Research Scientist
Specialties [top]
Arctic and mountain hydrology; glacier hydrology; hydrological modeling; western United States water resources
Recent Highlights and Upcoming Expeditions [top]
- Spring 2007: Barrett will conduct fieldwork in the San Juan Mountain, Colorado, to investigate role of dust on snow on snowmelt and hydrology
Current Research [top]
- Assessment of Arctic water and energy budgets
- Impact of dust on snow on river runoff
- Development of subglacial drainage systems
Current Projects [top]
Radiative Effects of Desert Dust Deposits in Alpine Snow: Hydrologic Aspects
Assessment of Recent Hydrologic Change over the Arctic Terrestrial Drainage System
Integrated Analysis of the Freshwater Cycle in the Arctic Terrestrial, Cryospheric, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Systems
Collaborative Research: A Heat Budget Analysis of the Arctic Climate System
Activities [top]
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
International Glaciological Society (IGS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
British Hydrological Society
Publications [top]
2008
Serreze, M. C., and A. P. Barrett. 2008. The summer cyclone maximum over the central Arctic Ocean. Journal of Climate 21(5): 1048-1065, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1810.1.
2007
Holland, M. M., J. Finnis, A. P. Barrett, and M. C. Serreze. 2007. Projected changes in Arctic Ocean freshwater budgets. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, G04S55, doi:10.1029/2006JG000354.
Painter, T. H., A. P. Barrett, C. Landry, J. Neff, M. P. Cassidy, C. Lawrence, K. E. McBride, and G. L. Farmer. 2007. Impact of disturbed desert soils on duration of mountain snow cover. Geophysical Research Letters 34(12), L12502, doi:10.1029/2007GL030284.
Serreze, M. C., A. P. Barrett, A. G. Slater, M. Steele, J. Zhang, and K. E. Trenberth. 2007. The large-scale energy budget of the Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, D11122, doi: 10.1029/2006JD008230.
2006
Clark, M. P., A. G. Slater, A. P. Barrett, L. E. Hay, G. J. McCabe, B. Rajagopalan, and G. H. Leavesley. 2006. Assimilation of snow covered area information into hydrologic and land-surface models. Advances in Water Resources 29(8): 1209-1221.
Serreze, M. C., A. P. Barrett, A. G. Slater, R. A. Woodgate, K. Aagaard, R. B. Lammers, M. Steele, R. Moritz, M. Meridith, and C. M. Lee. 2006. The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research 111, doi:10.1029/2005JC003424.
2005
Serreze, M. C., A. P. Barrett, and F. Lo. 2005. Northern high latitude precipitation as depicted by atmospheric reanalysis and satellite retrievals: Advances in high latitude numerical weather prediction. Monthly Weather Review 133(12): 3407-3430.
2004
Clark, M. P., L. E. Hay, A. G. Slater, K. Werner, D. Brandon, A. Barrett, S. Gangopadhyay, and B. Rajagopalan. 2004. Ensemble streamflow forecasting in snowmelt dominate basins. GEWEX News 14(3): 5.
Related Resources [top]
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Western Water Assessment
