25-113: Cloud Properties & Cloud-Free Line of Sight Specialist

🇺🇸 Fort Collins, CO

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $75K - $88K

💻 Research

🗓️ October 3rd, 2025

K-12 Python Unix

Edtech.com's Summary

Colorado State University is hiring a Cloud Properties & Cloud-Free Line of Sight Specialist. The position involves developing and evaluating 3D global cloud products from multi-satellite data, advancing cloud–aerosol visibility studies, applying machine learning techniques to quantify cloud and storm properties, and supporting validation and operational transition within an interdisciplinary research environment.

Highlights

Analyze 3D global cloud fields using geostationary and polar-orbiting satellite data
Develop processing frameworks and code for cloud-free line of sight calculations with satellite sensors
Build machine learning models to characterize cloud and storm modes incorporating satellite and numerical weather prediction data
Develop and evaluate models for cloud-aerosol visibility using global satellite observations
Publish scientific findings and present at conferences
Required skills include Python programming, Linux/Unix experience, and handling meteorological satellite and in-situ data sets
Ph.D. in atmospheric science or closely related field plus 1-2 years experience in meteorological data analysis
Preferred experience with numerical weather models, operational-ready data/code development, and machine learning
Position funded in part by the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR), NOAA, and NSF projects
Annual salary range: $75,000 - $88,000