Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Scence
Adjunct Professor, McMaster University, School of Geography & Earth Sciences
Howard W. Barker
Research Scientist - Improving Climate and Weather Prediction Models
CURRENT S&T / RESEARCH
Contributing to Environment Canada’s mandate to improve climate and weather prediction models
- Application of satellite data to improve the representation of clouds and radiative transfer in large-scale atmospheric models
- Development of radiative transfer models for use in large-scale models; both climate and weather
- Simulation of satellite measurements that are aimed at remote sensing of clouds
Gabriel, P., H. W. Barker, D. O’Brien, N. Ferlay and G. L. Stephens. 2009. Statistical Approaches to Plane-Parallel Error Identification and Retrievals of Optical and Microphysical Properties in 3D Clouds Part 1: Bayesian Inference. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D06207, doi:10.1029/2008JD011005.
Barker, H.W. 2008. Representing Cloud Overlap with an Effective Decorrelation Length: An Assessment using CloudSat and CALIPSO Data. J. Geophys. Res., 113 , D24205, doi:10.1029/2008JD010391.
Barker, H. W., A. V. Korolev, D. R. Hudak, J. W. Strapp, K. B. Strawbridge and M. Wolde. 2008. A Comparison between CloudSat and Aircraft Data for a Multi-layer, Mixed-Phase Cloud System during C3VP. In press: J. Geophys. Res.,113 , D00A16, doi:10.1029/2008JD009971.
Cole, J.N.S., H.W. Barker, W. O’Hirok, E.E. Clothiaux, M.F. Khairoutdinov and D.A. Randall. 2005. Atmospheric radiative transfer through global arrays of 2D clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32. [doi:10.1029/2005GL023329]
Pincus, R., H.W. Barker and J.-J. Morcrette. 2003. A fast, flexible, approximate technique for computing radiative transfer in inhomogeneous cloud fields. J. Geophys. Res. 108(D13): 4376. [doi:10.1029/2002JD003322].
Barker, H.W., G.L. Stephens, et al. 2003. Assessing 1D atmospheric solar radiative transfer models: interpretation and handling of unresolved clouds. J. Climate 16: 2676-2699.
Barker, H.W. and A. Davis, 2005: Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer, Part 2: Unresolved Variability and Climate. pg. 343-384 in Three-dimensional Cloud Structure and Radiative Transfer. Eds. A. Marshak and A., Davis. Springer-Verlag, 686pp.
Barker, H.W. 2007. Radiative transfer and global climate modelling, p. 3-57. In Light Scattering Review – Vol. 2. A. Kokhanovsky (ed.). Praxis Publ. Ltd. 351 p.
Expertise Categories associated with this S&T Expert:Climate
Climate Change and Processes
Satellite remote sensing
Satellite remote sensing
Radar & Monitoring
Weather & Meteorology
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