{"id":5,"date":"2023-09-15T15:49:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T03:40:55","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/bbarr\/","title":{"rendered":"front page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/bbarr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/313\/2023\/09\/IMG-9276-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/bbarr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/313\/2023\/09\/IMG-9276-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-9276\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1920\" title=\"IMG-9276\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h2>Benjamin Barr<\/h2>\nPostdoctoral Investigator<br \/>\nDepartment of Physical Oceanography\n<strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nTel: (512)-415-7939<br \/>\nbenjamin.barr@whoi.edu<br \/>\nOffice: Clark 214a\n<strong>Mailing Address:<\/strong><br \/>\n266 Woods Hole Road, MS #21<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/bbarr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/313\/2023\/09\/Barr_CV_2024_12_full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Air-sea interaction, air-sea flux processes in high winds (including ocean surface waves, sea spray, and upper ocean turbulence and mixing), tropical and extratropical cyclone intensification and connections to air-sea processes, coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean regional modeling, model and parameterization development, high-wind air-sea interface observations<\/p>\n\t<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<p>Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, 2023, University of Washington, Seattle, WA<\/p>\n<p>M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2012, University of Texas, Austin, TX<\/p>\n<p>B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 2010, University of Texas, Austin, TX<\/p>\n\t<h3>About Me<\/h3>\n<p>My research focuses on fluxes and physical processes in the air-sea transition zone and how they influence atmospheric systems such as hurricanes and extratropical cyclones.\u00a0 I am particularly interested in the physics of air-sea interaction in high winds, where phenomena such as wave breaking and sea spray ejection push the limits of current understanding and modeling capability.\u00a0 I work to extend scientific knowledge and predictive power for these challenging topics by developing process-based parameterizations and model coupling strategies and performing numerical experiments to explore the complex interactions connecting storms to air-sea processes.\u00a0 While at WHOI for my postdoc, I am also exploring techniques to make the difficult observations critically needed to understand high-wind air-sea interface physics and to calibrate models.\u00a0 I view improvement of process parameterizations and atmosphere-wave-ocean model coupling strategies as a critical opportunity for enhancing our understanding of the air-sea transition zone in severe weather systems and our ability to protect the people and built environments that are impacted by severe weather events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/bbarr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/313\/2023\/09\/spray-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/bbarr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/313\/2023\/09\/spray-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"spray\" height=\"1072\" width=\"2560\" title=\"spray\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>Copious spray droplet formation along a breaking wave crest.\u00a0 Photo: Ray Collins<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Barr Postdoctoral Investigator Department of Physical Oceanography Contact Information: Tel: (512)-415-7939 benjamin.barr@whoi.edu Office: Clark 214a Mailing Address: 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #21 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 Download CV Research Interests Air-sea interaction, air-sea flux processes in high winds (including ocean surface waves, sea spray, and upper ocean turbulence 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