<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><br></h1><div>=======================</div><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">Postdoctoral Fellow I</h1><div>=======================<br></div><div><b>Job link</b>: </div><div><a href="https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/job/Foothills-Lab-4/Postdoctoral-Fellow-I_REQ-2021-268-1" target="_blank">https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/job/Foothills-Lab-4/Postdoctoral-Fellow-I_REQ-2021-268-1</a><br></div><div><br></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Where You Will Work:</span></p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The JCSDA is a multi-agency research center, hosted by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and UCAR Community Programs (UCP), committed to improving and accelerating the quantitative use of research and operational satellite data in weather, ocean, climate, and environmental analysis and prediction systems. The interagency partnership assimilates many types of data from conventional and satellite sources by creating integrated modeling systems. The JCSDA transitions this research to operational and university communities through a robust data infrastructure and open-source software.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:16.08px;color:rgb(74,74,74);text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:500;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">What You Will Do:</span></h2><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">This two-year appointment provides a postdoctoral opportunity to conduct research related to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) remote sensing for Earth science. This position will provide scientific support to the studies on the observation errors and quality controls of radio occultation (RO) observation, and, furthermore, studies to optimize the GNSS-RO data assimilation. This work will be performed using the Unified Forward Operator (UFO) as part of the Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration (JEDI). JEDI is a new data assimilation system being developed at Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) and slated to be a next-generation system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (</span>NASA), Navy, Air Force, and the UK Met Office, as well as a community system for academia and the private sector.</p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap">This position will be a part of the JCSDA Observations Team and will collaborate with the COSMIC program. This approach capitalizes on close collaboration between RO processing/retrieval and DA experts at UCAR and offers a path to the operational implementation of the developments at NOAA via the JCSDA.  The second year of the position is conditional on first-year performance in meeting the objectives of the position.</p><p dir="LTR" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Responsibilities:</span> </p><ul style="margin:12px 0px 0px;padding:0px 40px;border:0px none;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-position:outside;color:rgb(74,74,74);white-space:pre-wrap"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Work with JCSDA and partners agencies scientists and software engineers and <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">build generic observation error generation package as part of JEDI </span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Generate observation error for applications, optimize performance, evaluate analysis, and forecast impacts </span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Provide support to JEDI multiple operator comparison and quality control <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;word-break:break-all;display:inline;text-decoration:inherit">studies.   </span></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Provide support to further develop the JEDI UFO for assimilating observations using GNSS remote sensing techniques.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Survey and evaluate existing and developmental observation error models from JCSDA partners and other meteorological centers as well as new technologies from the research community.</li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:outside none disc">Present and discuss the results with the project lead and team members. Takes the lead in preparing project reports and prepares scientific results for publication in peer-reviewed journals and for presentation at meetings and conferences.</li></ul><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">







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<p>Dr. Hui Shao</p><p><span style="font-size:12.8px">Project Scientist</span><br></p><p><span style="font-size:12.8px">Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA)</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.8px">Email: </span><a href="mailto:huishao@ucar.edu" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">huishao@ucar.edu</a><br></p>
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