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<p class="MsoNormal">There is an opening for a post-doctoral
researcher at NCAR
in the Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory
to conduct research
on the removal of aerosols by convective storms.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The project aims to determine
aerosol
scavenging efficiencies and evaluate with aircraft observations
modeled
scavenging of aerosols in different types of convection from
airmass storms to
severe storms. The observational analysis will make use of NASA
data from three
field campaigns, the 2012 DC3 experiment focused on US storms in
springtime,
the 2013 SEAC4RS experiment that included investigations of
convection in the
south and southeast US, and the 2019 CAMP2Ex experiment that
examined
convection near the Philippines.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This work will employ the WRF-Chem and CESM
CAM-chem models
configured at different scales from cloud-resolving scales to
regional-scales
to global-scales. The postdoctoral fellow will conduct WRF-Chem
simulations of
existing case studies from DC3 and SEAC4RS, participate in the
analysis of the
observations of these case studies, and analyze output from the
CAM-chem model
including its MUSICA V0 configuration. The postdoctoral fellow
will configure
and conduct WRF-Chem simulations of CAMP2Ex case studies
identified by the
project’s team. One outcome of the research is introducing
improved model
parameterizations into the community CAM-chem model of aerosol
scavenging based
on cloud-scale and cloud-parameterized simulations.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The postdoctoral fellow will work
collaboratively with
project leads and team members within NCAR’s ACOM laboratory,
university
collaborators, and NASA scientists to advance the science in
aerosol scavenging
and representing this important depositional sink in air quality
and climate
models while gaining post-doctoral research experience.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To apply please go to the <a
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href="https://ucar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UCAR_Careers/details/Postdoctoral-Scientist-I--aerosols-and-convective-clouds_REQ-2022-102-1?jobFamilyGroup=b8854078213e01531073662b0b056071">job
advertisement at this link</a>. Applications
are due by May 15, 2022. Inquiries about the position may be sent
to Mary Barth
at barthm at ucar.edu.</p>
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