WIVERN Project Manager

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Location ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands Description: WIVERN, WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope, is the 11th Earth Explorer Mission. It is designed to deliver the first global observations of the three-dimensional wind field, along with associated cloud and precipitation structures, across a wide range of atmospheric phenomena. In addition, it will provide valuable observations of sea ice and snow, as well as ocean surface currents. These observations will address critical gaps in the current global observation system. At the heart of the mission is a conically scanning 94 GHz Doppler radar, which operates from a 500 km near-polar orbit. With a 3 metre conically scanning antenna, the mission will sample across an 800 km swath, with vertical resolution of 600 metres and horizontal resolution of approximately 1 kilometre. With quasi-daily global coverage, WIVERN will enable the measurements of in-cloud winds from the surface to the upper stratosphere. You will report to the Earth Explorer Missions Programme Manager, within the Earth Observation Programmes Department. You will be responsible for managing the WIVERN implementation (Phases B1/B2/C/D/E1), covering space and ground segments. D...