The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) in Boulder, Colorado and the NOAA Global System Laboratory (GSL) have an immediate opening for a Post-Doctoral Associate or Research Scientist with experience in atmospheric physics and/or chemistry, numerical weather prediction and/or air quality modeling to develop and support state-of-the-art coupled air quality and fire weather models developed at NOAA/GSL.
Date posted
Nov. 14, 2023 10:00 am
Application deadline
Nov. 17, 2023 11:45 pm
Organization
CIRES/ NOAA at the University of Colorado Boulder
Location
Job description
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) in Boulder, Colorado and the NOAA Global System Laboratory (GSL) have an immediate opening for a Post-Doctoral Associate or Research Scientist with experience in atmospheric physics and/or chemistry, numerical weather prediction and/or air quality modeling to develop and support state-of-the-art coupled air quality and fire weather models developed at NOAA/GSL. The scientist will have an appointment within the Earth Prediction Advancement Division (EPAD) of GSL.
EPAD has been leading the development of regional/global aerosol and air quality forecast models in collaboration with other NOAA laboratories, NCAR and universities over many years. One of these models High-Resolution Rapid Refresh coupled with Smoke (HRRR-Smoke) is currently NOAA’s operational high-resolution model, which forecasts smoke from wildland fires and its impact on radiation [rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmoke/].
The coupled meteorology-chemistry models developed at GSL allow simulating complex gas/aerosol chemistry, aerosol-meteorology interactions on regional and global scales (e.g., WRF-Chem: https://ruc.noaa.gov/wrf/wrf-chem/). In recent years EPAD in collaboration with other groups has been leading the development and testing of new smoke, dust, and fire weather forecasting model Rapid-Refresh Forecasting System coupled with smoke and dust in real time [https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/RRFS-SD/]. Additionally, EPAD is contributing to the coupling of the novel atmospheric chemistry parameterizations to the Unified Forecasting System [https://ufscommunity.org/].
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Please use this link to apply.
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/CIRES-NOAA-Global-Systems-Laboratory-Air-quality-Modeler-Post-Doctoral-Associate-or-Research-Scientist/52864