Airborne High Spectral Resolution LIDAR

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) to highly-talented scientists. Fellows engage in ongoing NASA research projects using facility-class airborne high-spectral-resolution lidars (HSRLs).

Description

NASA Langley Research Center operates four facility-class airborne high-spectral-resolution lidars (HSRLs). These lidars have been deployed on over 40 field experiments focusing on atmospheric and ocean remote sensing, including process science, satellite validation, and remote sensing algorithm studies.

• Measurements include particulate backscatter and extinction.
• Implement HSRL technique at 532 nm and elastic backscatter lidar technique at 1064 nm.
• Polarization sensitive at both wavelengths.
• One lidar measures HSRL at 355 nm.
• Two lidars feature ozone-profiling capability via DIAL.
• One lidar features water vapor and methane column capabilities via DIAL and integrated path DIAL.
• Two lidars provide HSRL ocean-profiling capability.
• Includes measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence and CDOM.
• Data sets offer extensive opportunities for studying aerosols, clouds, plankton, and optical and microphysical properties.
• Collaborate with other sensors like the NASA GISS Research Scanning Polarimeter.

Location

Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia

Field of Science

Earth Science

Advisors

• Chris Hostetler
  757-864-5373
  Chris.A.Hostetler@nasa.gov
• Jonathan W. Hair
  757-864-1406
  Johnathan.W.Hair@nasa.gov
• Richard A. Ferrare
  757-864-9943
  Richard.A.Ferrare@nasa.gov
• Amin Nehrir
  757-864-6107
  amin.r.nehrir@nasa.gov

Eligibility

• U.S. Citizens
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR)
• Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status
• 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

Questions

Please email npp@orau.org for inquiries.