Research Scientist III, Steps 1-4 SPoRT Air Quality

Job no

504194

Department

Earth System Science Center

Work type

Staff Full-time Exempt

Location

Alabama

Categories

Research - Engineering

Purpose of the Position

We are currently seeking a Research Scientist to provide support to NASA SPoRT science and application activities related to leading machine learning activities in one or more of the following thematic areas: Air Quality/TEMPO, Wildland Fire, and Satellite Remote Sensing. The position will be located at the National Space Science & Technology Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and will support the scientific development and application of satellite remote sensing products.

SPoRT is a NASA project to transition unique observations and research capabilities to the operational weather community to improve short-term forecasts on a regional scale. Based at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, SPoRT is collaborating with the University of Alabama in Huntsville to provide direct science support along with science and technical coordination in the areas of weather, climate, air quality, natural disasters, satellite remote sensing, and data science and applications.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead machine learning efforts in one or more of the following areas: air quality, wildland fire, and satellite remote sensing.
• Provide scientific expertise to facilitate applied science studies in satellite remote sensing, health & air quality, or wildland fire.
• Design higher-level value-added air quality products for applied science studies and manage data distribution to science investigators.
• Develop synergistic products from TEMPO, ABI, and GLM data to enhance science applications, with special attention to wildfire smoke and lightning NOx.
• Lead the development of new proposals and scientific papers on machine learning, satellite remote sensing, and numerical modeling.
• Actively participate in and support SPoRT st