes in human activities. At the same time, the current and upcoming generation of Earth Observation (EO) missions – such as TROPOMI on Sentinel-5P or the

📌 Predoctoral student (Barcelona)
🏢 Barcelona Supercomputing Center
📍 Barcelona