Data Assimilation of Combined Lidar and Polarimeter Observations for the AOS Mission

This is a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship opportunity focused on developing strategies to utilize data from the forthcoming Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) mission in a global atmospheric data assimilation framework. The AOS mission will provide spaceborne observations to better understand aerosol, cloud, and precipitation processes through a constellation of instruments including a 3-channel Raman LIDAR and a 9-channel multi-angle polarimeter. The fellowship offers one to three years of support for postdoctoral researchers to engage in ongoing NASA research projects. Activities include developing algorithms to characterize aerosol speciation from LIDAR fluorescence signals, developing machine learning emulators for forward operators, and utilizing plume object tracking algorithms to characterize the source, transformation, and sinks of aerosols. This opportunity is closed to Senior Fellows who are 5 years or more past their PhD.