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
PS-CoSMoS FAQs
Puget Sound - Coastal Storm Modeling System (PS-CoSMoS) frequently asked questions
Effects of Sea-Level Rise and Extreme Storms on California Coastal Habitats: Part 1
CoSMoS 1.0: Southern California
Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) for Southern California, v3.0, Phase 2
Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of northern Monterey Bay, California
Near-surface wind fields for San Francisco Bay--historical and 21st-century projected time series
Nearshore waves in southern California: hindcast, and modeled historical and 21st-century projected time series
Wave projections for United States mainland coasts
Earth science looks to outer space
The future of coastal monitoring through satellite remote sensing
An integrated approach for physical, economic, and demographic evaluation of coastal flood hazard adaptation in Santa Monica Bay, California
Measuring and attributing sedimentary and geomorphic responses to modern climate change: Challenges and opportunities
Characterizing storm-induced coastal change hazards along the United States West Coast
Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States
Digital Twin Earth - Coasts: Developing a fast and physics-informed surrogate model for coastal floods via neural operators
Changes in liquefaction severity in the San Francisco Bay Area with sea-level rise
Projecting climate dependent coastal flood risk with a hybrid statistical dynamical model
Drivers of extreme water levels in a large, urban, high-energy coastal estuary – A case study of the San Francisco Bay
Multiple climate change-driven tipping points for coastal systems
Twenty-first-century projections of shoreline change along inlet-interrupted coastlines
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
PS-CoSMoS FAQs
Puget Sound - Coastal Storm Modeling System (PS-CoSMoS) frequently asked questions
Effects of Sea-Level Rise and Extreme Storms on California Coastal Habitats: Part 1
CoSMoS 1.0: Southern California
Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) for Southern California, v3.0, Phase 2
Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of northern Monterey Bay, California
Near-surface wind fields for San Francisco Bay--historical and 21st-century projected time series
Nearshore waves in southern California: hindcast, and modeled historical and 21st-century projected time series
Wave projections for United States mainland coasts
Earth science looks to outer space
The future of coastal monitoring through satellite remote sensing
An integrated approach for physical, economic, and demographic evaluation of coastal flood hazard adaptation in Santa Monica Bay, California
Measuring and attributing sedimentary and geomorphic responses to modern climate change: Challenges and opportunities
Characterizing storm-induced coastal change hazards along the United States West Coast
Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States
Digital Twin Earth - Coasts: Developing a fast and physics-informed surrogate model for coastal floods via neural operators
Changes in liquefaction severity in the San Francisco Bay Area with sea-level rise
Projecting climate dependent coastal flood risk with a hybrid statistical dynamical model
Drivers of extreme water levels in a large, urban, high-energy coastal estuary – A case study of the San Francisco Bay
Multiple climate change-driven tipping points for coastal systems
Twenty-first-century projections of shoreline change along inlet-interrupted coastlines
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.