Kenneth Sinclair
(ASSOC RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | kenneth.sinclair@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 212.678.5598 |
| Org Code: | 611 |
| Address: |
NASA/GISS Mail Code 611 New York, NY 10025 |
| Employer: | TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY |
Education
2014 - 2019 Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
2012 M.A., Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University
2011 M.Sc., Earth and Space Science, York University
2009 B.A.Sc., Specialized Honors Space Engineering, York University
Positions/Employment
Associate Research Scientist
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies & Columbia University - New York, NY
2022 - Present
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Universities Space Research Association - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
2019 - 2021
Graduate Research Assistant
Columbia University - New York, NY
2014 - 2019
Research Consultant
SciSpace LLC / NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies - New York, NY
2013 - 2014
Research Assistant
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University - New York, NY
2012 - 2013
Research & Technical Assistant
COM DEV Ltd. - Ottawa, Canada
2009 - 2011
Publications
Refereed
2025. "The NASA ACTIVATE Mission.", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106 (8): E1517-E1538 [10.1175/bams-d-24-0136.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the NASA ACTIVATE dataset.", Earth System Science Data, 15 (8): 3419-3472 [10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Cloud drop number concentrations over the western North Atlantic Ocean: seasonal cycle, aerosol interrelationships, and other influential factors.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21 (13): 10499-10526 [10.5194/acp-21-10499-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Inference of Precipitation in Warm Stratiform Clouds using Remotely Sensed Observations of the Cloud Top Droplet Size Distribution.", Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (10): e2021GL092547 [10.1029/2021gl092547] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Joint cloud water path and rainwater path retrievals from airborne ORACLES observations.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21 (7): 5513-5532 [10.5194/acp-21-5513-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Constraining the Twomey effect from satellite observations: issues and perspectives.", Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20 (23): 15079-15099 [10.5194/acp-20-15079-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Joint Cloud Water Path and Rain Water Path Retrievals from ORACLES Observations.", , [10.5194/acp-2020-849] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Observations of Aerosol‐Cloud Interactions During the North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study.", Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (3): [10.1029/2019gl085851] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Polarimetric retrievals of cloud droplet number concentrations.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 228 227-240 [10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.008] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Intercomparison of airborne multi-angle polarimeter observations from the Polarimeter Definition Experiment.", Applied Optics, 58 (3): 650 [10.1364/ao.58.000650] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Retrievals of cloud droplet size from the research scanning polarimeter data: Validation using in situ measurements.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 210 76-95 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.005] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Remote Sensing of Droplet Number Concentration in Warm Clouds: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Perspectives.", Reviews of Geophysics, 56 (2): 409-453 [10.1029/2017rg000593] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Remote Sensing of Multiple Cloud Layer Heights using Multi-Angular Measurements.", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 1-23 [10.5194/amt-10-2361-2017] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "Development of a Fourier-transform waveguide spectrometer for space applications.", Optical and Quantum Electronics, 44 (12-13): 549-556 [10.1007/s11082-012-9596-6] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Design of a slab waveguide multiaperture spectrometer for field observations.", Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, 57 (1): 53-58 [10.5589/q11-008] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2019. "Polarimetric Retrievals of Cloud Droplet Number Concentration: Towards a Better Understanding of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions.", Ph.D. thesis. Columbia University, [https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-c0p8-2743] [Other]
2014. "Design and Test of a Slab Waveguide Spectrometer for Spatial Heterodyne Observations of Water Vapor.", Masters thesis. York University, [http://hdl.handle.net/10315/27707] [Other]