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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Michael is a Research Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather at Monash University. His research interests are all things weather, meteorology and climate and the processes underpinning them. His current focus is on synoptic-scale atmospheric dynamics including Rossby waves, extratropical cyclones, cut-off lows and subtropical rainfall dynamics.
Internationally, he is engaged in many scientific and collaborative activities. He is the currently a member of the World Meteorological Organisation's (WMO) World Weather Research Program (WWRP) Working Group on Prediction, Dynamics and Ensemble Forecasting (PDEF) and has previously served on the WMO's Worldwide Met-Ocean Information and Warning Service (WWMIWS) committee as the METAREA VII coordinator. He also serves as an Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review (MWR).
Research interests
- Dynamical meteorology
- Extreme weather
- Tropical and sub-tropical rainfall
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Meteorology, PhD, University of Pretoria
External positions
METAREA VII Coordinator, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Dec 2019 → Feb 2022
Research area keywords
- Meteorology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
- 11 Article
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The dynamics of slow-moving coherent cyclonic potential vorticity anomalies and their links to heavy rainfall over the eastern seaboard of Australia
Barnes, M. A., King, M., Reeder, M. & Jakob, C., Jul 2023, In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 149, 755, p. 2233-2251 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access18 Citations (Scopus) -
Evaluating numerical and free-drift forecasts of sea ice drift during a Southern Ocean research expedition: An operational perspective
de Vos, M., Barnes, M., Biddle, L. C., Swart, S., Ramjukadh, C. L. & Vichi, M., 2022, In: Journal of Operational Oceanography. 15, 3, p. 187-203 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus) -
Rainfall Simulations of High-Impact Weather in South Africa with the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM)
Bopape, M. J. M., Engelbrecht, F. A., Maisha, R., Chikoore, H., Ndarana, T., Lekoloane, L., Thatcher, M., Mulovhedzi, P. T., Rambuwani, G. T., Barnes, M. A., Mkhwanazi, M. & Mphepya, J., Dec 2022, In: Atmosphere. 13, 12, 24 p., 1987.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Stratospheric intrusion depth and its effect on surface cyclogenetic forcing: an idealized potential vorticity (PV) inversion experiment
Barnes, M. A., Ndarana, T., Sprenger, M. & Landman, W. A., 9 Nov 2022, In: Weather and Climate Dynamics. 3, 4, p. 1291-1309 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Cape storm: A dynamical study of a cut-off low and its impact on South Africa
Barnes, M. A., Turner, K., Ndarana, T. & Landman, W. A., Feb 2021, In: Atmospheric Research. 249, 18 p., 105290.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
17 Citations (Scopus)