Sinead Louise Farrell
(UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF)
Email: | sineadf@umd.edu |
Org Code: | 615 |
Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 615 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON |
Brief Bio
Sinéad is a member of both the NASA Operation IceBridge Science Team (http://icebridge.gsfc.nasa.gov/) and the NASA ICESat-2 Science Definition Team (http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/).
Research Interests
Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
Earth Science: Cryosphere / Earth's Ice CoverSinéad's research focuses on the polar climate system. Her primary interests lie in remote sensing of the polar oceans using satellite and airborne altimetry for marine geophysics and cryospheric investigations.
Current Projects
ICESat-2
Remote Sensing
ICESat-2 Science Definition Team Member
Operation IceBridge
Sea Ice
IceBridge Science Team Member
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
University of Maryland - College Park
2011 - Present
Earth System Scinece Interdisciplinary Center
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Maryland - College Park
2009 - 2011
National Research Council Research Associate
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council - Washington DC
2007 - 2009
NRC Research Associateship Program
Based at NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, MD
Education
2002 Master in Science (M.Sci.), Earth and Space Science, University College London, United Kingdom
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
2003 - Present
Awards
Selected Publications
Refereed
2014. "Impact of Variable Atmospheric and Oceanic Form Drag on Simulations of Arctic Sea Ice." J. Phys. Oceanog. 44 (5): 1329-1353 [10.1175/JPO-D-13-0215.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "IceBridge Airborne Survey Data Support Arctic Sea Ice Predictions." Eos Trans. AGU 94 (4): 41 [10.1002/2013EO040001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Arctic Sea Ice Conditions in Spring 2009-2013 Prior to Melt." Geophys. Res. Lett. 40 (22): 5888-5893 [10.1002/2013GL058011] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Validating ICESat Over Thick Sea Ice in the Northern Canada Basin." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 51 (4): 2188-2200 [10.1109/TGRS.2012.2211603] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "A Sea-Ice Lead Detection Algorithm for Use With High-Resolution Airborne Visible Imagery." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 51 (1): 38-56 [10.1109/TGRS.2012.2202666] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Gravity of the Arctic Ocean from satellite data with validations using airborne gravimetry: Oceanographic implications." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118 (2): 917-930 [10.1002/jgrc.20080] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products from Operation IceBridge airborne data." The Cryosphere 7 (4): 1035–1056 [10.5194/tc-7-1035-2013] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume." Geophysical Research Letters 40 (4): 732-737 [10.1002/grl.50193] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "A First Assessment of IceBridge Snow and Ice Thickness Data Over Arctic Sea Ice." IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing 50 (6): 2098-2111 [10.1109/TGRS.2011.2170843] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Mean dynamic topography of the Arctic Ocean." Geophysical Research Letters 39 (1): L01601 [10.1029/2011GL050052] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Large-scale surveys of snow depth on Arctic sea ice from Operation IceBridge." Geophysical Research Letters 38 (20): L20505 [10.1029/2011GL049216] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Observations of recent Arctic sea ice volume loss and its impact on ocean-atmosphere energy exchange and ice production." J. Geophys. Res. 116 (C4): C04015 [10.1029/2010JC006235] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Laser Altimetry Sampling Strategies over Sea Ice." Ann Glaciol 52 (57): 69-76 [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission." Proc. IEEE 98 (5): 735-751 [10.1109/JPROC.2009.2034765] [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Five years of Arctic sea ice freeboard measurements from the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite." J. Geophys. Res. 114 (C4): C04008 [10.1029/2008JC005074] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Arctic Ocean gravity field derived from ICESat and ERS-2 altimetry: Tectonic implications." J Geophys Res 113 (B5): B05408 [10.1029/2007JB005217] [Journal Article/Letter]