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Career Opportunities
- Postdoctoral Research Associate – Postdoctoral Research – Aerosol-Convection Interaction – Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
- Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunity in Clouds, Rainstorms, and Climate Change – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Multiple Professorships in All Areas of Science – Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA), Austria
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning for Climate Science or Machine Learning for Atmospheric Chemistry – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Director – Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and Polar Research Board – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC, USA
- Postdoctoral Associate for Land Management in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation – New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Postdoctoral Research Associate on Earth’s Radiation Budget – Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Tenured Track Faculty Position in Aerosol Science and Technology – The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, FL, USA
- Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Atmospheric Science – University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
- Post Doctoral Fellow – Atmospheric Science – University of Wyoming, laramie, WY, USA
Funding Opportunities
- Climate Program Office FY2024, NOAA – OAR
Education & Training Opportunities
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Post Doctoral Fellow – Atmospheric Science
Location: University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The University of Wyoming (UW) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship focused on developing the next generation of the Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) and new techniques to confront models with observations with a focus on observations provided by DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM). This fellowship is funded through a UW-led collaboration with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM), Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), and Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) as part of PROCEED (Perturbed Physics Ensemble Regression Optimization Center for ESM Evaluation and Development).
Postdoctoral Research Associate on Earth’s Radiation Budget
Location: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program at Princeton University, in cooperation with NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), seeks a postdoctoral research associate or more senior research scientist to join a team working on quantifying and understanding changes in Earth’s Radiation Budget (ERB). The incumbent will develop a methodology to quantify and map the past and future annual changes in ERB using NOAA’s state-of-the-art global climate models, and explain the contributions to the changing solar, longwave, and net radiation budget of the Earth system from anthropogenic and natural drivers, and consequent feedbacks. This understanding will contribute to determining the relative importance of the changing atmospheric constituents to ERB and to the assessment of climate intervention strategies through changes in atmospheric composition. For further information, please contact Dr. David Paynter (David.Paynter@noaa.gov).
Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunity in Clouds, Rainstorms, and Climate Change
Location: Department of Geophysical Sciences/University of Chicago, Chicago, ILL, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago invites highly motivated and creative postdoctoral scholars to join the Convection & Climate Group. Our group uses theory, observations, a hierarchy of models, and machine-learning methods to understand how tropical atmosphere works.
Responsibilities:
- Develop testable hypotheses to advance our understanding of atmospheric convection, dynamics, and/or climate change.
- Conduct numerical simulations and analyze observations to test the hypotheses.
- Present research findings at conferences and seminars.
- Publish results in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals.
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Aerosol-Convection Interaction
Location: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The Cloud Processes group is currently seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate. The group specializes in cutting-edge cloud research, employing a range of methodologies including modeling, observations, theoretical development, and analysis. The focus centers on investigating cloud dynamical, microphysical, and radiative processes that significantly influence cloud lifecycle, with particular emphasis on aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong interest in exploring the impact of aerosols on the lifecycle of deep convective clouds, utilizing high-resolution modeling techniques and/or conducting observational data analysis. The research will primarily revolve around DOE ARM field campaigns, specifically the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) and Green Ocean Amazon 2014/5 (GoAmazon). This position has a high level of interaction with an international and multicultural scientific community.
Multiple Professorships in All Areas of Science
Location: Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA), Austria
Application Deadline: 25 October 2023
The Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA) is looking for professors in all areas of science, including astronomy, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, life sciences, mathematics, and physics. ISTA invites applications for several open positions in all areas of the above-mentioned disciplines as well as in related and interdisciplinary fields for both tenure-track and tenured posts.
Postdoctoral Associate for Land Management in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
Location: New York University, New York, NY, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The NYU Department of Environmental Studies is seeking a postdoctoral associate for a project investigating how and to what extent land use and management can serve climate change mitigation and adaptation. This may include investigating the regional contributions of varied agricultural management systems; projects relating to reforestation, afforestation and/or avoided deforestation; and other related interventions and approaches. This project will assess these strategies’ carbon sequestration potentials (e.g. additivity) and viability (e.g., permanence, reversibility), particularly in the context of changing climate variability and extremes. Moving beyond carbon, this project will also seek to quantify the associated co-benefits and trade-offs across other environmental and ecological axes (e.g., hydrology, biodiversity, etc.).
Director – Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate and Polar Research Board
Location: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Keck Center, Washington DC, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking a Director to develop and manage a large and active portfolio of activities that provide authoritative advice to the nation on scientific and policy issues in the atmospheric, climate, and polar sciences. The Director would lead two program areas (Boards) that have been at the forefront of the National Academies’ groundbreaking work in these fields for more than 80 years.
Tenured/Tenured Track Faculty Position in Aerosol Science and Technology
Location: The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, FL, USA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science (https://www.earth.miami.edu) at the University of Miami invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level relevant to Aerosol Science in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM). The ATM department seeks to advance the research frontier on aerosol-weather and aerosol-climate interactions. Research foci can include aerosol remote sensing, aerosol process modeling including interactions with clouds and their integration with large datasets. The successful candidate will complement core departmental strengths in climate change and prediction, tropical meteorology and hurricanes, cloud and aerosol processes and atmospheric chemistry.
