Ignatius Rigor is a climatologist at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, and an affiliate associate professor in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Dr. Rigor is the Coordinator of the International Arctic Buoy Programme, and the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys.
Dr. Rigor studies sea ice, and how it interacts with the atmosphere and ocean. His primary tools for research are observations from drifting buoys and satellites. Sea ice is one of the primary indicators of climate change. The ice waxes and wanes driven by variations in sunlight and temperature. Changes in wind also play an important role by redistributing the ice across the Arctic Ocean creating areas of open water, and by compressing this ice into ridges. Making sense of the complex interplay between the air, ocean and sea ice is a challenging puzzle that motivates Dr. Rigor’s research.
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Ignatius Rigor is a climatologist at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, and an affiliate associate professor in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. Dr. Rigor is the Coordinator of the International Arctic Buoy Programme, and the International Programme for Antarctic Buoys.
Dr. Rigor studies sea ice, and how it interacts with the atmosphere and ocean. His primary tools for research are observations from drifting buoys and satellites. Sea ice is one of the primary indicators of climate change. The ice waxes and wanes driven by variations in sunlight and temperature. Changes in wind also play an important role by redistributing the ice across the Arctic Ocean creating areas of open water, and by compressing this ice into ridges. Making sense of the complex interplay between the air, ocean and sea ice is a challenging puzzle that motivates Dr. Rigor’s research.
