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Overview

Riccardo Riva is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific emphasis on oceanography, geophysics, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and geology. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields and topics related to Earth systems and climate dynamics.

The main topics explored in their publications include:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

The frequent publication venues where their work appears are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Earth System Dynamics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Riccardo Riva are:

  • "Sea Level Budgets Should Account for Ocean Bottom Deformation," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Exploring Sources of Uncertainty in Steric Sea-Level Change Estimates," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Ocean model resolution dependence of Caribbean sea-level projections," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Uncertainty Estimation in Regional Models of Long-Term GIA Uplift and Sea Level Change: An Overview," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Evidence of regional sea-level rise acceleration for the North Sea," 2022, Environmental Research Letters

Riccardo Riva collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Carolina M.L. Camargo, Tim H. J. Hermans, Aimée B. A. Slangen, Julie D. Pietrzak, and Eike M. Schütt. These co-authors have appeared multiple times in shared academic publications, indicating active collaboration networks within their research areas.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the impacts of 1.5 °C global warming - simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b)

    Katja Frieler;Stefan Lange;Franziska Piontek;Christopher P. O. Reyer

  • Reassessment of the Potential Sea-Level Rise from a Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Jonathan L. Bamber;Riccardo E. M. Riva;Bert L. A. Vermeersen;Anne M. LeBrocq

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • Reassessment of 20th century global mean sea level rise

    Sönke Dangendorf;Marta Marcos;Guy Wöppelmann;Clinton P. Conrad

  • Optimizing estimates of annual variations and trends in geocenter motion and J2 from a combination of GRACE data and geophysical models

    Yu Sun;Riccardo Riva;Pavel Ditmar

  • Towards regional projections of twenty-first century sea-level change based on IPCC SRES scenarios

    A. B. A. Slangen;C. A. Katsman;R. S. W. van de Wal;L. L. A. Vermeersen

  • Coastal sea level rise with warming above 2 °C

    Svetlana Jevrejeva;Luke P. Jackson;Riccardo E. M. Riva;Aslak Grinsted

  • GRACE, time-varying gravity, Earth system dynamics and climate change

    B Wouters;J A Bonin;D P Chambers;R E M Riva

  • A scaling approach to project regional sea level rise and its uncertainties

    M. Perrette;F. Landerer;R. Riva;K. Frieler

  • Glacial Isostatic Adjustment over Antarctica from combined ICESat and GRACE satellite data

    Riccardo E.M. Riva;Brian C. Gunter;Timothy J. Urban;Bert L.A. Vermeersen

  • A benchmark study for glacial isostatic adjustment codes

    Giorgio Spada;V.R. Barletta;Volker Klemann;R.E.M. Riva

  • Sea level rise projections for northern Europe under RCP8.5

    Aslak Grinsted;Svetlana Jevrejeva;Riccardo E. M. Riva;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

  • Widespread low rates of Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment revealed by GPS observations

    Ian D. Thomas;Matt A. King;Michael J. Bentley;Pippa L. Whitehouse

  • Improved Constraints on Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment: A Review of the Contribution of Ground-Based Geodetic Observations

    Matt A. King;Zuheir Altamimi;Johannes Boehm;Machiel Bos

  • Empirical Estimation of Present-Day Antarctic Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and Ice Mass Change

    B. C. Gunter;B. C. Gunter;O. Didova;R. E.M. Riva;S. R.M. Ligtenberg

  • Source parameter inversion for recent great earthquakes from a decade-long observation of global gravity fields

    Shin-Chan Han;Ricccardo Riva;Jeanne Sauber;Emile Okal

  • The sea level fingerprint of recent ice mass fluxes

    J. Bamber;R.E.M. Riva;R.E.M. Riva

  • Surface velocity field of the Ibero-Maghrebian segment of the Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary

    R. M. S. Fernandes;R. M. S. Fernandes;J. M. Miranda;B. M. L. Meijninger;M. S. Bos

  • Contribution of Satellite Gravimetry to Understanding Seismic Source Processes of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

    Shin-Chan Han;Shin-Chan Han;Jeanne Sauber;Riccardo Riva

  • Sea-level fingerprint of continental water and ice mass change from GRACE

    Riccardo E. M. Riva;Riccardo E. M. Riva;Jonathan L. Bamber;David A. Lavallée;Bert Wouters

  • A comparison of coincident GRACE and ICESat data over Antarctica

    B. Gunter;T. Urban;R.E.M. Riva;M.M. Helsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt A. King
Matt A. King University of Tasmania
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol
Svetlana Jevrejeva
Svetlana Jevrejeva National Oceanography Centre
Roberto Sabadini
Roberto Sabadini University of Milan
Aslak Grinsted
Aslak Grinsted University of Copenhagen
Henk A. Dijkstra
Henk A. Dijkstra Utrecht University
Giuliano F. Panza
Giuliano F. Panza Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Rob Govers
Rob Govers Utrecht University
Giorgio Spada
Giorgio Spada University of Bologna
Ben Marzeion
Ben Marzeion University of Bremen

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