Multiple Natural Hazards Ionospheric Remote Sensing Using Ground and Space-Based GPS Measurements

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 natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis research using GPS satellites as primary sensors. The research involves computing ionospheric total electron content (TEC) to measure and monitor ionospheric disturbances caused by earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and tsunamis. The fellow will conduct research and develop new and innovative technologies for detecting natural-hazards-generated TEC perturbations. This research directly addresses NASA Strategic Goals and Outcome 2.1 and Objective 2.1.6 to characterize the dynamics of Earth's surface and interior and form the scientific basis for the assessment and mitigation of natural hazards and response to rare and extreme events. The position is located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.