Community:Announcement ccmc09
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Ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere (ITM) modeler at CCMC/GSFC, MD
From: Michael Hesse (Michael.Hesse at nasa.gov)
The Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) is a multi-agency partnership to enable, support and perform the research and development for the next-generation of space science and space weather models. The CCMC is based in the Heliophysics Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.
One of the main functions of the CCMC is to provide the general science community access to a large number of state-of-the-art space science models for research purposes. Additionally, the CCMC collaborates with individual model owners as well as major modeling programs to bring in new models and also maintain, enhance and evolve models that currently reside at the CCMC. Another important function of the CCMC is to provide a formal mechanism by which research models can be validated, tested, and improved for eventual use in space weather operations. In this capacity, the CCMC acts as an unbiased evaluator thus directly supporting the advancement of space weather forecasting. This function plays a vital role in NASA's space exploration initiative.
CCMC model support encompasses all disciplines from solar physics to ionospheric-thermospheric-mesospheric (ITM) physics. Of these, the ITM element forms an essential element of the Sun-to-Earth modeling chain. For this reason, the CCMC is seeking an ionospheric-thermospheric (ITM) scientist and modeler. The responsibilities of the incumbent include providing access to state-of-the-art ITM models for the science community through: 1) the adaptation and incorporation of suitable ITM models into CCMC; 2) the provision of ITM model runs with rapid turnaround; 3) the continued development of visualization techniques and analysis tools for the ITM models; and 4) communication with the ITM scientific community, decision makers, and space weather forecasters; and 5) through independent research addressing validation and verification issues related to ITM model performance.
The incumbent will be an individual will be responsible for fostering and building an environment where ITM model developers can provide to other scientists access to their models, for the purpose of model validation but also to maximize the science return from their coding investment. The incumbent needs to be able to work closely with the developers to ensure that the ITM model is functioning correctly at the CCMC, and is operating within the parameter ranges for which it has already been tested. Furthermore, the selected person will be expected to undertake their own research using the ITM models available to them, to present their own research undertaken by the CMCC at both national and international conferences, and to submit publications to peer-review journals. The incumbent will be familiar with data sources relevant to driving ITM models, including those involving data assimilation.
The position requires access to Goddard Space Flight Center. For further information please contact: Michael Hesse (michael.hesse at nasa.gov) 301-286-8224 Masha Kuznetsova (maria.m.kuznetsova at nasa.gov) 301-286-9571
