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Ryan L. Sriver
- Research Associate
411 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
University Park, PA 16802
Email:
rsriver@psu.edu
Education:
- Ph.D. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University (2008)
- M.S. Physics, Purdue University (2003)
- B.S. Physics, Purdue Univeristy (2001)
Research Specialties:
Biography:
Curriculum Vitae (pdf): Full
EMPLOYMENT
- Assistant Professor, Beginning August 2012
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- University of Illinois
- Research Associate, 2010 - present
- Department of Geosciences
- Penn State University
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2008-2010
- NOAA Climate and Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Department of Meteorology
- Penn State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Climate Dynamics
- Earth System Modeling
- Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
- Data-Model Fusion
- Uncertainty Quantification and Risk Analysis
- Tropical Cyclones
- Sea Level Rise
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Olson, R., Sriver, R. L., Haran, M., Chang, W., Urban, N. M., and Keller, K. (In Revision), Uncertainty in climate sensitivity estimates due to random realizations of unresolved climate noise, Prepared for Journal of Geophysical Research.
- Sriver, R. L., Urban, N. M., Olson, R., and Keller, K. (In Review), Towards a physically plausible upper bound of sea-level projections.
Prepared for Climatic Change. - Cheng, L., Zhu, J., and Sriver, R. L. (Submitted), Global representation of tropical cyclone-induced ocean thermal changes using Argo data, part II: Estimating air-sea heat fluxes and ocean heat content changes, Prepared for Journal of Climate.
- Cheng, L., Zhu, J., and Sriver, R. L. (Submitted), Global representation of tropical cyclone-induced ocean thermal changes using Argo data, part I: Methods and Results, Prepared for Journal of Climate.
- Sriver, R. L., Huber, M., and Chafik, L. (2012), Excitation of equatorial Kelvin and Yanai waves by tropical cyclones in an ocean general circulation model, Earth System Dynamics Discussions, 3, 999-1020, doi:10.5194/esdd-3-999-2012. In review at Earth System Dynammics. Link to Discussion Paper.
- Lempert, R., Sriver, R. L., and Keller, K. (2012), Characterizing uncertain sea level rise projections to support infrastructure investment decisions, California Energy Commission, Publication Number: CEC-500-2012-056. In review at Global Environmental Change. Link to pdf.
- Wang, J.-W., Han, W., and Sriver, R. L. (In Press), Impact of tropical cyclones on the ocean heat budget in the Bay of Bengal during 1999, Part II: Processes and interpretations, Prepared for Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans.Link to abstract
- Wang, J.-W., Han, W., and Sriver, R. L. (In Press), Impact of tropical cyclones on the ocean heat budget in the Bay of Bengal during 1999, Part I: Model configuration and evaluation, Prepared for Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans.Link to abstract
- Tuana, N., Sriver, R. L., Svoboda, T., Tonkonojenkov, R., Irvine, P. Haqq-Misra, J., and Keller, K. (2012), A research agenda for an integrated ethical and scientific analysis of geoengineering proposals, Prepared for Ethics, Policy, & Environment, 15(2), doi: 10.1080/21550085.2012.685557. Link to abstract
- Irvine, P., Sriver, R. L., and Keller, K. (2012), Tension between reducing sea-level rise and global warming through solar radiation management, Nature Climate Change, 2, 97-100, doi:10.1038/nclimate1351. Link to abstract
- Olson, R., Sriver, R. L., Goes, M., Urban, N. M., Matthews, H. D., Haran, M., and Keller, K. (2012), A climate sensitivity estimate using Bayesian fusion of instrumental observations and an Earth System model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 117, D04103, doi:10.1029/2011JD016620. Link to abstract
- Editor's Highlight: Statistical technique seeks to reduce climate uncertainty
- Sriver, R. L. (2011), Climate Change: Man-made cyclones, Nature, 479, 50-51, doi:10.1038/479050a. Link to abstract
- Woodruff, J. D., Sriver, R. L., and Lund, D. C. (2011), Tropical cyclone activity and western North Atlantic stratification over the last millennium: A comparative review with viable connections, Journal of Quaternary Science, doi:10.1002/jqs.1551. Link to abstract
- Sriver, R. L. (2010), Climate Change: Tropical cyclones in the mix, Nature, 463, 1032-1033, doi:10.1038/461032a. Link to abstract
- Sriver, R. L., Goes, M., Mann, M. E., and Keller, K. (2010), Climate response to tropical cyclone-induced ocean mixing in an Earth system model of intermediate complexity, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115, C10042, doi:10.1029/2010JC006106. Link to abstract
- Sriver, R. L., and Huber, M. (2010), Modeled sensitivity of upper thermocline properties to tropical cyclone winds and possible feedbacks on the Hadley circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 37 L08704, doi:10.1029/2010GL042836. Link to abstract
- Warnaar, J., Bijl, P. K., Huber, M., Sloan, L., Brinkhuis, H., Rohl, U., Sriver, R. L., and Visscher, H. (2009), Orbitally forced climate changes in the Tasman sector during the Middle Eocene, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 280, 361-370, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.023. Link
to abstract
- Sriver, R. L., Huber, M., and Nusbaumer, J. (2008), Investigating tropical cyclone-climate feedbacks using the TRMM Microwave Imager and the Quick Scatterometer, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9, Q09V11, doi:10.1029/2007GC001842. Link to abstractd
- Sriver, R. L., and Huber, M. (2007), Observational evidence for an ocean heat pump induced by tropical cyclones, Nature, 447, 577-580, doi:10.1038/nature05785. Link to abstract
- Editor's Summary: Cyclones in the mix
- Sriver, R. L., and Huber, M. (2007), Reply to comment by R. N. Maue and R. E. Hart on “Low frequency variability in globally integrated tropical cyclone power dissipation”, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11704, doi:10.1029/2007GL029413. Link to abstract
- Sriver, R. L., and Huber, M. (2006), Low frequency variability in globally integrated tropical cyclone power dissipation, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L11705, doi:10.1029/2006GL026167. Link to abstract
