Earth Science: Land Water Distribution with Changing Climate: Flows between Lakes, Rivers, Soil[...]

ORAU; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A NASA-affiliated research program is seeking Postdoctoral fellows for unique opportunities to conduct research on land surface hydrology and its interaction with the climate system. Candidates should hold a Doctoral Degree and have experience in mathematical modeling and computer programming. Responsibilities include analyzing datasets related to water bodies and improving earth-system models. This position is open to U.S. Citizens and eligible foreign nationals.

Qualifications

• Experience with mathematical modeling and computer programming.
• Background in Earth, Physical, or Computing Sciences.
• Advanced statistics knowledge is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Propose and conduct research on land surface hydrology.
• Analyze field and remote-sensing datasets related to water bodies.
• Evaluate and improve earth-system models with observational data.

Skills

Mathematical modeling

Computer programming

Analysis of field datasets

Analysis of remote-sensing datasets

Statistics

C programming

FORTRAN95

Scripting in Python

Scripting in R

Education

Doctoral Degree

Job description

Overview

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 at 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.

Opportunity

Postdoctoral fellows are invited to propose research to investigate the role of land surface hydrology and its coupling with different aspects of the climate system. This includes studying wetlands, dynamics of lakes and rivers, flooding under climate‑change scenarios, and model evaluation with remote‑sensing observations from missions such as SWOT, SMAP, GRACE, or others.

Responsibilities

• Propose and conduct research on land surface hydrology and its interaction with the climate system.
• Analyze field and remote‑sensing datasets related to wetlands, lakes, rivers, and flooding.
• Evaluate and improve earth‑system models with observational data.

Qualifications

Successful applicants should have experience with mathematical modeling, computer programming, and the analysis of field and remote‑sensing datasets. A background in Earth, Physical, or Computing Sciences, advanced statistics, compiled programming languages (e.g., C, FORTRAN95), and scripting in Python or R is highly desirable.

Eligibility

Degree: Doctoral Degree.

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 a valid EAD card and I‑485 or I‑589 forms in pending status.

Field of Science

Earth Science.