Weather and Climate Research GMAO Reanalyses

Organization

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

0297-NPP-NOV
26-GSFC-Earth Sci

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly‑talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or a NASA‑affiliated research institute. These one‑to‑three‑year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

This position focuses on evaluating new reanalyses in the context of critical weather and climate physical processes represented in the Earth System reanalysis. Potential research topics include:

• Earth Energy Imbalance – the influence of observations in the water and energy budgets
• Regional closure of the water and energy cycles
• Developing quantitative uncertainty through analysis of ensemble spread
• Use of reanalysis in applied science sectors (e.g., Energy, Agriculture)

The research will require analysis of large data sets using NASA high‑performance computing.

Earth Science

Amal EL Akkraouri – amal.elakkraoui –

Michael Bosilovich – Michael.

G.Bosilovich –

Potential candidates should have a Ph.D. in climate science or a related field. Other desirable qualifications include:

• Strong data analysis skills, including experience working with large climate datasets
• Programming experience, particularly in Python, and proficiency with UNIX platforms (Matlab, IDL, and/or GrADS use are favorable)
• Experience with peer‑review publications; publishing a Ph.D. dissertation is strongly encouraged

• Citizenship: LPR or U.S. Citizen
• Degree:
  Doctoral Degree