Investigations in Surface-Atmosphere Exchange over a Mixed Deciduous Forest in the Southern Appalachians
This project studies how a southern Appalachian forest exchanges energy, water, and gases with the atmosphere using long-term data and new measurements.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Application Deadline)
Funding Amounts: $70,000 stipend plus $2,000 travel allowance; typical fellowship duration 2-3 years
Summary: Postdoctoral and senior researchers can investigate surface-atmosphere exchange processes over a mixed deciduous forest in the Southern Appalachians using long-term and enhanced micrometeorological data.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and non-U.S. citizens; relocation and health insurance benefits included.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports research on the exchange of energy, momentum, water vapor, trace gases, and particles between the earth's surface and atmosphere, focusing on a mixed deciduous forest in the Southern Appalachians. The site, part of the AmeriFlux network, has nearly 30 years of micrometeorological and carbon flux data and is undergoing upgrades to improve carbon budget characterization and understanding of surface-atmosphere exchange processes.
Research topics may include:
- Analysis of historical data focusing on trends in net ecosystem exchange (NEE) and evapotranspiration (ET), and climate change impacts.
- Evaluation of how representative the site’s measurements are at the landscape scale.
- Implementation, quality control, and analysis of enhanced multi-layer forest micrometeorological and CO2/CH4 flux measurements.
- Modeling to account for complex terrain effects on land-atmosphere interactions and landscape-scale fluxes.
Key scientific themes include carbon budgeting, eddy covariance techniques, air-surface exchange, and net primary productivity.
The research is hosted at NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Air Resources Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
