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Stephen Riser

Stephen Riser

Professor

Physical Oceanography

  • riser@uw.edu
  • (206) 543-1187
  • Website
  • OSB/OCN 325A

My primary interests are in the ocean's role in climate, and in deducing the general circulation of the ocean and ocean/atmosphere/ice interactions through direct observations of the ocean circulation.

Graduate Students

  • Katy Christensen

  • Ethan Campbell

  • Arief Suryo

  • Rosalind Echols

  • Jade Sauvé

Research Topics

  • Coding

Courses

  • 215 Methods of Oceanographic Data Analysis
Stories
  • PO Research – Circulation and Climate

  • UW awarded $23.5M to build floating robots as part of NSF project to monitor the world’s oceans

  • Apprentices build floats & careers in Argo Lab

  • Katy Christensen MS 26 Feb 2020

  • Argo Float Lab

  • Mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice explained by years of robotic data

  • A milestone in program using robots to monitor the oceans

  • Underwater robots study oceans around Antarctica

  • Robotic floats in Antarctica

  • XPrize winnings donated to UW sensor Lab

  • Measuring the Oceans Biological Pump

  • UW-built Sensors to probe Antarctica's Southern Ocean

  • Reviewing the Gulf Stream in keeping Europe warm during Winter

  • Old Physical Oceanography

Stephen Riser

Stephen Riser

Professor

Physical Oceanography

  • riser@uw.edu
  • (206) 543-1187
  • Website
  • OSB/OCN 325A

My primary interests are in the ocean's role in climate, and in deducing the general circulation of the ocean and ocean/atmosphere/ice interactions through direct observations of the ocean circulation.

Graduate Students

  • Katy Christensen

  • Ethan Campbell

  • Arief Suryo

  • Rosalind Echols

  • Jade Sauvé

Research Topics

  • Coding

Courses

  • 215 Methods of Oceanographic Data Analysis
Stories
  • PO Research – Circulation and Climate

  • UW awarded $23.5M to build floating robots as part of NSF project to monitor the world’s oceans

  • Apprentices build floats & careers in Argo Lab

  • Katy Christensen MS 26 Feb 2020

  • Argo Float Lab

  • Mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice explained by years of robotic data

  • A milestone in program using robots to monitor the oceans

  • Underwater robots study oceans around Antarctica

  • Robotic floats in Antarctica

  • XPrize winnings donated to UW sensor Lab

  • Measuring the Oceans Biological Pump

  • UW-built Sensors to probe Antarctica's Southern Ocean

  • Reviewing the Gulf Stream in keeping Europe warm during Winter

  • Old Physical Oceanography

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