The candidate should have a solid background in physics, earth/environmental sciences or related disciplines, data analysis and processing. Skills in climatology and remote sensing data processing are also useful.

The research activities will be conducted within the LARMA Laboratory of the Enzo Ferrari Engineering Department (www.Larma.Unimore.It) and at the Modena Geophysical Observatory belonging to the same Department (www.Ossgeo.Unimore.It). The research team is composed by three professors, three research technicians, two postdocs and two PhD students. The team members have expertise in remote sensing, urban heat island and surface urban heat island, geographical information systems, atmospheric modelling and dispersion and numerical simulation. Since 1860, the Geophysical Observatory has been dealing with measurements of meteoclimatic parameters such as temperatures, humidity, wind speed and direction and precipitation (it was recognized in 2020 as ""Long-term Observing Station"" by the World Meteorological Organization). Direct and diffuse solar radiation, and radiation in the UV band are also measured in the Observatory. The LARMA laboratory is equipped with numerous software and tools for processing satellite images (ENVI, Definiens Ecognition) and includes dedicated HPC resources.