10 climate uni jobs at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in United States

Wildland Fire Science: Proactive Fire Science and Impacts on Air Quality, Climate, and Society

are a natural component of the Earth system, and these fires are necessary for ecosystem health and to decrease vegetative fuels on landscapes. However, due to a combination of climate change and human

Climate Data Analysis Using GPS Radio Occultation

interannual variabilities and trends of various atmospheric properties. We seek a postdoctoral scholar to perform rigorous climate data analysis using GPS RO and other complementary data. Research topics can

Development of cloud models using artificial intelligence

/2024 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description Description: The representation of clouds in atmospheric models constitutes a major source of uncertainty in climate predictions. This is not only because

Investigating the relationship between snow and food security

/2024 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description Description: In snowmelt dominant regions, agriculture production is directly tied to runoff from snowmelt. However, climate change is affecting

Innovations in machine learning applications and their implementation to improve our understanding of the planetary boundary layer structure and dynamics

Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Reference Code 0084-NPP-JUL24-ARC-EarthSci Application Deadline 7/1/2024 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description Global climate

Forested Aboveground Biomass from Mechanistic and Statistical Analyses of Structural Remote-Sensing Data

/2024 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description Description: Remotely sensed estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB) are important inputs to ecological and climate modeling. They have evolved over the last

Using in situ and remote sensing data to study plant traits

comprising larger ecosystems. Traits are also often used as parameters in computer models of terrestrial ecosystems and even the entire Earth System (such as climate models used in the IPCC). Direct

Groundbreaking Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity Research

of the production of nitrogen oxides (NOx ) by lightning, and thereby probing the importance of lightning in assessing climate, air quality, and weather - especially in relation to the National Climate Assessment

Understanding the drivers of time-evolving glacier motion from spaceborne observations

/2024 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description Description: One of the most consequential impacts of climate changes is an increase in ice loss from glaciers and ice sheets. Such losses are largely

Development of Next-generation Multi-spectral IR/far-IR Radiometers using Thermopile Arrays for Space Applications

of Earth's climate. Therefore, our team is actively pursuing flights of this class of instrument on various platforms including the International Space Station, CubeSats, and A-Train satellites. The enabling