<div dir="ltr">The USDA Agricultural Research Service Northwest Watershed Research Center is<br><div class="gmail_quote">
seeking to fill a 3-year post-doctoral research position to quantify net<br>
carbon flux and surface energy balance using eddy covariance systems as part<br>
of the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory (RC CZO), one of four new<br>
CZO's funded by NSF. The incumbent will work with a team of scientists from<br>
USDA-ARS, Idaho State University, and Boise State University to determine the<br>
relationships between surface fluxes, soil carbon storage, and the transition<br>
from soil inorganic carbon (SIC) to soil organic carbon (SOC) along a<br>
precipitation/elevation gradient. The incumbent will be responsible for<br>
collecting, processing, and analyzing energy and carbon flux data from five<br>
eddy covariance systems to characterize surface energy fluxes, carbon fluxes<br>
and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) across the SOC to SIC transition. The<br>
incumbent will analyze historic data to assess pre- and post-fire surface<br>
fluxes and will collaborate with team members to quantify soil carbon fluxes<br>
and to develop and test models relating soil carbon processes with the soil<br>
environment.<br>
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This will be a 3-year post-doctoral position located at the USDA ARS in<br>
Boise, Idaho. Citizenship requirements apply. Interested individuals should<br>
contact Dr. Gerald Flerchinger<br>
<a href="tel:%28208-422-0716" value="+12084220716" target="_blank">(208-422-0716</a>, <a href="mailto:gerald.flerchinger@ars.usda.gov" target="_blank">gerald.flerchinger@ars.usda.<u></u>gov</a><br></div><div><br></div><br>
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