CIRES / NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Postdoctoral Associate in Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling

The University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and NOAA’s Physical Sciences Lab (PSL) in scenic Boulder, Colorado, seeks a curious and capable Postdoctoral Associate to help advance understanding and model representation of tropical ocean-atmosphere coupling. The spatial organization and variability of the upper tropical ocean is intimately linked to transports of moisture and energy between the ocean, marine atmospheric boundary layer, and overlying free troposphere. Variability arising from ocean-atmosphere coupling has downstream impacts on marine resources and ecosystems critical to commerce, human health, and coastal tourism. Furthermore, understanding and modeling ocean-atmosphere coupling across scales is critical to water monitoring and prediction efforts to address a variety of societal needs, including agriculture, water supply, energy, water security, and public safety.

The researcher will work with NOAA and CIRES scientists at PSL to process, analyze, and report on a variety of environmental data collected during the TEPEX field campaign (e.g. physical upper ocean and atmospheric measurements: [1] https://cpo.noaa.gov/tropical-pacific-observing-system-tpos-equatorial-…). This will also involve performing ocean-atmosphere coupled convection permitting simulations and applying statistical and machine learning methods to examine and advance ocean-atmosphere coupled understanding and modeling. The postdoctoral associate will work in coordination with various NOAA PSL Research Divisions to provide the scientific guidance and support needed to address the NOAA PSL Science Research Themes of Marine Resource Management, Water Resource Management, and Predicting Extremes.
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1. https://cpo.noaa.gov/tropical-pacific-observing-system-tpos-equatorial-…