CIRES​/NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Postdoctoral Associate in Ocean-Atmosphere

The University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and NOAA’s Physical Sciences Lab(PSL) in scenic Boulder, Colorado, seeks a curious and capable Postdoctoral Associate to help advance understanding and model representation of tropical ocean-atmosphere coupling. The spatial organization and variability of the upper tropical ocean is intimately linked to transports of moisture and energy between the ocean, marine atmospheric boundary layer, and overlying free troposphere.

Variability arising from ocean-atmosphere coupling has downstream impacts on marine resources and ecosystems critical to commerce, human health, and coastal tourism. Furthermore, understanding and modeling ocean-atmosphere coupling across scales is critical to water monitoring and prediction efforts to address a variety of societal needs, including agriculture, water supply, energy, water security, and public safety.

The researcher will work with NOAA and CIRES scientists at PSL to process, analyze, and report on a variety of environmental data collected during the TEPEX field campaign (e.g. physical upperocean and atmospheric measurements: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). This will also involve performing ocean-atmosphere coupled convection permitting simulations and applying statistical and machine learning methods to examine and advance ocean-atmosphere coupled understanding and modeling.

The postdoctoral associate will work in coordination with various NOAA PSL Research Divisions to provide the scientific guidance and support needed to address the NOAA PSL Science Research Themes of Marine Resource Management, Water Resource Management, and Predicting Extremes.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

CIRES is an internationally recognized leader in innovative environmental science and research and is located at the University of Colorado Boulder. At CIRES, more than 900 environmental science professionals work to understand the dynamic Earth system, including people’s relationship with the planet. CIRES has partnered with NOAA since 1967, and our areas of expertise include weather and climate, changes at Earth’s poles, air quality and atmospheric chemistry, water resources, solid Earth sciences, and more.

Our vision is to be instrumental in ensuring a sustainable future environment by advancing scientific and societal understanding of the Earth system.

NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) conducts research to advance the prediction of water availability and extremes. PSL's Atmosphere-Ocean Processes and Predictability (AOPP) Division investigates the role of ocean processes, air-sea interaction, and tropical-extratropical exchanges on climate variability and predictability. The AOPP Division uses a combination of data analysis and modeling to better understand and characterize physical mechanisms driving Earth's weather and climate, on time scales ranging from days to decades both to advance understanding and improve forecasts.

• (30%) Leads original research efforts aimed at improving understanding and model representation of tropical ocean-atmosphere coupling and convective variability. These efforts will include performing high resolution ocean-atmosphere coupled simulations, as well as working with observational data…