Opportunity ID | 19325 |
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Opportunity URL | https://npp.usra.edu/opportunities/details/?ro=19325 |
Center |
Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 |
Location | location of advisor |
Field of Science | Earth Science |
Advisors | Meloe Kacenelenbogen, Primary Advisor 650-604-3374 meloe.s.kacenelenbogen@nasa.gov Stephen Broccardo 650-604-5404 stephen.p.broccardo@nasa.gov Thomas Hanisco 301-614-6598 thomas.hanisco@nasa.gov |
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Description | Applicants are invited for a post-doctoral position within the Sunphotometer/Satellite (sunsat) team at the NASA-Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA (https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/sunsat). The team develops and operates airborne sunphotometers. The operational instrument is hyperspectral (4STAR: Spectrometers for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research), and is used to make observations of trace-gas integrated column density, as well as aerosol and cloud properties by measuring the direct and diffuse solar radiation components. 4STAR data acquired during national and international airborne field campaigns (e.g., TCAP, SEAC4RS, ARISE, NAAMES, KORUS-AQ, ORACLES) is used in synergy with space-borne (e.g. MODIS, OMI, CALIPSO, POLDER), ground-based (e.g., NASA Ames' polarized AERONET, https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/, and Pandora, https://pandora.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html, instruments) and/ or chemical transport and radiative transfer models. We are looking for a candidate that has expertise in the use of hyperspectral trace gas retrievals (absorption spectroscopy) to quantify atmospheric column densities of e.g., NO2, O3, H2O, SO2, HCHO. The candidate will be co-advised by two key team members: one from the NASA Ames Sunphotometer/Satellite team and one from the NASA GSFC Pandora team. The candidate will be a key member of both ARC and GSFC teams:
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