OFERTA DE TESIS DOCTORAL EN ESTUDIO DE TSUNAMIS
22 ABR 2019 - 11:54 CET
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PhD Position available on Tsunami Hazard
One fully funded (salary and research) PhD position on "Quantification of uncertainty in local tsunami models in the context of multi-hazard and multi-risk applications", supported by INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) is available at the University of Bologna (Italy) within the PhD program "Future Earth, climate change and societal challenges".
The doctoral candidate will develop the research activity with Dr. Jacopo Selva at INGV Bologna, in collaboration with Prof. Alberto Armigliato (University of Bologna), and Dr. Stefano Lorito and Dr. Manuela Volpe (INGV Roma).
The candidate will work at INGV Bologna, which is a stimulating environment with researchers and students active in many fields of geophysics, including seismology, volcanology, and ocean sciences. The doctoral candidate will also participate to the broader activities of CAT (tsunami warning center of INGV, service provider within the NEAMTWS and for the Italian Civil Protection), and of the Tsunami Research Team at the University of Bologna (TRT-UNIBO), with a multi-decadal experience on the numerical modelling of tsunami generation by earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions, of tsunami wave propagation and of their impact. These groups are very active and presently participate to numerous Italian, European, and International projects on these topics.
The position is financed for 3 years, which is the typical duration of the PhD studentship.
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TIME FRAME
Applications will be accepted until the 15th of May 2019 at 01:00 PM (CET). Successful candidates should start the 1st of November 2019.
PROJECT TITLE
Quantification of uncertainty in local tsunami models in the context of multi-hazard and multi-risk applications
SUMMARY
This project will focus on the quantification of uncertainty in local tsunami models in the context of multi-hazard and multi-risk applications. Specific points of interest are:
1) Characterization and quantification of uncertainty in local hazard assessments for seismically induced tsunamis. We will consider aleatory and epistemic uncertainty arising from source selection as well as tsunami generation, propagation and inundation with NLSW models on topo-bathimetries at metric precision. The goal is to study the sensitivity of various tsunami intensity measures (tsunami height, velocity, energy flux, etc.) to different choices on hazard modelling, such as on source selection and filtering, on uncertainty of topo-bathymetric data, on tsunami modeling choices and boundary conditions, etc., in order to incorporate the effective uncertainty in local hazard quantifications.
2) Inclusion of tsunami hazard in local multi-hazard and multi-risk quantification. We will develop potential procedures dealing with the management and the combination of multiple intensities (correlated or independent) that may strike a target simultaneously or in short times. The focus will be on local hazard quantification for seismic and seismically induced tsunami hazards. The goal is to produce a multi-hazard output that may enable an effective multi-risk quantification, in which the potential effects of multiple phenomena that may impact a built and/or inhabited environment are accounted for simultaneously.
REQUIREMENTS
The applicant should have a master degree and a solid background in Earth Sciences, in particular in fluid dynamics, tsunami science and/or hazard assessments. The students will be integrated in a dynamic research group and we are looking for highly motivated candidates with a keen interest in deepening the challenge of tsunami hazard quantification, seen as part of multi hazard risk reduction chain.
INFORMATION
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For more information, the applicants may also contact Jacopo Selva (jacopo.selva@ingv.it).
