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Fellow - Atmospheric Scientist</font></b><span
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<span class="company" style="unicode-bidi: embed; font-size:
11pt;">NREL</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span
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<td class="snip" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
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class="summary" style="unicode-bidi: embed;">The National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in beautiful
Golden, CO, is a leader in the U.S. Department of Energy’s
effort to secure an energy future for the nation that is
environmentally and economically sustainable. Our mission
is to develop renewable energy and energy efficiency
technologies and practices, advance related science and
engineering and transfer knowledge and innovations to
address the nation’s energy and environmental goals.<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Postdoctoral Fellow -
Atmospheric Scientist<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><br>
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Requisition #<span
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style="unicode-bidi: embed;">3498BR<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">About NREL<span
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a
leader in the U.S. Department of Energy’s effort to secure
an energy future that is both environmentally and
economically sustainable. With locations in Golden,
Boulder and Washington D.C., NREL is the primary
laboratory for research, development and deployment of
renewable energy technologies in the United States. The
NREL mission is to develop renewable energy and energy
efficient technologies and practices, advance related
science and engineering, and transfer knowledge and
innovation to address the nation’s energy and
environmental goals.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Job/Research Summary<span
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To assist the Solar Resources & Forecasting Group with
various research projects involving the measurement,
modeling, and analysis of solar radiation resources for
renewable energy applications. Solar radiation data of
known quality are needed to characterize the
weather-driven variability of this energy resource over a
wide range of historical time scales (1 s – decadal) and
spatial scales (100 m – global). These characterizations
are fundamental to the siting, design, economic
performance modeling, and acceptance testing of solar
energy conversion systems. Solar resource and
meteorological data are also needed for modeling building
system thermal performance and energy efficiency analyses.
These data are also critical for developing solar resource
forecasts in support of the increased deployment of
photovoltaic and solar thermal conversion systems for
central and distributed electricity generation. In
addition solar forecasting forms a critical component of
future plans to install and operate of high penetrations
of clean technologies on the grid. This person should be a
self-starter with demonstrated ability to quickly address
the various scientific and technical aspects of solar and
atmospheric measurements, modeling, data quality
assessments involving large data sets (TBytes). This
person should be able to work with a broad range of
external stakeholders, including scientists, engineers,
economists, policy makers, and others engaged in aspects
of renewable energy systems integration.<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Job Duties<span
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Conduct scientific research to advance solar radiation
resource measurements and modeling capabilities to improve
the accuracy of solar forecasting at various times scales.
Work with researchers, energy developers and utilities to
acquire, manage and analyze existing resource and power
production datasets. Investigate the use of satellite- and
ground-based observations for estimating solar resources.
Work at a high-level with DOE and organizations involved
in weather forecasting and numerical weather prediction
model development. Develop applications to provide solar
resource data for the validation and improvement of
atmospheric mesoscale models and provide inputs to
real-time power plant forecasting. Develop scientific
applications software for the analysis of solar radiation
and meteorological parameters in time-series and
geospatial domains. Work with the NREL web team to make
solar resource and meteorological data publicly available
as appropriate. Present research results to key
stakeholders and publish scientific findings in technical
journals and conference proceedings.<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Required Education and
Experience<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><br>
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Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Additional Required
Knowledge, Skills and Attributes<span
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Required Knowledge:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Demonstrates broad understanding and wide application of
scientific principles, theories, and concepts in
atmospheric physics (including radiative transfer) and
instrumentation for the measurement of solar radiation and
clouds.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Demonstrates capability to develop new scientific ideas
and work independently. Demonstrates good technical
writing skill as proven by relevant technical
publications. Good interpersonal and communication skills.<span
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Additional Required Knowledge and Skills:<span
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Significant knowledge of modeling clouds, aerosols and
solar radiation for various applications including
numerical weather prediction and retrievals using ground
based and satellite datasets. Significant programming
experience in C, C++ or Fortran and Matlab/IDL. Knowledge
of solar radiometry with the ability to use measurements
to develop solution for solar energy applications.<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Preferred Qualifications<span
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Relevant Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science or Meteorology or
equivalent. Ideal candidate will have modeling experience
related to solar radiation and cloud physics for numerical
weather prediction and satellite- and ground-based remote
sensing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Relevant science, engineering and R&D experience with
peer-reviewed publications. Knowledge of solar resource
characteristics, meteorology, atmospheric science, and
measurement systems. Must be proficient in Microsoft
Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">EEO Policy / E-Verify<span
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NREL's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities
to all qualified persons without regard to race, age,
color, sex, religion, national origin, marital or veteran
status, or any other legally protected status.<span
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NREL validates right to work using E-Verify. NREL will
provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if
necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with
information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm
work authorization. For additional information, please
click here <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nrel.gov/employment/eeo.html">http://www.nrel.gov/employment/eeo.html</a> .<span
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Pre-employment drug testing required.<span
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<b style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Submit Your Resume<span
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Please apply online at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nrel.gov/employment">www.nrel.gov/employment</a><span
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for Req #3498<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Please include a cover letter specific to each position
you are applying to indicating how you match the
requirements of the posting.<span
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