Patrick Barnard
Patrick is the Research Director for the Climate Impacts and Coastal Processes Team, which includes overseeing the development and application of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS), coastal monitoring and process-based studies of beaches across California, and research investigating the link between climate variability and coastal hazards across the Pacific Ocean basin.
Dr. Patrick Barnard has been a coastal geologist with the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz since 2003, and is the Research Director of the Climate Impacts and Coastal Processes Team. His research focuses on storm- and climate-related changes to the beaches and estuaries bordering the Pacific Ocean. His research has been published in over 80 peer-reviewed scientific papers, including Nature, and presented over 100 times at scientific conferences and universities. He serves on numerous regional, national and international scientific review panels related to climate change and coastal hazards. He received a BA from Williams College, MS from University of South Florida, and PhD from UC Riverside.
Science and Products
Understanding processes controlling sediment transports at the mouth of a highly energetic inlet system (San Francisco Bay, CA)
Changes in surfzone morphodynamics driven by multi-decadal contraction of a large ebb-tidal delta
A step decrease in sediment concentration in a highly modified tidal river delta following the 1983 El Niño floods
Heavy mineral analysis for assessing the provenance of sandy sediment in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System
The use of modeling and suspended sediment concentration measurements for quantifying net suspended sediment transport through a large tidally dominated inlet
A Sr-Nd isotopic study of sand-sized sediment provenance and transport for the San Francisco Bay coastal system
Sand sources and transport pathways for the San Francisco Bay coastal system, based on X-ray diffraction mineralogy
Sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System: An overview
Distribution of biologic, anthropogenic, and volcanic constituents as a proxy for sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System
Seasonal variations in suspended-sediment dynamics in the tidal reach of an estuarine tributary
Sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System from cross-validation of bedform asymmetry and modeled residual flux
Tidally influenced alongshore circulation at an inlet-adjacent shoreline
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Understanding processes controlling sediment transports at the mouth of a highly energetic inlet system (San Francisco Bay, CA)
Changes in surfzone morphodynamics driven by multi-decadal contraction of a large ebb-tidal delta
A step decrease in sediment concentration in a highly modified tidal river delta following the 1983 El Niño floods
Heavy mineral analysis for assessing the provenance of sandy sediment in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System
The use of modeling and suspended sediment concentration measurements for quantifying net suspended sediment transport through a large tidally dominated inlet
A Sr-Nd isotopic study of sand-sized sediment provenance and transport for the San Francisco Bay coastal system
Sand sources and transport pathways for the San Francisco Bay coastal system, based on X-ray diffraction mineralogy
Sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System: An overview
Distribution of biologic, anthropogenic, and volcanic constituents as a proxy for sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System
Seasonal variations in suspended-sediment dynamics in the tidal reach of an estuarine tributary
Sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System from cross-validation of bedform asymmetry and modeled residual flux
Tidally influenced alongshore circulation at an inlet-adjacent shoreline
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.