Airborne High Spectral Resolution LIDAR

The 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. This specific opportunity focuses on NASA Langley Research Center's airborne high-spectral-resolution lidars (HSRLs) which have deployed on over 40 field experiments focused on atmospheric and ocean remote sensing, including process science, satellite validation, and remote sensing algorithm studies. Qualified candidates will participate in airborne HSRL activities including evaluating instrument performance and data quality, developing new algorithms or approaches to derive atmospheric and ocean data products, and scientific analyses of data sets from the lidars alone or in conjunction with other field data or coincident satellite remote sensing data. Candidates may work with past data sets or deploy with the LaRC team on future field campaigns to participate in real-time data acquisition, post flight data analyses, and scientific studies with participating instrument and modeling teams. Additionally, candidates may focus specifically on instrument development efforts in lasers, detectors, and advanced instrumentation techniques.