Faculty and Research

Gary M. Barnes

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Ph. D., Virginia.

2525 Correa Rd, HIG 335
Honolulu, HI 96822

tel: (808) 956-2565 • fax: (808) 956-2877
email: gbarnes@hawaii.edu

 

Research Interests

Interests include hurricane structure and energetics, moist convection and severe convective storms in the tropical and the mid-latitudes, mesoscale convective systems, mixing in cumulus clouds, and the interaction of convective clouds with the boundary layer.  Research has been primarily with observations; emphasis is on aircraft data. Recent focus is on the use of GPS dropsondes in several hurricanes including Bonnie (1998), Guillermo (1997), Humberto (2001). Publications in the last few years include the following.

Recent Publications

Daida, S., and G. M. Barnes, 2003:  Hurricane Paine grazes the Baja Peninsula.  Weather and Forecasting, 18, in press.

Wroe, D. R., and G. M. Barnes, 2003:  Inflow layer energetics of Hurricane Bonnie (1998) near landfall.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, in press.

Barnes, G. M., 2003:  Typhoon - paragraph in World Book Encyclopedia, pages to be determined.

Croxford, M., and G. M. Barnes, 2002:  Inner core strength of Atlantic tropical cyclones.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 127-139.

Barnes, G.M., 2001:  Severe Weather in the Tropics.  Chapter 10 in the American Meteorological Society Monograph entitled, Severe Convective Storms, C. Doswell, editor, AMS Publications, Boston, MA, pages 359-432.

Barnes, G.M., and P. B. Bogner, 2001:  Comments on “Surface observations in the hurricane environment.” Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1267-1269.

Bogner, P.B., G.M. Barnes, and J. L. Franklin, 2000:  Conditional instability and shear for six hurricanes over the Atlantic Ocean.  Wea. and Forecasting, 15, 192-207.