Earth Science: Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Observations, Modeling, and Understanding

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's Decadal Survey Incubation (DSI) program to support the development of next-generation planetary boundary layer (PBL) observations from space, suborbital, and ground-based instruments. NASA-GSFC is committed to developing and participating in projects responding to this initiative, in an effort to build a true 'PBL Observing System' of thermodynamic profiles and PBL height, and will include advances in instrumentation, retrieval, models and assimilation, and science and applications. Research opportunities exist to contribute to the early stages and vision of this program in all areas of PBL observations, instrumentation, retrieval, modeling, and science. The ideal candidate will have experience with one or more of these areas as they relate to the thermodynamics and chemistry of the PBL, and in particular an understanding of their broader impacts on scientific understanding and weather and climate prediction across all scales.