Improving understanding of smoke and ice cloud properties resulting from pyroconvective activity by combining information from polarimetric, lidar, and TIR inst
ORAU2 days ago
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Summary
ORAU is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to improve understanding of smoke and ice cloud properties resulting from pyroconvective activity in Pasadena, CA. The role involves contributing to the NASA INSPYRE mission by creating retrieval and modeling frameworks for data analysis.
About the Role
As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you will engage in research to constrain the role of pyrocumulonimbus in the climate system and characterize their links to extreme wildfire behavior. You will utilize airborne and satellite sensors to analyze aerosol and ice cloud formation during pyroconvective activity, contributing to significant scientific questions in Earth Science.
About You
Required:
- Doctoral degree in Earth Science or a related field.
- Experience with remote sensing data analysis.
Preferred:
- Familiarity with polarimetric and lidar data.
- Knowledge of aerosol and cloud microphysics.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge NASA research projects.
ORAU
ORAU provides innovative scientific and technical solutions to advance research and education, protect public health and the environment and strengthen national security. Through specialized teams of experts, unique laboratory capabilities and access to a consortium of more than 100 major Ph.D.-granting institutions, ORAU works with federal, state, local and commercial customers to advance national priorities and serve the public interest. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation and federal contractor, ORAU manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Learn more about ORAU at http://www.orau.org.
Pasadena, CA