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<div class="">The Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Technology (TEST) group is seeking a<br class="">
post-doc interested in reducing uncertainty in the modeling of the<br class="">
terrestrial carbon cycle through remote sensing and data assimilation<br class="">
approaches. This position is part of a larger project to develop a<br class="">
terrestrial carbon cycle data assimilation framework, focused initially on<br class="">
North America, using the PEcAn model informatics system (PEcAn,<br class="">
<a href="http://pecanproject.org/" class="">http://pecanproject.org/</a>). This system will employ formal Bayesian<br class="">
model-data fusion between bottom-up process-based ecosystem models and<br class="">
multiple data sources, including remote sensing data, to estimate key carbon<br class="">
pools and fluxes. <br class="">
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Essential duties and required skills<br class="">
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The candidate will work at BNL in collaboration with researchers at Boston<br class="">
University (BU) to iteratively extend the PEcAn data assimilation system to<br class="">
ingest a wide range of remotely sensed and ground data with the goal of<br class="">
fusing and reconciling multiple data streams into a continental-extent<br class="">
carbon cycle (pools and fluxes) data product.<br class="">
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* Work with multiple land surface models to explore the impact of the<br class="">
inclusion of different products on carbon cycle uncertainties with the aim<br class="">
of improving carbon monitoring, reporting, and verification<br class="">
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* Responsible for the inclusion of NASA and other remote sensing data<br class="">
products into the data assimilation framework<br class="">
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* Work with collaborators to extend and enhance the assimilation approach<br class="">
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* Responsible for leading and participating in the development of project<br class="">
reports and peer-reviewed manuscripts<br class="">
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Prospective candidates should be willing to work in a collaborative team<br class="">
environment, have good written and oral communication skills, and a record<br class="">
of publication in high quality internationally recognized journals.<br class="">
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* PhD in Environmental Science (ecology, geography, remote sensing,<br class="">
environmental monitoring, atmospheric science, earth science, or related field)<br class="">
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* Experience with the R programming environment and at least one of the<br class="">
following topics is required (along with interest in learning the others):<br class="">
--- Remote sensing<br class="">
--- Ecosystem or land surface modeling<br class="">
--- Bayesian statistics, or<br class="">
--- Ensemble filtering approaches (e.g. EnKF)<br class="">
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To apply please enter the position number 1142 into the Keyword field at the<br class="">
BNL careers page (<a href="https://jobs.bnl.gov/" class="">https://jobs.bnl.gov/</a>) or follow this link directly:<br class="">
<a href="https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/post-doc-remote-sensing-and-data-assimilation-environmental-sciences/3437/6060889" class="">https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/post-doc-remote-sensing-and-data-assimilation-environmental-sciences/3437/6060889</a></div>
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