What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rainmaker Technology Corporation | WRF Modeling Specialist position at Rainmaker Technology Corporation?
We're seeking a full-time, dedicated Weather Research & Forecasting Model (WRF) specialist whose primary focus will be supporting our precipitation enhancement programs. This position is exclusively focused on WRF modeling applications and optimization for modeling at high spatial and temporal resolution.
Responsibilities
- Model Configuration and Development : Configure and maintain WRF model setups in different domains. Simulate both convective processes in warm cloud systems, focusing on convective seeding to enhance precipitation through droplet growth and coalescence, and glaciogenic seeding in cold cloud systems, examining ice nucleation and crystal growth dynamics to evaluate precipitation enhancement and cloud microphysics.
- Data Assimilation and Initialization : Design and implement data assimilation strategies using multiple data sources (surface observations, radiosondes, dropsondes, radar, satellite). Develop preprocessing workflows to ingest and quality-control observational data. Create automated procedures for model initialization and boundary condition updates.
- Model Analysis and Verification : Conduct comprehensive analysis of WRF model output focusing on cloud properties, precipitation processes, atmospheric stability, and QPE. Perform systematic model verification against observational data, and inform future measurement principles to improve model accuracy and confidence.
- Precipitation Enhancement Applications : Validate and support precipitation enhancement operations by providing advanced forecasting models for convective storm systems at high spatial and temporal resolution.
Preferred Qualifications
