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OrganizationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

OrganizationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Reference Code0297-NPP-NOV25-GSFC-EarthSciHow To ApplyAll applications must be submitted in ZintellectPlease visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org)A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents

Application Deadline11/1/2025 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time ZoneDescriptionAbout the NASA Postdoctoral ProgramThe 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.Description:This opportunity is closed to applicants who are Senior Fellows (5-years or more past PhD).The GMAO is in the process of releasing a new reanalysis, and expecting development and release of MERRA-3 within a few years. This post-doctoral opportunity will be focused on evaluating the new reanalyses in the context of critical weather and climate physical processes represented in the Earth System reanalysis. Potential research topics to be considered in this position:

• Earth Energy Imbalance - The influence of observations in the water and energy budgets
• Regional closure of the water and energy cycles
• Developing quantitative uncertainty, through the analysis ensemble spread
• Use of reanalysis in applied science sectors (e.g., Energy, Agriculture)

The research will require analysis of large data sets in NASA high performance computing.Field of Science: Earth ScienceAdvisors:Amal EL [email protected].###.####Michael [email protected](301) ###-####Questions about this opportunity? Please email [email protected] candidates should have a Ph.D. in climate science or a related field, including other desirable qualifications:Strong data analysis skills, including experience working with large climate datasets.Programming experience, particularly in Python, and proficiency with UNIX platforms. Matlab, IDL and/or GrADS use are favorable. as well.Experience with peer review publications is strongly encouraged (e.g. publishing ones PhD dissertation)Point of ContactMikealaEligibility Requirements

• Citizenship: LPR or U.S. Citizen
• Degree: Doctoral Degree.

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• Seniority levelInternship

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• Employment typeFull-time

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• Job functionResearch, Analyst, and Information Technology
• IndustriesGovernment Administration

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