Member Since 2003
Sinead Louise Farrell
Associate Professor, University of Maryland College Park
Member, Macelwane Medal Committee
AGU member since 2003. Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Volunteer community experience includes session co-convener, AGU Fall Meeting (2014–present); liaison and judge for AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPA); mentoring and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) opportunities (2010–present). Member, NASA IceBridge Science Team (2010–2016), NASA ICESat-2 Science Team (2012–2024), OSTST (2017-present) and the CRISTAL Mission Advisory Group (2018-present).
Professional Experience
University of Maryland College Park
Associate Professor
2009 - Present
NOAA College Park
Visiting Scientist
2007 - 2024
University of Maryland College Park
Associate Research Scientist
2014 - 2019
University of Maryland College Park
Assistant Research Scientist
2011 - 2014
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Education
University College London
Doctorate
2007
Publications
Arctic Sea Ice Topography Information From RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) Synthetic Aperture R...
Sea ice topography information can be obtained from altimetry but these data are spatially and temporally limited compared to recent synthetic aper...
February 24, 2024
Determining Variability in Arctic Sea Ice Pressure Ridge Top...
September 26, 2022
The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge
June 21, 2021
Mapping Sea Ice Surface Topography in High Fidelity With ICE...
November 02, 2020
AGU Abstracts
Investigating Atmospheric and Oceanic Influences on Arctic Sea Ice Deformation over a 5-Year Period Spanning 2018 to 2023
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 12 december 2024
Sinéad L L. Farrell, Lydia McCamish, Kyle Duncan, ...
Complex sea ice topography, including sastrugi, snow dunes, rafted ice, and pressure ridges, affects the momentum transfer between the polar atmospher...
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Revealing New Features of the Landfast Ice Along the Beaufort Sea Coastline Using Daily Swath Mapping from SWOT’s KaRIn Altimeter
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 12 december 2024
Reint Fischer, Sinéad L L. Farrell, Kyle Duncan, K...
Landfast sea ice extends tens of kilometers into the Beaufort Sea along the Alaskan coastline for a large part of the year, until breakup occurs, typi...
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Characterization and Mapping of Grounded Ridges along the Alaskan Arctic Coastline using ICESat-2 Surface Height Retrievals
AGU 2024
cryosphere | 12 december 2024
Kennedy Lange, Alice C. Bradley, Kyle Duncan, Siné...
Grounded ridges play a crucial role in stabilizing shorefast ice, yet they are not well understood on a pan-Arctic scale. We describe an approach empl...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
2022 - 2022
Member
Cryosphere Canvassing Committee
2021 - 2021
Member
Cryosphere Fellows Committee
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