Personal

Mail:	RSMAS/MPO, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149
Telephone:	+1-305-421-4109
Email:	eryan@rsmas.miami.edu
Home Page:	http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/personal/eryan/
Citizenship:	U.S.A.

Education

M.S. in Physics	University of Cincinnati	December, 1991
(thesis option in atmospheric dynamics)
M.S. in Physics	University of Akron	May, 1988
(non-thesis option), plus 6 semester hours in Engineering
B.S. in Physics	Youngstown State University	March, 1986
with minor in Mathematics, plus 8 quarter hours in Computer Science and 12 quarter hours in Engineering

M.S. Thesis

Critical Level Directional Filtering of Atmospheric Gravity Waves:
A Comparison of OH Airglow Observations and a Wind Profile Model

Thesis involved computing the magnitude and direction of atmospheric gravity waves subject to blocking by horizontal winds, i.e. critical layer directional filtering. To accomplish this, a wind profile model was developed using the latest climatological background winds and numerical models of tidal modes. Data from the wind profiles was then analyzed to determine blocking diagrams, which show the forbidden directions and phase velocities of wave propagation at a given height. The blocking diagrams were then compared with experimental observations of gravity waves in airglow to determine the accuracy of the wind profiles and help explain critical layer theory. (thesis advisor Dr. Tai-Fu Tuan, 2 papers published).

Research Experience

Research Associate	Meteorology & Physical Oceanography	University of Miami	02/1992 - present
Working primarily for Dr. Arthur Mariano on many different projects.
Graduate Research Assistant	Physics Department	University of Cincinnati	09/1990 - 12/1991
Worked for Dr. Tai-Fu Tuan on U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory funded research.

Professional Awards

Research Employee of the Year, The Rosenstiel School, University of Miami, 2001.

Professional Memberships

American Geophysical Union (AGU) - member since 1990.

Teaching Experience

Research Associate	Meteorology & Physical Oceanography	University of Miami	02/1992 - present
Assist graduate students with data processing, computer programming and plotting.
Laboratory/Recitation Instructor	Physics Department	University of Cincinnati	09/1988 - 06/1990
Taught 6 Engineering Physics Laboratory classes, 11 Engineering Physics Recitation sections and tutored 1 Summer Minority Engineering Bridge Program.
Laboratory Instructor	Physics Department	University of Akron	09/1986 - 05/1988
Taught 13 Engineering Physics Laboratory classes.
Laboratory Assistant	Physics Department	Youngstown State University	03/1984 - 12/1985
Assisted Instructor in 6 General Physics Laboratory classes.

Teaching Awards

Householder Award, Physics Department, University of Akron, May 1988.

Journal Publications (peer-reviewed)

On multi-scale dispersion under the influence of surface mixed layer instabilities and deep flows. Tamay M. Özgökmen, Andrew C. Poje, Paul F. Fischer, Hank Childs, Harinarayan Krishnan, Christoph Garth, Angelique C. Haza, Edward Ryan, Ocean Modelling, 56, October 2012, 16-30. (doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.07.004)

On the modeling of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. A.J. Mariano, V.H. Kourafalou, A. Srinivasan, H. Kang, G.R. Halliwell, E.H. Ryan, M. Roffer, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 52, 1, September 2011, 322-340. (doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2011.06.001)

Pollution Release Tied to Invariant Manifolds: A Case Study for the Coast of Florida. F. Lekien, C. Coulliette, A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, L.K. Shay, G. Haller and J. Marsden, Physica D, 210, 1-20, 2005. (doi:10.1016/j.physd.2005.06.023)

A practical hybrid model for predicting the trajectories of near-surface drifters. N. Paldor, Y. Dvorkin, A.J. Mariano, T.M. Özgökmen, and E.H. Ryan, J. Atmos. & Ocean. Tech., 21 (8), 1246-1258, 2004.
(doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1246:APHMFP>2.0.CO;2)

Seasonal and interannual studies of vortices in SST data. Q. Yang, B. Parvin, A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, R. Evans, and O.B. Brown, Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 25 (7-8), 1371-1376, 2004. Oceanography from Space Venice 2000 special issue.
(doi:10.1080/01431160310001592319)

Predictability of Drifter Trajectories in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. T.M. Özgökmen, L.I. Piterbarg, A.J. Mariano, and E.H. Ryan, J. of Physical Oceanography, 31 (9), 2691-2720, 2001.
(doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2691:PODTIT>2.0.CO;2)

Mean and Near-Inertial Ocean Current Response to Hurricane Gilbert. L.K. Shay, A.J. Mariano, S.D. Jacob, E.H. Ryan, J. of Physical Oceanography, 28 (5), 858-889, 1998.
(doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0858:MANIOC>2.0.CO;2)

Property fields in the effluent plume of the Mississippi River. G.L. Hitchcock, W.L. Wiseman, Jr., W.C. Boicourt, A.J. Mariano, N. Walker, T. Nelsen and E.H. Ryan, Journal of Marine Systems, 12 (1-4), 109-126, 1997.
(doi:10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00092-9)

Occurrence Characteristics of Mesospheric Gravity Waves at 51°N. D.H. Geirs, Y. Sahai, L.L. Cogger, E.H. Ryan, J. of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 59 (10), 1197-1203, 1997.
(doi:10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00117-4)

Principle Component Analysis of biological and physical variability in a Gulf Stream meander crest. A.J. Mariano, G.L. Hitchcock, C.J. Ashjian, D.B. Olson, T. Rossby, E.H. Ryan, S.L. Smith, Deep-Sea Research, 43 (9), 1531-1565, 1996.
(doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(96)00021-0)

Evidence of Preferential Directions for Gravity Wave Propagation Due to Wind Filtering in the Middle Atmosphere. M.J. Taylor, E.H. Ryan, T.F. Tuan, and R. Edwards, J. of Geophys. Res., 98 (A4), 6047-6058, 1993.
(doi:10.1029/92JA02604)

Other Publications (peer-reviewed)

The Mariano Global Surface Velocity Analysis 1.0. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, B.D. Perkins, S. Smithers, U.S. Coast Guard Technical Report, CG-D-34-95, pp. 55, July 1995, (MGSVA).

