What are the responsibilities and job description for the Remote Sensing Applications for Wildfire Prediction and Monitoring position at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
Description:
Wildfires are growing in frequency and magnitude, and result in great cost to economies, infrastructure, ecosystems, and human health. Wildfires can also drastically alter landscapes, leading to hotter and drier conditions with implications on vegetation succession, water budgets, streamflow and water quality. The project will apply a wide range of hydrology, thermal, surface reflectance, and vegetation satellite data (evapotranspiration, evaporative stress index, precipitation, land surface temperature, vegetation productivity, burn severity from ECOSTRESS, EMIT, MODIS, Landat, Sentinel-2, GPM) to improve wildfire prediction and forecasting, as well as identify impacts of wildfires on vegetation and water budgets. Work includes use of machine learning to develop models of wildfire severity and occurrence, and produce maps of fire risk from a range of satellite data sets. Work will be carried out closely with JPL scientists who are part of the project from the Water and Ecosystems Group and the Carbon Cycle group, and stakeholders.
Field of Science:
- Earth Science
Advisors:
madeleine.a.pascolini-campbell@jpl.nasa.gov
(914) 316-9726
Christine.M.Lee@jpl.nasa.gov
(818) 354-3343
Applications from citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://www.nasa.gov/oiir/export-control.
Eligibility is currently open to:
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U.S. Citizens;
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U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);
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Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and,
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Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status
