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Postdoc in Satellite Glaciology - DTU Space
Summary
Develop methods to process SWOT satellite data over the Greenland Ice Sheet and investigate signals of subglacial hydrology. The role includes validating elevation-change data, publishing and presenting findings, collaborating with researchers, and contributing to limited teaching.
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Are you establishing your career in Earth Observation or glaciology, and want to pioneer the first application of a novel satellite dataset to study the Greenland Ice Sheet? Join the Geodesy and Earth Observation (GEO) Division at DTU Space, where you will help re-imagine the SWOT satellite mission – originally built to map ocean and river water levels – for an experimental application:
- Tracking meltwater as it travels deep beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet.
- If successful, your work could open a window into the ice sheet's hidden hydrology and reshape how we predict its future in a warming climate.
Responsibilities and qualifications As a postdoc on the SWOT-ICE Experiment, your main task will be to develop and apply new methods for extracting meaningful surface elevation-change signals from the SWOT satellite's measurements over the Greenland Ice Sheet.
You will process and correct the SWOT elevation data, which is currently unreliable over the steep, evolving ice due to issues such as geolocation offsets, and combine the resulting elevation-change fields with SWOT's backscatter data to search for signatures of how meltwater is stored and routed beneath the ice1 …
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