Weather and Climate Data Analyst – Student Employee in Palo Alto…

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Job title: Weather and Climate Data Analyst – Student Employee
Company: Electric Power Research Institute
Job description: Job Title: Weather and Climate Data Analyst – Student Employee
Location: Palo Alto, CA, Remote/Home Based, Washington, D.C.
Job Summary and Description:
This student internship opportunity is with the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group at EPRI (http://esca.epri.com), a team of leading earth scientists, climate economists and energy system analysts. In this role, you will contribute to the Climate Resilience Analysis project team’s research activities and efforts to improve understanding of climate risk and approaches to enhance energy-societal resilience. EPRI works with stakeholders to characterize current and projected trends in relevant weather and climate variables, identify potential climate impacts, complete quantitative climate risk assessments, and assess possible response strategies.
This internship is designed for an advanced graduate… student with demonstrated quantitative analysis and coding skills with applied experience with weather and climate data products. You will support the acquisition of weather and climate data that will be used for physical climate risk assessments, climate adaptation and resilience strategies, and related topics. Specifically, you will create a streamlined process for weather model data (HRRR, NBM, NAM, ECMWF, and GFS) acquisition in Python and conduct basic analyses of the data. This work will be done in close collaboration with project leads. You may also be asked to support the team’s broader portfolio of projects, including work with climate projection data (e.g., CMIP6 or downscaled products) and/or integration with energy system data and tools. You may also assist project managers with communications and writing reports as needed. Strong consideration will be given to candidates with demonstrated Python skills and familiarity with weather and climate data.
The ESCA team offers the opportunity to work with established experts in a stimulating and innovative research environment to tackle some of today’s most pressing societal challenges – energy and climate change – in collaboration with electric companies and government entities.
You can choose to work remote, in one of EPRI’s offices, or a mix of the two. Internship timeframe is flexible with a target of 3 months duration. Hours can be flexibly arranged around coursework or teaching loads, ranging from 15 hours (part-time) to 40 hours (full-time) per week.
Internship Qualifications
• Graduate student in meteorology, climate sciences, geography, earth sciences, environmental engineering, energy resources, computer science, or a related field; preference for current PhD students.
• Experience collecting and analyzing weather and climate data (weather and climate model outputs, surface station observations, reanalysis products, satellite observations, etc.)
• Excellent Python skills
• Technical aptitude and experience with quantitative and data analyses and methods.
• Familiarity with the published literature and policies relating to climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (e.g., IPCC WGII domain), climate scenarios and projected changes, and climate-energy-economics is a plus.
• Excellent research and writing skills; strong oral communications skills; ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
• A positive attitude, comfortable working both collaboratively and independently.
Expected salary:
Location: Palo Alto, CA – Washington DC
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