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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory seeks a Researcher to provide expertise in understanding all aspects of the atmosphere of the Earth, with a focus on clouds and aerosols, including their structural, dynamical, and radiative properties.
Major Duties
- Research and study cloud and aerosol processes affecting the Earth's water and energy cycles and climate.
- Major emphasis is to study and quantify the role of atmospheric aerosols on atmospheric processes affecting air quality and climate and the mechanisms by which different processes are coupled.
- Conduct fundamental science studies of aerosols, their properties, and their interactions with other components of the Earth's climate system, especially the energy/radiation cycle and air quality, at various scales.
- Pursue lidar remote sensing of clouds and aerosols (using both airborne and spaceborne sensors) with emphasis on airborne field work.
- Utilize both the instrument and science aspects of cloud and aerosol missions and of lidar-based missions.
- Develop models to simulate new instrument concepts.
- Develop algorithms from theory, testing algorithms using simulated data and adapting algorithms to the operational environment required for data processing.
- Provide multi-sensor comparisons of aerosol retrievals from different remote sensing instruments and aerosol models.
- Evaluate the performance of aerosol retrieval algorithms.
- Publish research results in technical reports, journal articles, or requirements documents; and presented at scientific conferences and seminars.
- Develop and evaluate research proposals.
- Serve as an authoritative source of consultation for other scientists and program specialists.
Qualifications
In addition to meeting the Basic Education Requirements you must meet all aspects of specialized experience which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above.To qualify for GS-13:You must have one year of professional, directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service modeling lidar instrument performance; performing research utilizing lidar-based remote sensing observations; modeling of aerosols and atmospheric processes to advance understanding of Earth's atmosphere and climate system; evaluating the performance of aerosol retrieval algorithms; analyzing space-based or aircraft lidar data to study the role of clouds and aerosols, their properties, and their interactions with other components of the Earth's climate system; organizing and supporting field campaigns and/or participating with in-field experiments or instrument operation; publishing refereed papers utilizing lidar data; and writing proposals for funded research.
Pay Range
$102,663.00 - $133,465.00