Earth Science Research with Recent NASA Imaging Spectroscopy Measurements

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects. This specific opportunity supports research utilizing NASA's recent VSWIR imaging spectroscopy measurements collected with the JPL Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) in regions including the United States, Greenland, and India. The research focuses on new science enabled by these unique measurements of Earth system constituents and processes. These one- to three-year competitive fellowships are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. The opportunity focuses on investigating the Earth system using imaging spectroscopy in the Visible to Shortwave Infrared (VSWIR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Research areas may include biodiversity, coastal and inland aquatic habitats, terrestrial ecosystem functioning, Earth surface geochemistry and mineralogy, coral reefs, cryospheric processes, volcanic monitoring, fire dynamics, mineral dust composition, inland waters, greenhouse gas emissions, urban environments, non-photosynthetic vegetation, and coastal wetland biodiversity.