Research Physical Scientist (Coupled Model Developer)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) has an opening for a Research Physical Scientist (Coupled Model Developer) in the Modeling and Data Assimilation (MDA) Division in Boulder, Colorado.

This Research Physical Scientist position is responsible for developing and testing regional coupled applications of NOAA’s Unified Forecast System , and in collaboration with other scientists, integrating cutting-edge research on the representation of physical processes into these applications.

The initial focus will be on developing a high-resolution regional application over the Arctic focused on coupled sea-ice/ocean/atmosphere forecast applications. Other applications include high-resolution coupled ocean/atmosphere predictions of atmospheric rivers for West Coast precipitation and boundary layer winds for offshore wind energy.

The PSL MDA Research Physical Scientist is expected to:

• Configure and extend the UFS coupled model software infrastructure to create regional coupled applications that can be applied to specific prediction research problems.
• Work with other PSL researchers to apply knowledge of coupled earth system modeling to improve the representation of coupled processes involving the atmospheric planetary boundary layer, the ocean mixed layer and sea-ice in the UFS.
• Execute workflows on high-performance computing systems to generate retrospective forecasts using these new regional coupled UFS applications, and evaluate their potential to improve operational predictions.
• Integrate these advancements into the authoritative UFS code repository that is used for NOAA operational prediction applications.

Eligibility requirements such as education and specialized experience apply. Please see the official job announcement on USAJOBS for more information.