New developments in polarimetric ground-based instrumentation for remote sensing and validation of aerosols and clouds

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 postdoctoral opportunity focuses on furthering the development and characterization of ground-based instruments that make use of linear polarization, UV, and other new capacities for improved and expanded validation of aerosol and cloud measurements. The position supports the recently launched PACE mission and the AERONET project. The candidate will have hands-on instrumentation experience and ability to connect this to atmospheric radiative transfer through an understanding of data processing and analysis. The successful candidate will have a joint appointment with both the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Ocean Ecology Laboratory, which houses the PACE Mission Project Science office, and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, which houses the AERONET project.