The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, is seeking a research associate, also referred to as a postdoctoral research scientist, to work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations’ Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Physical Sciences Division (PSD) on studies to understand cloud and precipitation processes at high latitudes using remote sensing techniques.
Position responsibilities include development of process-level understanding and remote-sensing-based research products to further such understanding using measurements from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility including the North Slope of Alaska (NSA). Specifically, the candidate will be expected to perform original research and develop data products in support of efforts to understand
(1) the life cycle of liquid-containing arctic clouds,
(2) arctic cloud precipitation and snowfall properties,
(3) aerosol-cloud interactions in the Arctic, and
(4) long-term climatological arctic cloud properties.
Measurements to be used in these efforts will come from a variety of remote sensors, primarily including radar (vertically pointing Ka-band, scanning W- and Ka-band, radar wind profiler), but also potentially including lidar (Raman lidar, Doppler lidar, HSRL), microwave radiometers, interferometers (e.g., AERI), and a variety of instrumentation for observing the surface energy budget. Experience with ARM data sets and data products is highly desirable. In addition, experience in the use of such observations to evaluate model output and develop parameterizations across a variety of model scales (LES to GCM) is also of interest. The position involves working with a diverse team of researchers at CIRES/NOAA ESRL and the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
To apply, see the University of Colorado announcement.
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, through the Biological and Environmental Research program as part of the Atmospheric System Research program.