CIRES/ NOAA GML Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases (CCGG) Airborne Program Post-Doctoral Associate
Date posted
Mar. 24, 2021 12:00 am
Application deadline
May 24, 2021 12:00 am
Organization
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Location
- United States
Job description
CIRES/ NOAA GML Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases (CCGG) Airborne Program Post-Doctoral Associate
Requisition Number: 29332
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Employment Type: Research Faculty
Schedule: Full-Time
Job Summary
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.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the acquisition and quality control of in situ (in-flight), flask (post-flight analysis at the Boulder lab), or balloon-based measurements from a network of airborne platforms in North America.
- Interpret airborne atmospheric data over North America and the surrounding marine regions to better understand the carbon budget of the North American continent and the carbon cycle.
- Improve techniques, procedures, and instrumentation used in the network, in particular with in situ measurements of atmospheric CO2, CH4, CO, N2O, and other trace gases.
- Participate in the development of new instrumentation and measurement techniques for use on regularly-scheduled commercial aircraft or development of balloon-borne high-altitude sampling system known as the AirCore.
- Implement field campaigns on behalf of CCGG Airborne Program.
- Publish papers in peer-reviewed journals and present results at scientific conferences.
Required
- Ph.D. in atmospheric physics or chemistry, oceanography, or a related field.