OrganizationUniversity of Maryland / NASA GSFC
Emailalek.a.petty@nasa.gov
Location
Greenbelt , District of Columbia 20771
United States
Bio
Dr. Petty is a postdoc at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland - specializing in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice variability. He is a member of NASA's Operation IceBridge project science office.
Interests
Sea Ice
Current Research
Dr. Petty's research interests include: Arctic/Antarctic sea ice, atmosphere-ice-ocean interaction, extreme Arctic weather events, polar oceanography, and sea ice predictability. His work primarily involves statistical/geospatial analysis of satellite, airborne and in-situ sea ice observations. Dr. Petty has also developed idealized sea ice models and adapted/analyzed more sophisticated climate models.