Critical Level Directional Filtering of Atmospheric Gravity Waves: A Comparison of OH Airglow Observations and a Wind Profile Model. Edward H. Ryan, M.S. Thesis, University of Cincinnati, September 1991.

Meeting Abstracts

Estimation of analysis errors in satellite-based, high-resolution SST maps. T. M. Chin; J. Vazquez; E. Armstrong; A. Mariano; E. H. Ryan; G. Jedlovec; F. LaFontaine; J. Shafer, 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-26 February 2010, PO54F-07.

Motion-compensated spatio-temporal interpolation of SST fields. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, 2009 International GHRSST Data Users Symposium, 28-29 May 2009, Santa Rosa, CA.

An Educational Web-based Ocean Current Reference site. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, 2008 Ocean Science Meeting, March 3-7, 2008, (Session#: 077 Abstract ID: 3353) (OS_2008-077-3353).

Ocean Current Website. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, B. Bischof, 2005 LAPCOD Meeting, June 13-17, 2005, (C101).

The Inverse Lagrangian Prediction Problem. A.J. Mariano, T. Ozgokmen, T.M. Chin, A Griffa, E.H. Ryan, 2005 LAPCOD Meeting, June 13-17, 2005, (C304).

An Educational Web-Based Ocean Currents Site. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, B. Bischof, 2005 International Ocean Research Conference, June 6-10, 2005, (Sponsored by The Oceanography Society and UNESCO/IOC).

An Educational Web-Based Ocean Current Site. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, B. Bischof, J. Gyory, ASLO/TOS 2004 Ocean Research Conference, February 15-20, 2004, (SS10.03, 412).

A hybrid Eulerian-lagrangian model for predicting the trajectories of surface drifters in the Pacific ocean. N. Paldor, Y. Dvorkin, A.J. Mariano, T.M., Ozgokmen, and E. Ryan, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint assembly, 2003, (EAE03-A-11666).

Near-Surface Transport and Mixing in High Frequency Radar Measurements on the Coast of Florida and Application to Contaminant Release. G. Haller, F. Lekien, A. Mariano, E. Ryan, L. K. Shay, 2002 LAPCOD Meeting, December 12-16, 2002, (B104).

http://OceanCurrents.rsmas.miami.edu. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan and J. Gyory, 2002 LAPCOD Meeting, December 12-16, 2002, (C101).

Reconstruction of near-surface drifter trajectories in the Pacific Ocean with a hybrid model. N. Paldor, Y. Dvorkin, A.J. Mariano, T. Özgökmen, and E.H. Ryan, 2002 LAPCOD Meeting, December 12-16, 2002, (C304).

A Web-based Ocean Current Reference Site. A.J. Mariano, E.H. Ryan, J. Gyory, 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting, EOS, Transactions, AGU, 11-15 February 2002, (OS11F-79).

Predictability of the Lagrangian Motion in the Upper Ocean. L.I. Piterbarg, A. Griffa, A.J. Mariano, T.M. Özgökmen, E.H. Ryan, 2001 Fall AGU Meeting, 10-14 December, 2001, (NG42A-0407).

Detection and distribution of vortices and saddle points in sea surface temperature (SST) data. Q. Yang, B. Parvin, A. Mariano, E. Ryan, R. Evans, O. Brown, Oceans from Space 2000, Scuola Grande Confraternita di San Teodoro, Venice (Italy) 9-13 October 2000, (Session 4.3.2).

Very-High Resolution Mapping of Surface Currents. L.K. Shay, H. Peters, A.J. Mariano, T.M. Cook, E.H. Ryan, T. Özgökmen, 2000 LAPCOD Meeting, October 2-6, 2000, (A106).

Predictability of Drifter Trajectories in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. T.M. Özgökmen, L.I. Piterbarg, A.J. Mariano and E.H. Ryan, 2000 LAPCOD Meeting, October 2-6, 2000, (D104).

Global Sea Surface Temperature and Currents. E.H. Ryan, A.J. Mariano, D.B. Olson, R.H. Evans, 1996 Fall AGU Meeting, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 77 (46), November 12, 1996 (OP22A-16).

Kinematics and Nutrient Distributors in the SW Pass Plume of the Mississippi River. W.J. Wiseman, Jr., G.L. Hitchcock, W.C. Boicourt, W.D. Wallar, A.J. Mariano, T. Whitledge, and E.H. Ryan, 1996 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 76 (3), (OS122).

Principle Component Analysis of Bio-physical Fields in a Gulf Stream Meander Crest. G.L. Hitchcock, A.J. Mariano, C.J. Ashjian, E.H. Ryan, 1994 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 75 (3), January 18, 1994, (O11N-07).

Response of the Hydroxyl Layer to Small Vertical Scale Gravity Waves Propagating in a Realistic Windy Atmosphere. U.B. Makhlouf, R.H. Picard, J.W. Winick, T.F. Tuan, E.H. Ryan, 1993 Fall Meeting, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 74 (43), October 26, 1993, (SA31A-08).

Effects of Wind Filtering on OH Airglow Observations of Gravity Wave Propagation. M.J. Taylor, E.H. Ryan, T.F. Tuan, 1991 Fall Meeting, Eos, Transactions, AGU, 72 (44), October 29, 1991, (SA51A-07).