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, or Reader in Atmospheric Science
Location: School of Earth & Environmental Sciences – University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences invites applications for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Atmospheric Science. Particularly applicants with a focus on modern atmospheric sciences and environmental change are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, aerosols & cloud formation processes, greenhouse gases, pollution & air quality, renewable energy, meteorology, natural hazards/extreme weather, land-atmosphere and ocean-atmosphere coupling and solutions-based research to drive a sustainable future. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in Atmospheric, Earth or Environmental Science or a cognate discipline and complement our vibrant research, which spans three themes: Climate, Society and Environment; Earth Resources and Sustainability; and Evolution of Planets and Life. They will develop an externally funded, innovative and impactful research program and contribute research-led teaching.
Location: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Application Deadline: Open until filled
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher in machine learning for climate science or machine learning for atmospheric chemistry. The position comes with great flexibility in terms of scientific focus and project duration. Typically, the employment duration is between 2 and 4 years.
Possible research areas include:
- Regional climate change
- Parameterizations for Earth system modeling
- Cloud feedback and forcing
- Stratospheric composition
- Air pollution
The project can be flexibly adjusted to candidate interests. Candidates interested in machine learning method development and its innovative applications are particular welcome.
Postdoctoral Position – Urban Extreme Weather Modeling
Location: National University of Singapore, Singapore
Application Deadline: Applications submitted before 1 March 2023 will receive priority review
The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Center for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS) seek a highly motivated researcher to lead a modeling study of extreme weather events over Singapore using the newly developed urban-scale weather and climate model at CCRS (http://ccrs.weather.gov.sg/index/), which is part of the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS). The successful candidate is expected to apply and evaluate the performance of the 100 m urban model known as uSINGV to simulate extreme rainfall and wind events in Singapore.
Climate Program Office FY2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity
Deadlines:
18 August 2023 – Letter of Intent
17 November 2023 – Full Applications
Competition 1: AC4 – Understanding Urban Air in a Changing Climate
In order to continue improving our understanding of urban air composition and to inform mitigation strategies such as in the case of Salt Lake City’s high summer ozone problem, the AC4 program invites proposals for data analysis focused on one or more of the following topics:
- Emission sources and atmospheric processes contributing to urban air quality challenges in Salt Lake City and other urban areas
- Influence of NH3 on urban air quality
- Regional modeling that improve urban scale processes
- Urban monitoring collaboration with local communities with increased risk of the health impacts due to poor air quality on prototyping urban monitoring
In FY24, CVP is interested in data analysis and/or coupled-modeling studies focused on the process-level understanding of the role of the ocean, land, atmosphere, and/or cryosphere on multi-year to decadal timescales in a changing climate, in two priority areas:
- Investigation of mechanisms (including processes related to internal, natural and/or anthropogenic external forcing) that govern variability of the coupled climate system and its predictability on the multi-year to decadal timescale within long-term observation data and/or model data. Emphasis is placed on processes and their predictability that influence, or have downstream connections to the U.S. and its territories’ climate and extreme events.
- Investigation of the relationship between the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and impacts (historical, current, and/or future) on sea level, cryosphere, biogeochemistry, hydroclimate, or others, with a focus on furthering understanding of impacts important to the U.S. and its territories.
In FY 2024, the MAPP program is soliciting proposals that address key issues in the representation of Earth system processes in CMIP6-era and developmental models to improve model fidelity. Proposals should focus on clearly-identified gaps in the existing MDTF software package, for example, for the following diagnostic development areas:
- Advancing the simulation of climate and weather extremes, particularly tropical and extratropical storms, mesoscale convective systems, and atmospheric rivers
- Benchmarking model processes that undergird the successful prediction of extreme events on subseasonal to seasonal timescales
- Characterization of the aerosol-indirect effect and its implications for climate sensitivity and climate projections
- Addressing model precipitation biases and how they drive key societal impacts such as floods, droughts, and wildfires
- Advancing diagnostics of stratosphere-troposphere coupling and associated modes of coupled variability
- Vanguard areas of Earth System Model development, where the availability of process-oriented diagnostics is currently limited, such as glacial processes and wetlands
In FY 2024, MAPP is soliciting proposals from early career researchers to foster innovative Earth System Modeling research in collaboration with NOAA. It is anticipated that one proposal will be selected, and should focus on any of the MAPP research areas below:
- Applying Earth system models to better understand, predict, monitor, and project drought, extreme heat, sea level change, and marine ecosystems.
- Marine ecosystem simulation, prediction, and projection focused on applications to NOAA’s NMFS and/or Sanctuaries missions.
- Process-based Earth System Model development
- Climate and Earth system model diagnosis in support of next-generation model development
- Advancing climate projections and projections products and services, and the attribution of extreme events in the context of NOAA’s attribution effort
