Dear GLIMS participants Please have a look at the announcement below which is related to ESAs new GlobGlacier project. For further details please visit: http://dup.esrin.esa.int/projects/summaryp98.asp or see the article by Espen Volden on page 5 in the Clic newsletter: http://ipo.npolar.no/newsletters/archive/ice_climate_2007_06_no_09.pdf With best regards, Frank Paul - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Open PhD position: Global glacier monitoring within the ESA project GlobGlacier We invite applications for a Ph.D. research position for mapping and monitoring of glaciers at a global scale by advanced satellite remote sensing and GIS techniques within the framework of the ESA project GlobGlacier. Besides the further development of automated glacier mapping techniques from multispectral sensors under challenging conditions, a special focus is on the integration and post-processing of data from different sensors (incl. microwave) and sources to generate a set of products for various user communities as well as on the assessment of glacier changes. The successful candidate has a strong background in multispectral remote sensing (incl. orthorectification and DEM generation with SPOT and ASTER), glaciology (incl. field experience and global observing strategies) and applied geo-informatics (incl. geomorphologic modelling and data bases). She or he is expected to apply the developed techniques to a large number of glaciers in regions with poor data. The interdisciplinary research activity will be performed in close cooperation with project partners in Switzerland, Austria, Norway and UK as well as international organizations and programs (WGMS, GLIMS, NSIDC, GCOS/GTOS). The project is funded by ESAs DUE program for a maximum period of three years and will be performed at the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. The deadline for applications is 23. October 2007, the earliest start of the work is 1. November 2007. The salary is according to the rules of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Please send a letter of interest and a CV with a description of your relevant university courses (both in PDF format) to: fpaul@geo.unizh.ch. With thanks for your interest and kind regards, Frank Paul