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
Effects of climate change on tidal marshes along a latitudinal gradient in California
Estuaries: Life on the edge: Chapter 19
Towards forecasting the retreat of California’s coastal cliffs during the 21st century
Classification of rocky headlands in California with relevance to littoral cell boundary delineation
Projected wave conditions in the Eastern North Pacific under the influence of two CMIP5 climate scenarios
Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño-Southern Oscillation
A nonlinear, implicit one-line model to predict long-term shoreline change
Future wave and wind projections for United States and United-States-affiliated Pacific Islands
Development of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) for predicting the impact of storms on high-energy, active-margin coasts
Factors controlling floc settling velocity along a longitudinal estuarine transect
Comparison of sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from watersheds draining the Bay Area and the Central Valley of California
Does centennial morphodynamic evolution lead to higher channel efficiency in San Pablo Bay, 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
Effects of climate change on tidal marshes along a latitudinal gradient in California
Estuaries: Life on the edge: Chapter 19
Towards forecasting the retreat of California’s coastal cliffs during the 21st century
Classification of rocky headlands in California with relevance to littoral cell boundary delineation
Projected wave conditions in the Eastern North Pacific under the influence of two CMIP5 climate scenarios
Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño-Southern Oscillation
A nonlinear, implicit one-line model to predict long-term shoreline change
Future wave and wind projections for United States and United-States-affiliated Pacific Islands
Development of the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) for predicting the impact of storms on high-energy, active-margin coasts
Factors controlling floc settling velocity along a longitudinal estuarine transect
Comparison of sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from watersheds draining the Bay Area and the Central Valley of California
Does centennial morphodynamic evolution lead to higher channel efficiency in San Pablo Bay, 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.