Climate Data Analysis Using GPS Radio Occultation

Organization

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

0103-NPP-MAR
26-JPL-Earth Sci

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

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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.

GPS radio occultation (RO) observations have a number of unique characteristics that make them highly complementary to infrared and microwave passive sounders, including high vertical resolution, all‑weather remote sensing, and coverage of the diurnal cycle. With over ten years of continuous data record, GPS RO can now be used effectively to study the seasonal climatology as well as diurnal, intraseasonal, and interannual variabilities and trends of various atmospheric properties.

We seek a postdoctoral scholar to perform rigorous climate data analysis using GPS RO and other complementary data. Research topics can include, but are not limited to, tropopause trend and variability, climatology of planetary boundary layer depth, and diurnal variability of water vapor.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California

Earth Science

Chi Ao
chi.o.aoa.gov
818‑393‑6640

Manuel de la Torre Juarez
Manuel.

Delatorrejuareza.gov
818‑354‑4548

Applications from citizens of Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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

Degree:
Doctoral Degree.

Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp.

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