Claire Parkinson
Claire L. Parkinson | |
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Alma mater | Wellesley College Ohio State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Earth climate Arctic sea ice |
Institutions | Ohio State University National Center for Atmospheric Research Goddard Space Flight Center |
Claire Lucille Parkinson is an American Earth scientist and climatologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Education
Parkinson has a B.A. in mathematics from Wellesley College, where she was elected to both Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, and a Ph.D. in geography/climatology from Ohio State University.
Career
Parkinson is a climatologist at
Parkinson has developed a computer model of sea ice, has done field work in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. She has authored more than 100 scientific publications and author or editor of 15 books, among them she is the lead author of an atlas of Arctic sea ice from satellite data and a coauthor of two other sea ice atlases.
Honors and awards
- 2000 Fellow, American Meteorological Society
- 2001 NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- 2003 Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurels Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Space
- 2003 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
- 2004 Richard P. Goldthwait Polar Medal [10]
- 2006 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Systems Award
- 2008 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal[11]
- 2009 Election to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering[12]
- 2010 Election to the American Philosophical Society[13]
- 2010 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science[14]
- 2011 American Meteorological Society Remote Sensing Prize
- 2015 William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center[15]
- 2016 Election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences[16]
- 2016 Fellow, American Geophysical Union[17]
- 2017 NASA Silver Achievement Medal, FEMA response volunteers
- 2018 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[18]
- 2020 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal[19]
- 2020 Maryland Women's Hall of Fame[20]
- 2020 Roger Revelle Medal
References
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- ^ "Aqua". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "Bio - Claire Parkinson: A Scientist Who Goes Beyond". 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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- ^ "Parkinson, C. L., and D. J. Cavalieri, 2012: Floating ice- Sea ice, Lake Ice and River Ice (R. S. Williams, Jr., and J. G. Ferrigno, editors)" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "Reference and Data Products". Retrieved 2018-10-09.
- ^ "Coming Climate Crisis? Consider the Past, Beware the Big Fix". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ Parkinson, Claire L.; Millar, Pamela S.; and Thaller, Michelle. (editors). Women of Goddard: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Archived 2020-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Claire Parkinson". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "2008 Agency Honor Awards Brochure" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING ELECTS 65 MEMBERS AND NINE FOREIGN ASSOCIATES". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "NASA Scientist Claire Parkinson Elected to American Philosophical Society". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "Claire L. Parkinson". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "2016 Class of AGU Fellows Announced". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "One New Honor for 213 Exceptional Individuals: American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects New Members". Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "Claire L. Parkinson, Ph.D."
- ^ "Claire L. Parkinson". Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2021-02-06.