Ignatius G. Rigor

Curriculum Vitae

 

Polar Science Center                                                                          Phone: (206) 685-2571

Applied Physics Laboratory                                                                    Fax: (206) 616-3142

University of Washington                                               Email: ignatius@apl.washington.edu

1013 NE 40th, Seattle, WA 98195    

 

Work Experience

            Mathematician / Research Scientist, 1986 - present

            Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory

            University of Washington, Seattle Washington

 

Education

Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, 2005

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Dissertation: Interdecadal Variations in Arctic Sea Ice

Advisor: John M. Wallace

M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, 2001

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Thesis: On the Response of Sea Ice to the Arctic Oscillation

Advisor: John M. Wallace

B.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology, 1986

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

 

Professional Activities

Coordinator of the International Arctic Buoy Programme

Member of NASA and NSF Proposal Review Panels.

Member of AOOS Sea Ice Working Group, 2006 – present.

Member of the American Geophysical Union, and American Meteorological Society

Reviewer for various science journals.

 

Publications

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I, Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC - Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. (Rigor, I.G. is a Contributing Author).

Richter-Menge, J.A., and many other including I.G. Rigor, State of the Arctic. FY 2005 NOAA Annual Report: The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System For Climate, ed. Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA Office of Climate Observation, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. USA, 2006.

Richter-Menge, J.A., D.K. Perovich, B.C. Elder, K. Claffey, I.Rigor, M. Ortmeyer, Ice Mass Balance Buoys: A tool for measuring and attributing changes in the thickness of Arctic sea ice cover, Annals of Glaciology, v. 44, 2006.

Serreze, M.C. and I.G. Rigor, The cryosphere and climate change: perspectives on the Arctic's shrinking sea ice cover., Glacier Science and Environmental Change,  ed. P. Knight, Blackwell Publishing, Ltd, Oxford, August 2006.

Eicken, H., R. Gradinger, A. Graves, A. Mahoney, I. Rigor, & H. Melling, Sediment transport by sea ice in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas: Increasing importance due to changing ice conditions?, Deep Sea Research, 2005.

Rigor, I.G., J. Richter-Menge, C. Lee, Arctic Sea Ice and Ocean Observations, Arctic Research of the United States, v. 19, 2005.

Rigor, I.G., Interdecadal Variations in Arctic Sea Ice, Ph. D. Dissertation, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, pp. 100, 2005.

Rigor, I.G., and Jackie Richter-Menge, Sea Ice Extent and Thickness. FY 2004 NOAA Annual Report: The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System For Climate, ed. Diane M. Stanitski, NOAA Office of Climate Observation, Silver Spring, MD, 20910. USA, pp. 67-74, 2005.

Pfirman, S., W.F. Haxby, R. Colony, and I. Rigor, Variability in Arctic Sea Ice Drift, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL020063, 2004. [Citations: 1]

Rigor, I.G. and J.M. Wallace, Variations in the Age of Sea Ice and Summer Sea Ice Extent, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL019492, 2004. [Citations: 6]

Rigor, I.G., Arctic Meteorological Stations, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Rigor, I.G., Laptev Sea, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Rigor, I.G., Sea Ice, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Routledge, New York, 2004.

Steel, M.A., J. Morison, W. Ermold, I.G. Rigor, M. Ortmeyer, and K. Shimada, The Circulation of Summer Pacific Halocline Water in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., v. 109, c02027 doi:10.1029/2003JC002009, 2004. [Citations: 6]

Rigor, I.G., J.M. Wallace, and R.L. Colony, Response of Sea Ice to the Arctic Oscillation, J. Climate, v. 15, no. 18, pp. 2648 - 2668, 2002. [Citations: 94]

Bacon, S., G. Reverdin, I.G. Rigor, and H. M. Snaith, A Freshwater Jet on the East Greenland Shelf, J. Geophys. Res., v. 107, no. C7, 2002. [Citations: 6]

Rigor, I.G., R.L. Colony, and S. Martin, Variations in Surface Air Temperature in the Arctic from 1979-1997, J. Climate, v. 13, no. 5, pp. 896 - 914, 2000. [Citations: 94]

Jones, P.D., M. New, D.E. Parker, S. Martin, and I.G. Rigor , Surface air temperature and its changes over the past 150 years, Rev. Geophys. Vol. 37 , No. 2 , p. 173 - 200, 1999. [Citations: 308]

Warren, S.G., I.G. Rigor, N. Untersteiner, V. F. Radionov, N. N. Bryazgin, Y. I. Aleksandrov, and R. Colony, Snow Depth on Arctic Sea Ice, J. Climate, v. 12, no. 6, pp. 1814–1829, 1999. [Citations: 16]

Landa, E., E. Reimnitz, D. Beals, J. Pochkowski, and I.G. Rigor, Transport of 137Cs and 239,240Pu by Ice Rafted Debris in the Arctic Ocean, Arctic, v. 51, no. 1, pp. 27-39, 1998. [Citations: 24]

Rigor, I.G., and R. Colony, Sea Ice Production in the Laptev Sea, Sci. Total Environ., vol. 202, pp. 89-110, 1997. [Citations: 17]

Pfirman, S.L, J.W. Kögeler, and I.G. Rigor, Potential Shortcuts for Transport of Contaminants from the Kara Sea, Sci.Total Environ., vol. 202, pp. 111-122, 1997. [Citations: 16]

Pfirman, S.L., R. Colony, D. Nürnberg, H. Eicken, and I.G. Rigor, Reconstructing the Origin and Trajectory of Drifting Arctic Sea Ice, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 102 no.6 pp. 12575-12586, 1997. [Citations: 52]

Pfirman, S.L., R. Colony, D. Nürnberg, H. Eicken, and I.G. Rigor, Correction to “Reconstructing the Origin and Trajectory of Drifting Arctic Sea Ice,” J. Geophys. Res., vol. 102 no.c10, p. 23239, 1997.