Post-Doctoral Associate - Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center

Post-Doctoral Associate – Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Post-Doctoral Associate in coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere modeling and data assimilation Department: UMD/ESSIC Starting Salary: Commensurate with Experience Closing Date: Thursday, June 30, 2016 Duties: The Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) are recruiting a Post-Doctoral Associate to specialize in coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere modeling and data assimilation (DA) in the context of decadal climate variability. The selected applicant will work closely with scientists from the University of Maryland, NASA GSFC, the Massachussets Institite of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The project involves developing and analysing a novel prototype, property-conserving, ocean-ice-atmosphere model and DA system based on the replay capability of the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) in conjunction with the adjoint-model ca...