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Name
  
Rachel Pinker


Fields
  
Meteorology

Institutions
  
University of Maryland, College Park

Thesis
  
Micrometeorological characteristics of a dry tropical evergreen forest in Thailand (1976)

Alma mater
  
University of Maryland, College Park

Institution
  
University of Maryland, College Park

Rachel T. Pinker is a professor of meteorology at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she has worked since 1976.

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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. 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.

References

Rachel Pinker Wikipedia