Radiative Transfer and Climate Model

Radiative Transfer and Climate Model Postdoctoral Researcher

Join to apply for the Radiative Transfer and Climate Model role at ORAU
. This postdoctoral position is part of the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) and focuses on advancing radiative transfer algorithms for NASA GISS’s general circulation model (GCM).

• Develop the radiative kernel approach to study different feedbacks in the climate system.
• Investigate the coupling among clouds, sea ice, and ocean in the polar climate system and the effect of ice‑atmosphere feedbacks on sea ice evolution.
• Improve the physical representation and speed of computation for the GISS climate model, particularly the treatment of cloud in homogeneity at GCM grid scale (~200 Km) and the K‑distribution parameterization for gaseous absorption.
• Develop fast spectral radiance simulation techniques and implement the observational system simulation experiment (OSSE) based on the GISS climate model for climate change detection and attribution.
• Evaluate climate modeling results through comparison with satellite measured and retrieved climate variables, especially domain‑averaged spectral and broadband radiation.
• Investigate radiative interaction and feedbacks between different atmospheric constituents and the climate system.
• Parameterize bio‑heating processes in ocean and sea ice in the climate model to study biophysical forcing and interactions between radiation and variations in ocean biological and physical fields.

• Experience in mathematical, statistical methods, data analysis, and Fortran.
• Preference for candidates familiar with radiative transfer.
• Preferred area of study:
  Mathematics/Physics, Atmospheric or Climate Science.

Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, New York.

Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp
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Eligibility is currently open to:

• U.S. Citizens;
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);
• Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J‑1 visa status; and
• Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with
  1) a valid EAD card and
  2) I‑485 or I‑589 forms in pending status.

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