NASA Postdoctoral Program - Modeling the surface emissions of natural and anthropogenic trace gases important for atmospheric composition and climate

The NASA Postdoctoral Program 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 developing innovative approaches to combine satellite measurements from various space-borne instruments with state-of-the-art GEOS chemistry climate model to advance understanding of emissions of important trace gases for ozone and aerosol photochemistry and their transport in the atmosphere. The research seeks to improve emissions and transport modeling of key trace gases, both natural and manmade, using the rapidly growing remote sensing data record. Research proposals are encouraged in data analysis of remote sensing measurements, improving emission estimates using satellite data, and using 3-D global chemistry models to investigate atmospheric impacts. This opportunity is closed to applicants who are Senior Fellows (5-years or more past PhD).