The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) invites proposals for research to characterize land-ice-ocean interactions in nearshore Arctic regions.

The Arctic nearshore environment is undergoing rapid changes due to warming temperatures and changing weather patterns, which trigger a series of effects, such as rapid thawing of permafrost, increased river discharge, more intense storm and precipitation events, decreasing extent of multi-year sea ice extent, increasing extent of single-year sea ice extent, prolonged ice-free season, etc. Characterizing these effects and understanding their impact on land-ice-ocean interactions are crucial to maintaining situational awareness and readiness for maritime operations in the region. We are interested in research addressing one or more of the aforementioned or other related phenomena in the Arctic nearshore aquatic environment.

Proposals are expected to focus on the water/ice component of the nearshore environment and involve the use of innovative approaches, preferably combining field measurements and remotely sensed data, to provide a mechanistic understanding of the processes governing Arctic nearshore land-ice-ocean interactions, with the goal of retrieving critical information that could be exploited to subsequently develop monitoring tools based on modeling and remote sensing.

NRL provides opportunities to participate in fieldwork through ongoing projects and access to state-of-the-art field instrumentation and airborne sensing and imaging systems (hyperspectral, multispectral, thermal and polarimetric systems) calibration facilities, and computer resources to perform the work.

Arctic; land-ice-ocean interactions; remote sensing; satellites; coastal; oceans; multispectral; hyperspectral

citizenship

Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents

level

Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Additional Benefits

relocation

Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.

health insurance

A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.