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Atmospheric Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher

Livermore, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $123,048–$123,048🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop and evaluate short-term and long-term weather scenarios to assess how land-use decisions influence dust emissions, water vapor fluxes, and surface ozone in California's Central Valley.

Role type

Postdoctoral Researcher (Atmospheric Sciences)

Builds

Regional Earth system data products and scientific insights on land-atmosphere-water-human interactions

Domain

Atmospheric Sciences / Earth System Modeling / Climate Science

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

Earth system models (ESMs), atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, machine learning for Earth system modeling, land surface processes, Python for data analysis and visualization

Preferred skills

E3SM or ERF modeling experience, machine-learning emulators, compiled modeling languages (C++ or Fortran), land-use and air-quality applications

Technologies

E3SM, ACE-ERA5, ACE-E3SM, ERF, Python, C++, Fortran

Responsibilities

Conduct research to develop and evaluate weather scenarios representing land-use impacts; Perform model simulations and analyze observational data; Diagnose and reduce model biases using ground-based and satellite observations; Contribute to research planning and execution; Publish results in peer-reviewed journals and present at conferences; Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team environment

Seniority

Postdoctoral (early-career researcher)

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