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Postdoc: Satellite-Based Monitoring of Shipping Emissions Wageningen University & Research in Netherlands
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Environmental Science
Funding
Paid postdoc position with a competitive gross salary of €4,925–€6,682 per month for 38 hours/week (scale 11), 2-year fixed-term contract; 0.8 FTE may be discussed.
Deadline
Dec 7, 2026
Country
Netherlands
University
Wageningen University & Research
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This postdoctoral project focuses on satellite-based monitoring of shipping emissions, with the goal of detecting and quantifying emissions from individual ships using observations from space. The research sits at the interface of satellite remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric modelling, and inverse methods, and is aimed at improving how ship plumes can be identified and translated into quantitative emission estimates.
At Wageningen University & Research, you will work within the Meteorology and Air Quality (MAQ) group, an interdisciplinary environment that combines atmospheric composition, meteorology, modelling, Earth observation, and data analysis. The project builds on an existing Wageningen framework that brings together satellite NO₂ observations, AIS-based ship activity, meteorological information, and atmospheric modelling to identify ship plumes and estimate NOₓ emissions.
Your research will involve developing improved plume-detection and interpretation methods for satellite observations, including plume-specific air mass factors and NO₂ profiles; combining satellite, AIS, meteorological, and bottom-up emission data to attribute plumes to individual vessels; examining how plume detectability changes under different wind, boundary-layer, background pollution, turbulence, and photochemical conditions; and applying inverse and data-driven approaches to estimate ship emissions and separate ship-related pollution from other sources.
You will also help scale the work to large satellite and AIS datasets, contributing to automated workflows and a database of space-based ship-emission estimates. The position offers room to shape the balance of tasks according to your expertise and interests, while contributing to the AVES II and CAMS2_53c projects and publishing results in international scientific journals.
The role is supervised by Prof. Folkert Boersma and Prof. Maarten Krol and is embedded in a collaborative, international research setting with academic, governmental, and other project partners.
Funding details
Paid postdoc position with a competitive gross salary of €4,925–€6,682 per month for 38 hours/week (scale 11), 2-year fixed-term contract; 0.8 FTE may be discussed.
What's required
A PhD in atmospheric science, remote sensing, environmental science, meteorology, physics, or a related field is required. Applicants should have experience working with satellite observations, preferably atmospheric composition measurements such as TROPOMI, and experience with inverse modelling, emission estimation, data assimilation, or related quantitative methods. A good understanding of atmospheric chemistry and transport, along with strong programming and data-analysis skills preferably in Python, is expected. Strong scientific communication skills and the ability to work effectively across disciplines and with external partners are required. Experience with meteorological reanalyses, atmospheric transport or chemistry-transport models, plume analysis, high-resolution modelling, AIS data, or machine-learning/data-driven methods would be an advantage. English proficiency at C1 level is required.
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Netherlands
Research Interests
Climatology
Remote Sensing
Earth Science
Earth Observation
Environmental Science
Prof. at Wageningen University & Research
Netherlands
Research Interests
Climatology
Atmospheric Science
Remote Sensing
Earth Science
Environmental Science
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