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0212-NPP-NOV25-JPL-EarthSci

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Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org)

A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes:

Research proposal Three letters of recommendation Official doctoral transcript documents

Application Deadline

11/1/2025 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

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NASA Postdoctoral Program

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.

Description:

In this research opportunity, the scholar will use satellite observations of the top-of-atmosphere infrared spectrum from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument to study changes in the outgoing longwave radiation. Radiative forcing and feedbacks arising from greenhouse gas changes will be analyzed. AIRS data provides an opportunity to study local radiative forcing changes. An example: the Arctic is releasing greenhouse gases because of permafrost melt. The response to radiative forcing is magnified by the water vapor feedback. The scholar will spectrally decompose the observed water vapor feedback. The greenhouse gas radiative forcing and water vapor feedback derived from AIRS will be compared to CMIP6 model estimates, as consistent with the Obs4MIPs program (Teixeira et al., 2014).

Reference: Teixeira, Joao, et al. ""Satellite observations for CMIP5: The genesis of Obs4MIPs."" Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 95.9 (2014): 1329-1334.""

Location:

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Pasadena, California

Field of Science: Earth Science

Advisors:

Joao Teixeira

teixeira@jpl.nasa.gov

(818) 354-2762

Applications with citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States.

A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://www.nasa.gov/oiir/export-control.

Eligibility is currently open to:

U.S. Citizens; U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR); Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and, Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status

Questions about this opportunity?

Please email npp@orau.org

Point of Contact

Mikeala

Eligibility Requirements

Degree: Doctoral Degree.

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