Analytical Studies of the Tropical Atmosphere and its Relationship to Global Climate
This research analyzes tropical atmosphere data to understand how it affects global climate patterns and weather, focusing on convection, waves, and teleconnections.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025
Funding Amounts: Base stipend approximately $70,000 plus $4,000 travel allowance; stipend increases with experience. Typical award duration 2-3 years.
Summary: Supports postdoctoral and senior researchers to study tropical atmospheric dynamics and their influence on global subseasonal to seasonal climate variability through data analysis, theory, and modeling.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and non-U.S. citizens; requires contacting a Research Adviser prior to application; relocation and health insurance benefits included.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports analytical studies aimed at understanding the relationship between tropical atmospheric dynamics and global climate variability on subseasonal to seasonal timescales. The research focuses on how tropical moist convective motions interact with large-scale atmospheric circulation and how tropical precipitation-driven convective heating influences extratropical weather patterns through teleconnections.
Key scientific themes include:
- Dynamics of tropical convectively coupled waves.
- The relationship between tropical convective activity characteristics and extratropical atmospheric responses, including extreme weather events.
- The role of tropical waves and their extratropical impacts on subseasonal global weather predictions.
Research approaches emphasize statistical analysis of observational datasets (satellite measurements, reanalysis products, rawinsonde archives), supported by analytical theory and modeling studies ranging from idealized general circulation models to operational forecast systems.
The fellowship is hosted at the Earth System Research Laboratories, Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, CO, under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
