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Ignatius Rigor publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ignatius Rigor sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 121 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Ignatius Rigor D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ignatius Rigor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ignatius Rigor is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology.

Rigor's research addresses a range of topics including Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Climate change and permafrost, Cryospheric studies and observations, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Climate variability and models, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Their recent publications include studies published in notable scientific journals:

  • An Overview of Ocean Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean pH, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Thickness and Volume, Sea Level and Strength of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation), 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH), 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The Cyclonic Mode of Arctic Ocean Circulation, 2021, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • The MOSAiC Distributed Network: Observing the coupled Arctic system with multidisciplinary, coordinated platforms, 2024, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Marine renewable energy for Arctic observations, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

Among frequent co-authors collaborating on their research are:

  • David H. Bromwich
  • Kirstin Werner
  • Jordan G. Powers
  • Irina Gorodetskaya
  • François Massonnet

Rigor has published multiple papers in venues that have featured their work more than once. These publication venues include:

  • Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Surface air temperature and its changes over the past 150 years

    P. D. Jones;M. New;D. E. Parker;S. Martin

  • Response of Sea Ice to the Arctic Oscillation

    Ignatius G. Rigor;John M. Wallace;Roger L. Colony

  • Thinning and volume loss of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: 2003–2008

    R. Kwok;G. F. Cunningham;M. Wensnahan;I. Rigor

  • Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather

    J. Cohen;X. Zhang;J. Francis;T. Jung;T. Jung

  • Snow Depth on Arctic Sea Ice

    Stephen G. Warren;Ignatius G. Rigor;Norbert Untersteiner;Vladimir F. Radionov

  • Variations in the age of Arctic sea‐ice and summer sea‐ice extent

    Ignatius G. Rigor;John M. Wallace

  • Variations in Surface Air Temperature Observations in the Arctic, 1979-97.

    Ignatius G. Rigor;Roger L. Colony;Seelye Martin

  • Rapid reduction of Arctic perennial sea ice

    S. V. Nghiem;I. G. Rigor;D. K. Perovich;P. Clemente-Colón

  • Changing Arctic Ocean freshwater pathways

    James Morison;Ron Kwok;Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz;Matt Alkire

  • Circulation of summer Pacific halocline water in the Arctic Ocean

    Michael Steele;James Morison;Wendy Ermold;Ignatius Rigor

  • Interdecadal changes in snow depth on Arctic sea ice

    Melinda A. Webster;Ignatius G. Rigor;Son V. Nghiem;Nathan T. Kurtz

  • Reduced ice thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift favors rapid ice retreat

    Christian Haas;Christian Haas;Andreas Pfaffling;Andreas Pfaffling;Stefan Hendricks;Lasse Rabenstein

  • Sea ice response to an extreme negative phase of the Arctic Oscillation during winter 2009/2010

    Julienne C. Stroeve;James Maslanik;Mark C. Serreze;Ignatius Rigor

  • Arctic marginal ice zone trending wider in summer and narrower in winter

    Courtenay Strong;Ignatius G. Rigor

  • Ice mass-balance buoys: a tool for measuring and attributing changes in the thickness of the Arctic sea-ice cover

    Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge;Donald K. Perovich;Bruce C. Elder;Keran Claffey

  • Reconstructing the origin and trajectory of drifting Arctic sea ice

    S. L. Pfirman;R. Colony;D. Nürnberg;H. Eicken

  • An Overview of Ocean Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Heat Content, Ocean pH, Dissolved Oxygen Concentration, Arctic Sea Ice Extent, Thickness and Volume, Sea Level and Strength of the AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)

    Carlos Garcia-Soto;Carlos Garcia-Soto;Lijing Cheng;Levke Caesar;Levke Caesar;S. Schmidtko

  • Sediment transport by sea ice in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas: Increasing importance due to changing ice conditions?

    H. Eicken;R. Gradinger;A. Gaylord;A. Mahoney

  • A freshwater jet on the east Greenland shelf

    Sheldon Bacon;Gilles Reverdin;Ignatius G. Rigor;Helen M. Snaith

  • Summer retreat of Arctic sea ice: Role of summer winds

    Masayo Ogi;Masayo Ogi;Ignatius G. Rigor;Ignatius G. Rigor;Miles G. McPhee;John M. Wallace

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Haas
Christian Haas Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Stefan Hendricks
Stefan Hendricks Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Donald K. Perovich
Donald K. Perovich Dartmouth College
Son V. Nghiem
Son V. Nghiem California Institute of Technology
Gregory A. Neumann
Gregory A. Neumann Goddard Space Flight Center
James H. Morison
James H. Morison University of Washington
Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington
Dorothy K. Hall
Dorothy K. Hall Goddard Space Flight Center
Ron Kwok
Ron Kwok University of Washington
Julienne Stroeve
Julienne Stroeve University of Manitoba

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