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Overview

Richard D. Ray is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated in the domain of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Aerospace Engineering.

The topics addressed in their work include:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Richard D. Ray has contributed to multiple publication venues, with several papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ocean science
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geodesy
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Among their recent papers are:

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Accuracy assessment of global internal-tide models using satellite altimetry, 2021, Ocean science
  • Ocean Circulation from Space, 2023, Surveys in Geophysics
  • Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Tidal Mixing Signatures in Indonesian Seas from High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • Along-Orbit Analysis of GRACE Follow-On Inter-Satellite Laser Ranging Measurements for Sub-Monthly Surface Mass Variations, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequently collaborating with colleagues, Richard D. Ray has worked with:

  • Jeanne Sauber
  • Stacey Huang
  • Edward D. Zaron
  • Shin-Chan Han
  • Michael Schindelegger

Best Publications

  • Significant dissipation of tidal energy in the deep ocean inferred from satellite altimeter data

    G. D. Egbert;R. D. Ray

  • A Global Ocean Tide Model From TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimetry: GOT99.2

    Richard D. Ray

  • Estimates of M2 Tidal Energy Dissipation from TOPEX/Poseidon Altimeter Data

    Gary D. Egbert;Richard D. Ray

  • Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity Observations

    S. B. Luthcke;H. J. Zwally;W. Abdalati;D. D. Rowlands

  • Accuracy assessment of global barotropic ocean tide models

    D. Stammer;R. D. Ray;Ole Baltazar Andersen;B. K. Arbic

  • Oceanic tides from Geosat altimetry

    D. E. Cartwright;R. D. Ray

  • Accuracy assessment of recent ocean tide models

    C. K. Shum;P. L. Woodworth;O. B. Andersen;Gary D. Egbert

  • Surface manifestation of internal tides generated near Hawaii

    Richard D. Ray;Gary T. Mitchum

  • Numerical modeling of the global semidiurnal tide in the present day and in the last glacial maximum

    Gary D. Egbert;Richard D. Ray;Bruce G. Bills;Bruce G. Bills

  • Semi‐diurnal and diurnal tidal dissipation from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry

    Gary D. Egbert;Richard D. Ray

  • Forcing Factors Affecting Sea Level Changes at the Coast

    Philip L. Woodworth;Angélique Melet;Marta Marcos;Marta Marcos;Richard D. Ray

  • Surface manifestation of internal tides in the deep ocean: observations from altimetry and island gauges

    Richard D. Ray;Gary T. Mitchum

  • Barometric Tides from ECMWF Operational Analyses

    R. D. Ray;R. M. Ponte

  • A preliminary tidal analysis of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry

    E. J. O. Schrama;R. D. Ray

  • The Accidental Tide Gauge: A GPS Reflection Case Study From Kachemak Bay, Alaska

    K. M. Larson;R. D. Ray;F. G. Nievinski;J. T. Freymueller

  • A reassessment of global and regional mean sea level trends from TOPEX and Jason‐1 altimetry based on revised reference frame and orbits

    B. D. Beckley;F. G. Lemoine;S. B. Luthcke;R. D. Ray

  • Energetics of global ocean tides from Geosat altimetry

    David E. Cartwright;Richard D. Ray

  • Experiments in Reconstructing Twentieth-Century Sea Levels

    Richard D. Ray;Bruce C. Douglas

  • Precise comparisons of bottom-pressure and altimetric ocean tides

    Richard D. Ray

  • Ocean self‐attraction and loading in numerical tidal models

    R. D. Ray

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary D. Egbert
Gary D. Egbert Oregon State University
Scott B. Luthcke
Scott B. Luthcke National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frank G. Lemoine
Frank G. Lemoine Goddard Space Flight Center
Shin-Chan Han
Shin-Chan Han The Ohio State University
Florent Lyard
Florent Lyard Paul Sabatier University
Gary T. Mitchum
Gary T. Mitchum University of South Florida
Benjamin F. Chao
Benjamin F. Chao Academia Sinica
David D. Rowlands
David D. Rowlands Goddard Space Flight Center
Jay F. Shriver
Jay F. Shriver United States Naval Research Laboratory
Brian K. Arbic
Brian K. Arbic University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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