NASA Postdoctoral Program - Earth Science: Earth Observations

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 Earth Observations Research at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), utilizing global measurements to understand the Earth system and interactions among its components. The program analyzes cloud, aerosol, water vapor, trace gas and isotope data obtained during campaigns and from satellite measurements. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of multi-platform, multi-sensor radiance and polarization data sets and multi-sensor product development, accompanied by active utilization of these data and products in scientific research, modeling, synthesis, and diagnostic analysis to quantify change, characterize processes, and examine function within the Earth System over time with an emphasis on interannual and decadal scales. The opportunity is closed to Senior Fellows (5-years or more past PhD).