Research Interests for Ana P. Barros

Physics of water cycle processes in mountainous regions with a focus on cloud formation and precipitation; remote sensing of the environment using microwave and infrared sensors; long– range predictability and risk analysis of natural hazards; computational environmental fluid mechanics and nonlinear dynamics; and the development and application of information technology as a research tool and in the operation of complex engineering systems.

Recent Publications

1. Cao, Y; Barros, AP, Topographic controls on active microwave behavior of mountain snowpacks, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 284 (January, 2023) [doi] [abs]
2. Liao, M; Barros, AP, Toward optimal rainfall – Hydrologic QPE correction in headwater basins, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 279 (September, 2022) [doi] [abs]
3. Tsang, L; Durand, M; Derksen, C; Barros, AP; Kang, DH; Lievens, H; Marshall, HP; Zhu, J; Johnson, J; King, J; Lemmetyinen, J; Sandells, M; Rutter, N; Siqueira, P; Nolin, A; Osmanoglu, B; Vuyovich, C; Kim, E; Taylor, D; Merkouriadi, I; Brucker, L; Navari, M; Dumont, M; Kelly, R; Kim, RS; Liao, TH; Borah, F; Xu, X, Review article: Global monitoring of snow water equivalent using high-frequency radar remote sensing, Cryosphere, vol. 16 no. 9 (September, 2022), pp. 3531-3573 [doi] [abs]
4. Eghdami, M; Barros, AP; Jiménez, PA; Juliano, TW; Kosovic, B, Diagnosis of Second-Order Turbulent Properties of the Surface Layer for Three-Dimensional Flow Based on the Mellor-Yamada Model, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 150 no. 5 (May, 2022), pp. 1003-1021 [doi] [abs]
5. Trumbore, S; Barros, AP; Becker, TW; Davidson, EA; Ehlmann, BL; Gruber, N; Hofmann, EE; Hudson, MK; Illangasekare, TH; Kang, S; Montanari, A; Nimmo, F; Parsons, T; Salters, VJM; Schimel, D; Stevens, B; Wuebbles, DJ; Zeitler, P; Zhu, T, Thank You to Our 2021 Peer Reviewers, Agu Advances, vol. 3 no. 2 (April, 2022) [doi] [abs]