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Mark Drinkwater
Mark Drinkwater | |
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| Born | Oldham |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Head of the Mission Science Division at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC |
| Known for | Polar satellite remote sensing, as Senior Scientist in the predecessor of the Ocean and Ice Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mission Scientist for ESA’s GOCE, CryoSat and Sentinel-3 Earth Observing satellites |
Education[edit]
Mark Drinkwater had a university education in the United Kingdom, obtaining a Doctorate (Ph.D) at Emmanuel College and the Scott Polar Research Institute of the University of Cambridge. He obtained a doctorate in geophysics, with a Ph.D thesis entitled “Radar Altimetric Studies of Polar Ice.”
Professional[edit]
Mark Drinkwater was a senior scientist[1] from 1987 – 2000 in the Earth and Space Science Division at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He pioneered new applications of microwave remote sensing for snow, sea ice and ice sheets using Altimeter, Synthetic Aperture Radar and Scatterometer data from aircraft and satellites, based on the experience from SeaSat, and helped in establish JPL at the forefront of polar sciences. During this period he ran a number of large international climate related scientific projects for NASA, ESA, CSA and JAXA and participating in a number of Arctic and Antarctic research expeditions.
Drinkwater is currently Head of the Mission Science Division at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC Facility in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. He joined ESA in 2000, and as Mission Scientist between 2000 and 2010 supported the successful scientific preparation and launch of the first three Earth Explorer missions CryoSat [2], GOCE [3] and SMOS, along with Envisat, and MetOp with its ASCAT scatterometer.
Drinkwater coordinated Space Agency activities during the recent 4th International Polar Year (2007-2008) as Chair of the IPY Polar Space Task Group (IPY-STG) under the mandate of WMO/ICSU. The STG coordinated contributions from 13 Space Agencies together with a number of other organisations to secure a lasting IPY satellite data legacy. Collection of a broad multi-agency dataset was planned and successfully executed to address key scientific challenges in polar science and climate research. A successor group, the Polar Space Task Group (PSTG) has been established under the auspices of the WMO Executive Council Panel of Experts on Polar Observations, Research and Services (EC-PORS) [4]. The group shall build on the legacy of the IPY to federate the space agencies in the study of the global cryosphere.
Drinkwater is presently a Senior Advisor on the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society’s Instrument and Future Technologies Technical Committee[5].
Drinkwater is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the IEEE and the International Glaciological Society.
Links[edit]
Nature News Blog: Hope for ESA’s Gravity Mission - August 23, 2010 http://blogs.nature.com/news/2010/08/hope_for_esas_groundbreaking_g.html
RedOrbit: CryoSat Mission Scientist: Interview With Mark Drinkwater http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1829162/cryosat_mission_scientist_interview_with_mark_drinkwater/index.html
ESA: GOCE Mission Scientist: Interview with Mark Drinkwater http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GOCE/SEMAXLKRQJF_0_iv.html
Astronomy Online; Interview: Dr Mark Drinkwater http://www.astronomynow.com/mag/1012/EarthObservation.html
EarthZine Coordinating Satellite Observations during the International Polar Year 2007-2008 http://www.earthzine.org/2008/03/09/coordinating-satellite-observations-during-the-international-polar-year-2007-2008/
Awards[edit]
ESA GOCE Team Award (2010); NASA/JPL Award for Excellence[6] for Significant contributions in the field of polar research (1999); Prize Paper Award IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society[7]; NASA Group Award for JPL Ocean Sciences Group contribution for the Topex/Poseidon Mission (1990); Elected Fellow of the Electromagnetics Academy (1989).
References[edit]
- ^ "Meet the Oceanographer" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved Aug 24, 2011.
- ^ "Science Poles: Mark Drinkwater on CryoSat-2 and its Mission". IPF. Retrieved Aug 24, 2011.
- ^ "Meet Dr. Mark Drinkwater". ESA. Retrieved Aug 24, 2011.
- ^ "WMO Executive Council Panel of Experts on Polar Observations Research and Services". WMO. Retrieved Aug 30, 2011.
- ^ "Senior Advisor to IEEE Instrument and Future Technologies Technical Committee". IEEE GRS. Retrieved Aug 30, 2011.
- ^ "NASA/JPL Awards for Excellence" (PDF). JPL. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
- ^ "IEEE Prize Paper award" (PDF). IEEE. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
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