Eric Rignot
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| Eric Rignot | |
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 Dr. Eric Rignot |
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| Occupation | Professor, Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine |
| Known for | principal scientist for the Radar Science and Engineering Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Eric Rignot is Professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine,[1] and principal scientist for the Radar Science and Engineering Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory He is a principal investigator on several NASA-funded projects to study the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheets and Antarctic ice sheets by using radar interferometry and other methods; the interactions of ice shelves with the ocean; and the dynamic retreat of Patagonian glaciers. He received the Lew Allen Award for Excellence in 1998.[2] Rignot is a member of the American Geophysical Union, and the International Glaciological Society.[3]
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- ^ "Eric Rignot". University of California, Irvine. http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5467. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
- ^ "Science and Technology: The Lew Allen Award for Excellence Recipients". JPL. http://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/community/awardsachievements/laAward/pastrecepients/. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Meet Dr. Eric Rignot". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/sealevel_rignot_bio.html. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
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