Rachel Pinker
{{Short description|Professor of meteorology}}
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| fields = Meteorology
| workplaces = University of Maryland, College Park
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| alma_mater = Hebrew University, University of Maryland, College Park
| thesis_title = Micrometeorological characteristics of a dry tropical evergreen forest in Thailand
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| thesis_year = 1976
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Rachel T. Pinker is a professor of meteorology at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she has worked since 1976.{{cite web | url=http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~pinker/ | title=Rachel Pinker | publisher=University of Maryland | accessdate=17 November 2014}}
Education
Pinker received her M.S. degree from Hebrew University in 1965 and her PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1976.
Research
Pinker is known for her research into global dimming and global brightening.{{cite journal|last1=Pinker|first1=R. T.|title=Do Satellites Detect Trends in Surface Solar Radiation?|journal=Science|date=6 May 2005|volume=308|issue=5723|pages=850–854|doi=10.1126/science.1103159|pmid=15879215|bibcode=2005Sci...308..850P |s2cid=10644227}}{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=1566139&singlePage=true | title=Are Skies Dimming Over Earth? | work=ABC News | date=9 February 2006 | accessdate=17 November 2014 | author=Onion, Amanda}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/health/06iht-bright.html?_r=0 | title=Tired of the heat? Scientists say brightness may be part of problem | work=New York Times | date=6 May 2005 | accessdate=17 November 2014 | author=Chang, Kenneth}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4636777 | title=Global Warming's Link to Clearer Skies on Earth | work=NPR | date=9 May 2005 | accessdate=17 November 2014 | author=Joyce, Christopher}}
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External links
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Category:American meteorologists
Category:University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Category:University of Maryland, College Park alumni
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