[ES_JOBS_NET] Urban flood modeling Post-Doctoral Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

[Getirana, Augusto (GSFC-617.0)[UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND]]

Urban flood modeling Post-Doctoral Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Job description
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is hiring a research associate to develop research on high-resolution flood modeling using NASA tools and datasets. As part of the NASA-Rio partnership and in coordination with the Fundação Geo-Rio team within the mayor’s office in Rio, we have developed a plan to advance flood modeling capabilities at the city scale. The city of Rio will provide critical in situ data that will be used together with NASA satellite data to parameterize and test multiple hydrological and hydrodynamic models to look at flooding within the NASA’s Land Information System (LIS), developed at GSFC. The outcome of this effort will be to implement the flood modeling system at Fundação Geo-Rio as well as outline the potential for this modeling capability in other cities. The successful candidate will work at NASA GSFC work with Drs. Getirana and Kirschbaum. This is a one-year project renewable for another one.
Responsibilities of your role:

  *   Contributing to the development of an urban flood monitoring and forecast system for Rio de Janeiro city;
  *   Actively work with local partners in order to define specific needs and requirements for the customization of the system;
  *   Conducting thorough processing of large satellite and ground-based databases, such as iMERGE and CHIRPS precipitation datasets, GDAS and MERRA-2 meteorological forcings, global digital elevation models, LiDAR-based topography, ground-based precipitation, streamflow and flood measurements;
  *   Implement and customize LIS for the Rio de Janeiro domain and test multiple combinations of hydrological models and meteorological forcings;
  *   Hydrological modeling evaluation and benchmarking using available in situ and satellite data;
  *   Publish and communicate innovative results from your research.

Qualifications / Experience:

  *   Ph.D. or M.S. in hydrology, remote sensing, or related field;
  *   Deep knowledge in hydrology;
  *   Background and experience with hydrological and hydrodynamic models, and flood modeling;
  *   Strong computer skills, preferably in Linux;
  *   Experience with programming and data analysis in Fortran (preferred), Python, or Matlab;
  *   Strong background in physics, mathematics, and statistics;
  *   Demonstrated capacity to perform independent research;
  *   Publication record in peer-reviewed journals;
  *   Exceptionally well-organized, with the ability to go as deep as needed in any project to identify and resolve problems;
  *   Adaptability to new ideas;
  *   Familiarity with NASA tools, such as LIS;
  *   Fluency in Portuguese is a plus.

To Apply: Interested candidates should send a CV with a list of at least 3 professional references and a cover letter explaining how your qualifications meet the posted requirements to augusto.getirana at nasa.gov<mailto:augusto.getirana at nasa.gov>.


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