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Marcia Baker
Marcia Baker is a retired professor known for her research on cloud physics which informs global climate models and defines the processes leading to the formation of lightning from clouds. She is the mother of Nobel laureate David Baker. Education and careerBaker graduated in 1955 from Urbana High School in Illinois.[1][2] She earned a scholarship on the basis of "scholastic achievement and promise of effective participation and leadership" to attend Cornell University from which she earned a B.S. in 1959.[3] She earned an M.S. from Stanford University in 1960[3] and a Ph.D. in physics in 1971 from the University of Washington.[4] She remained at the University of Washington following her Ph.D., initially as a research associate.[3] She was promoted to professor of geophysics and atmospheric sciences in 1988. She retired in 2004[5] ResearchBaker's research on cloud physics informs climate change models.[6] Her early research examined how atmospheric particles absorb energy[7] and the formation of droplets within cumulus clouds.[8] Her modeling of turbulent mixing within clouds[9][10] and the connections between cloud thickness and precipitation[11][12] play a role in modeling of global climate. She has also used a combination of modeling and satellite observations to establish the processes that lead to the formation of lightning.[13][14] Selected publications
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