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
Equilibrium shoreline response of a high wave energy beach
Sub-weekly to interannual variability of a high-energy shoreline
A Seamless, High-Resolution, Coastal Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Southern California
Anthropogenic influence on recent bathymetric change in west-central San Francisco Bay
Dramatic beach and nearshore morphological changes due to extreme flooding at a wave-dominated river mouth
The framework of a coastal hazards model: A tool for predicting the impact of severe storms
Coastal Processes Study of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California
The performance of nearshore dredge disposal at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, 2005-2007
The observed relationship between wave conditions and beach response, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA
Monitoring and modeling shoreline response due to shoreface nourishment on a high-energy coast
Linking human impacts within an estuary to ebb-tidal delta evolution
Littoral transport rates in the Santa Barbara Littoral Cell: a process-based model analysis
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
Equilibrium shoreline response of a high wave energy beach
Sub-weekly to interannual variability of a high-energy shoreline
A Seamless, High-Resolution, Coastal Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Southern California
Anthropogenic influence on recent bathymetric change in west-central San Francisco Bay
Dramatic beach and nearshore morphological changes due to extreme flooding at a wave-dominated river mouth
The framework of a coastal hazards model: A tool for predicting the impact of severe storms
Coastal Processes Study of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California
The performance of nearshore dredge disposal at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, 2005-2007
The observed relationship between wave conditions and beach response, Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA
Monitoring and modeling shoreline response due to shoreface nourishment on a high-energy coast
Linking human impacts within an estuary to ebb-tidal delta evolution
Littoral transport rates in the Santa Barbara Littoral Cell: a process-based model analysis
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.