Solar System Exploration: Radiative Transfer Modeling of Infrared Spectra Planetary Atmospheres

Solar System Exploration:
Radiative Transfer Modeling of Infrared Spectra for Planetary Atmospheres

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Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Reference Code 0038-NPP-MAR
26-GSFC-Planet Sci

How To Apply All applications must be submitted in Zintellect. Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements:

How to Apply

| NASA Postdoctoral Program.

A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents

Final date to receive applications 3/1/2026 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

Description

Radiative transfer modeling of infrared observations of the planets and their satellites from spacecraft, balloons, and ground-based telescopes yield information on the thermal structure and composition of the atmospheres, as well as composition and temperatures of surfaces. For example, infrared spectra returned from the Voyager 1 and 2 IRIS and Cassini CIRS instruments at the outer planets, and the Mars Global Surveyor TES and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instruments at Mars have allowed for the retrieval of atmospheric temperatures, gas abundances, aerosol composition, optical depth and physical properties.

The objective of this task is the development of radiative transfer models and retrieval algorithms to quantitatively characterize the state of planetary atmospheres.

Location Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science Planetary Science

Advisors

• Conor Nixon, conor.a.nixon,
• Gordon L. Bjoraker, Gordon.
  
  L.Bjoraker,
• Michael
  
  D. Smith, Michael.
  
  D.Smith,
• Alain Khayat, Alain.
  
  Khayat,

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Eligibility Requirements Degree:
Doctoral Degree.