Oceanographer

Duties

You will be responsible for the development, construction, maintenance, and upgrades of data models, databases, and environmental products for physical oceanographic parameters and the preparation of the software tools to facilitate doing this work.

You will be responsible for the setup, implementation, and validation of 2D barotropic circulation models and/or 3D circulation models in support of Navy and/or Maritime Homeland Defense requirements.

You will draw valid scientific conclusions from analyses of varied physical oceanographic observations and applications of fundamental oceanographic theories.

You will assess and evaluate data, such as temperature, salinity, sound speed, and ocean current measurements, for consistency and accuracy.

You will prepare currents measurements data as required to conduct ocean currents analysis.

You will be responsible for preparing climatological and real-time prediction data for ingestion into Tactical Decision Aids.

You will participate in interdepartmental and interagency meetings and committees with personnel from a variety of disciplines in order to transition oceanographic techniques to the operational environment and support the use of Department products.