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Urban Wet Carbon Accounting and Climate Change

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

ORAU is part of the NASA Postdoctoral Program which offers unique research opportunities to talented scientists. The role focuses on investigating carbon storage in wetlands in the New York area and developing measurement approaches for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification frameworks in coastal wetlands.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Investigate carbon storage in wetlands in the New York area

Assess the value of wetlands for preserving them in the face of coastal ecosystem degradation and managed restoration

Characterize carbon stocks and fluxes in the lower Hudson Valley and the Long Island Sound

Develop measurement and analytical approaches for use in support of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) frameworks in coastal wetlands

Couple space-based remote sensing with comprehensive field and laboratory experiments to quantify the areal extent of wetlands

Determine the depths and carbon content of various types of wetland sediments

Examine the role of wetlands in lateral exchanges of organic carbon with adjacent estuarine and coastal waters

Understand wetland-atmosphere-estuarine carbon exchanges

Assess how much carbon is stored on the landscape today and how land use and land cover change will affect this significant carbon reservoir

Qualification

Remote sensingGISBlue carbonCarbon managementField experiments

Required

Research proposal

Three letters of recommendation

Official doctoral transcript documents

Strong background in remote sensing, GIS, or blue carbon

U.S. Citizen Only

Doctoral Degree

Company

ORAU

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ORAU provides innovative scientific and technical solutions to advance research and education, protect public health and the environment and strengthen national security.

Founded in 1946