Vaughan Barras 

School of Earth Sciences
University of Melbourne
 

To contact me (now at Bureau of Meteorology):

Model Development Group
Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research
Bureau of Meteorology
Level 10, 700 Collins St., Docklands
(GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Victoria   3001)
AUSTRALIA

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- ::    List of Refereed Publications    :: -

Barras, V. and I. Simmonds (2008):  Observation and modelling of stable water isotopes as diagnostics of rainfall dynamics over southeastern Australia, (in preparation)

Barras, V. and I. Simmonds (2008):  Synoptic controls upon d18O in southern Tasmanian precipitation, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02707, doi:10.1029/2007GL031835  request pdf




- ::    List of other contributions    :: -

Barras, V., I. Simmonds and D. Etheridge (2006): An analysis of moisture transport across southeastern Australia - results from the Melbourne University Network of Isotopes in Precipitation, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 24th - 28th April, 2006. ISBN No. 85-17-00023-4

Barras, V., I. Simmonds, D. Etheridge and D. Noone (2006): Evaluation of isotopic variability in an NCAR-CAM3 reanalysis, Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic modelling. Côté, J. (ed.), Report No. 36, WGNE, World Meteorological Organization, 2.05-2.06 (username/pwd: science)

Simmonds, I., V. Barras, D. Noone, and J. Brown. (2005).:  Stable water isotope modelling for weather and climate studies. In A. J. Hollis (Ed.). Hydrometeorological Applications of Weather and Climate Modeling, Extended Abstracts of Presentations at the Seventeenth Annual Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre Modeling Workshop. 3-6 October. Melbourne, Australia. BMRC Research Report No. 111. pp. 33 -36. Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia.

Barras, V., I. Simmonds and D. Etheridge (2005):  Moisture transport across southeastern Australia using stable isotopes in precipitation. In Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic modelling. Côté, J. (ed.), Report No. 35, WGNE, World Meteorological Organization, 2.01-2.02 (username/pwd: science)




- ::    Theses    :: -

Barras, V.J.I. (2007):  "An evaluation of observed and simulated high-resolution records of stable isotopes in precipitation" PhD Thesis, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Barras, V.J.I. (1999):  "Application of the Australian Air Quality Forecasting System to the Melbourne Region" BSc. (Hons) Thesis, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
 
 




-  ::   List of Presentations    :: -

Poster presentation - 4th Pan-GCSS Meeting, Toulouse, France, 2nd - 6th June, 2008: "Evaluation of the atmospheric boundary layer in ACCESS using ensemble Single Column Model validation"

15th AMOS National Conference, Geelong, Australia, 29th January - 1st February, 2008: "Preliminary evaluation of the Boundary Layer parameterization in ACCESS using a Single Column Model"

14th AMOS National Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 5th - 8th February, 2007: "Synoptic controls upon H218O in Tasmanian precipitation."

Valedictory seminar, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia, 7th July, 2006: "Tales from the rain gauge: Observing rainfall dynamics over southeastern Australia using stable isotopes in precipitation"

8th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 24th - 28th April, 2006: "An analysis of moisture transport across southeastern Australia: Results from the Melbourne University Network of Isotopes in Precipitation."

13th AMOS National Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 5th - 7th February, 2006: "Physical influences upon the isotopic content of rainfall in Melbourne: Results from the Melbourne University Network of Isotopes in Precipitation."

8th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia, 29th November - 1st December, 2004: "Applying the fractionation of stable isotopes to the study of atmospheric circulation and moisture transport."

16th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum, Lorne, Victoria, Australia, 8th - 10th November, 2004: "Stable isotopes as a diagnostic of moisture transport across southeastern Australia."

Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station Annual Science Meeting, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Melbourne, Australia, 14th October, 2004: "An analysis of the stable isotope record for precipitation events over southeastern Australia."

Victorian Universities' Environmental and Earth Science Conference, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 27th September, 2004: "An investigation of moisture transport across southeastern Australia using stable isotopes in precipitation."

International Conference on Storms (with 11th AMOS National Conference), Brisbane, Australia, 5-9th July, 2004:  "Investigating midlatitude moisture processes using stable isotopes in precipitation."

Poster presentation - 7th AMOS National Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 2000:  "Application of the Australian Air Quality Forecasting System to the Melbourne region."

Poster presentation - 13th Victorian Universities' Earth Science Conference, Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 1999:  "Application of an air quality forecasting system to the Melbourne region."
 


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