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
Climate change-driven cliff and beach evolution at decadal to centennial time scales
Downscaling wind and wavefields for 21st century coastal flood hazard projections in a region of complex terrain
Can beaches survive climate change?
Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise
A model integrating longshore and cross-shore processes for predicting long-term shoreline response to climate change
Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015–2016 El Niño
Interactions of estuarine shoreline infrastructure with multiscale sea level variability
Controls of multi-modal wave conditions in a complex coastal setting
A multimodal wave spectrum-based approach for statistical downscaling of local wave climate
Automatic delineation of seacliff limits using lidar-derived high-resolution DEMs in southern California
Sea-level rise and coastal groundwater inundation and shoaling at select sites in California, USA
Effects of climate change on tidal marshes along a latitudinal gradient in California
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
Climate change-driven cliff and beach evolution at decadal to centennial time scales
Downscaling wind and wavefields for 21st century coastal flood hazard projections in a region of complex terrain
Can beaches survive climate change?
Doubling of coastal flooding frequency within decades due to sea-level rise
A model integrating longshore and cross-shore processes for predicting long-term shoreline response to climate change
Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015–2016 El Niño
Interactions of estuarine shoreline infrastructure with multiscale sea level variability
Controls of multi-modal wave conditions in a complex coastal setting
A multimodal wave spectrum-based approach for statistical downscaling of local wave climate
Automatic delineation of seacliff limits using lidar-derived high-resolution DEMs in southern California
Sea-level rise and coastal groundwater inundation and shoaling at select sites in California, USA
Effects of climate change on tidal marshes along a latitudinal gradient in California
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.