Rachel Pinker | |
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Alma mater | Hebrew University, University of Maryland, College Park |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Meteorology |
Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
Thesis | Micrometeorological characteristics of a dry tropical evergreen forest in Thailand (1976) |
Rachel T. Pinker is a professor of meteorology at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she has worked since 1976. [1]
Pinker received her M.S. degree from Hebrew University in 1965 and her PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1976. [1]
Pinker is known for her research into global dimming and global brightening. [2] [3] [4] She has said that the Earth seems to be getting brighter, and that this may be because of a combination of a clearer sky and fewer clouds. [5]