Location: Milos Island, Greece. George Eliopoulos Milos Conference Centre
Conference Dates: June 17-19, 2009.
Website: http://milos.conferences.gr/statgis2009
Keynote Speakers:
- Noel Cressie, Ohio State University: Spatio-Temporal Random Effects Filtering
- Hans Wackernagel, Ecole des Mines de Paris: Data assimilation for epidemiological surveillance
- Stefano Nativi, CNR-IMAA, University of Florence: Multidisciplinary interoperability architectures, some GEOSS and GMES experiences
StatGIS is addressed to researchers in academia and research institutes, as well as practitioners and industry professionals who want to learn about recent developments in spatial statistics and their applications, and to share their experiences in these areas.
Conference Topics
Topic A. Monitoring networks and Sensor Webs
Topic B. Service Oriented Architectures for Environmental Monitoring
Topic C. Statistics and spatial metrics for Environmental Monitoring
Topic D. Open Source tools for Environmental Web Services
Topic E. Applications and Case Studies
Topic F. Visualisation and Decision-Making
Topic G. Socio-economical benefits of Service Oriented Architectures for Environmental Monitoring
Postdoctoral position (12 months) Soil Carbon Accounting and Monitoring
Location: The University of Sydney, Australia
Deadline to apply: 30 December 2008
Expected Commencement: February 2009
Contact: Alex McBratney a.mcbratney@usyd.edu.au
Project Description
Soil systems are recognised as a significant terrestrial sink of carbon. The reliable assessment and monitoring of soil carbon stocks is of key importance for soil conservation and in mitigation strategies for increased atmospheric carbon. However, currently there is no reliable and efficient scheme for monitoring and accounting for soil carbon storage. This project will design an effective sampling system for monitoring the content and changes of C in the soil within a farm.
Eligibility:
Participants must have a PhD in Soil Science, or related sciences, with experiences in field sampling, knowledge in statistical sampling will be beneficial.
Please send CV with a letter of application and the names of two referees to: a.mcbratney@usyd.edu.au
GEOITALIA 2009, VII Italian Forum of Earth Sciences
September 9th-11th, 2009 - Rimini, Italy
There will be a Session on:
Use diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and soil color calculation in soil science to evaluate antropic impact and environmental degradation indices
Contact: sellitto@unimol.it
http://www.geoitalia.org/index.php?action=folder_list&folder_id=103
The Pedometrics group at the University of Sydney is seeking high-quality researchers to work on an ARC Future Fellowships. Candidates must possess strong academic background and working on pedometrics or digital soil mapping topics.
* applicants must be between 5-15 years since award of PhD (as at FT due date of 26 Nov 08). There is an opportunity to seek exemption due to career interruption, non research employment etc.
* 3 salary levels available: 95K base (5-9 yrs postdoc), 115K (7-11 yrs), 135K (10-15 yrs). In addition, up to $50K pa available for infra, equip, travel and relocation costs. Fellowship duration is 4 years FTE, earliest commencement date is 1 July 09;
Full details for FT are at: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm
Closing date is 10 Nov 2008.
Send your CV and interest immediately to Alex a.mcbratney@usyd.edu.au
Postdoctoral position (18 months)
Spacetime modelling of soil redistributions in complex agricultural landscapes
Location: UMR LISAH, Montpellier (France)
Deadline to apply: 30 November 2008
Expected beginning: January- March 2009
Supervisor: Y. Le Bissonnais, and S. Follain
Contact: follain@supagro.inra.fr
Program description:
Soil redistribution within the landscape modifies local soil properties and is a major process of soil degradation in agro ecosystems as well as potential soil improvement (ex: soil thickening) in some specific landscape positions (colluvial deposition).
Aims of this postdoctoral position are to provide a model allowing 3D estimation of soil redistribution in complex agricultural landscapes. This modelling should take into account
i) main soil redistribution processes (different in nature and intensity from one site to the other),
ii) soils characteristics and the three dimensional nature of the pedological cover and
iii) the landscape design (landuse/ land management/ landcover).
Eligibility:
Participants must have a PhD level in Soil Science, Physical Geography, Hydrology or related sciences, with a significant background in numerical modelling. Experience in soil erosion research will be appreciated.
Applicants should show a letter of recommendation, or referee reports.
Links:
www.umrlisah.fr
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