The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and Colorado State University (CSU) are collaborating to fill a research associate position in Boulder, Colorado. The position, titled ‘Fire Weather Applications Researcher, RA III – Boulder, Colorado, NOAA Global Systems Lab,’ will involve working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at the Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) in Boulder. This full-time role requires expertise in atmospheric and computational sciences, with a focus on convective boundary layer phenomenology, Geophysical or Computational Fluid Dynamics, and scientific software engineering skills. The successful candidate will contribute to model application and development related to fire dynamics, smoke plume rise and evolution, dispersion, and fire-weather interactions.
The Earth Prediction Advancement Division (EPAD) of GSL, specifically the Scientific Computing Branch (SCB) and the Atmospheric Composition Branch (ACB), will be the primary areas of involvement for the selected researcher. The SCB conducts research in support of NOAA’s forecast and analysis systems, emphasizing innovation and future-oriented approaches. The ACB concentrates on fire weather and atmospheric composition modeling. The ideal candidate will possess experience in lidar and/or radar data for model validation and will demonstrate the ability to work with large High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems.
Efficient communication and collaboration with the Sr. Computational Scientist will be essential in this role. The researcher will be based at a federal facility in Boulder, Colorado, necessitating the ability to pass a tier one federal background check for building and HPC access. While the position requires an onsite presence at the laboratory, part-time telework will be available.
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