UMass IGS Faculty: BARLOW

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Professor BARLOW, MATHEW (Lowell)
Assistant Professor of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

Phone: (978) 934-3908
Email: Mathew_Barlow@uml.edu

**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**

Education:
1999 - 2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University, Climatology
Advised by Chester F. Ropelewski

1999: Ph.D., University of Maryland, Meteorology
Advised by Drs. Sumant Nigam, E. Hugo Berbery, and Gene Rasmusson

1991: B.A., Swarthmore College, Physics

Professional History:
2005 - present: Assistant professor of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at The University of Massachusetts Lowell

2002 - present: Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, International Research
Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University

2002 - 2005: Staff Scientist, AER, Inc.

2001 - 2002: Associate Research Scientist, IRI at Columbia University

1999 - 2001: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IRI at Columbia University

Current Research Support:
2009 - 2012: co - PI, NSF Polar Programs Project, $175,000
2008 - 2011: PI, NOAA CPPA Project, $151,000
2008 - 2011: co - PI, NSF Hydrology Project, $175,000
2007 - 2008: Subcontractor, NSF Water Cycle Project, $46,000
2006 - 2007: PI, UMASS Teaching and Learning Technology Grant, $5,500
2004 - 2008: PI, NSF Climate and Large - scale Dynamics Project, $269,000
2004 - 2005: co - PI, NOAA Human Dimensions Project, $7,000
2003 - 2008: PI, NSF Water Cycle Project, $229,147
2003: Subcontractor, World Bank Columbia Univ. Project, $10,000

Selected Publications:
Barlow, M., S. Nigam, and E. H. Berbery, 1998: Evolution of the North American Monsoon System. J. Climate, 11, 2238 - 2257.

Nigam, S., M. Barlow, and E. H. Berbery, 1999: Analysis links Pacific decadal variability to drought and streamflow in United States. Eos, 80, pp. 621, 622, 625.

Barlow, M., S. Nigam, and E. H. Berbery, 2001: ENSO, Pacific decadal variability, and U.S. summertime precipitation, drought, and streamflow. J. Climate, 14, 2105 - 2128.

Tourre, Y., B. Rajagopalan, Y. Kushnir, M. Barlow, and W. White, 2001: Patterns of Coherent Decadal and Interdecadal Climate Signals in the Pacific Basin during the 20th Century. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2069 - 2072.

Barlow, M., H. Cullen, and B. Lyon, 2002: Drought in Central and Southwest Asia: La Nina, the warm pool, and Indian Ocean precipitation. J. Climate, 15, 697 - 700.

White, W., Y. Tourre, M. Barlow, and M. Dettinger, 2003: A delayed action oscillator mechanism shared by biennial, interannual, and decadal signals in the Pacific basin. J. Geophys. Res., 108, C3, 3070, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001490.

Tippett, M. K. , Barlow, M. and Lyon, B, 2003. Statistical correction of Central Southwest Asia winter precipitation simulations. Int. J. Climotol., 23,1421 - 1433.

Zhang, P., B. Anderson, M. Barlow, B. Tan, and R. Myneni, 2004: Climate related vegetation characteristics derived from MODIS LAI and NDVI. J. Geophys. Res. 109(D20): doi: 10.1029/2004JD004720. issn: 0148 - 0227.

Barlow, M., and M. Tippett, 2004: Predicting Central Asia river flows from regional precipitation and wind patterns during the preceding cold season. IAHS Red Book, Regional Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Variability.

Cohen, J., and M. Barlow, 2005: The NAO, the AO, and global warming: how closely related? J. Climate, 18, 44984513.

Barlow, M., D. Salstein, and H. Cullen, 2005: Hydrologic extremes in Central - Southwest Asia. Eos, 86, 218.

Barlow, M., M. Wheeler, B. Lyon, and H. Cullen, 2005: Modulation of daily precipitation over Southwest Asia by the Madden - Julian Oscillation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 3579 - 3594.

Barlow, M., and D. Salstein, 2006: Summertime influence of the Madden - Julian Oscillation on daily rainfall over Mexico and Central America. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L21708, doi:10.1029/2006GL027738.

Cohen, J., M. Barlow, P.J. Kushner, and K. Saito, 2007: StratosphereTroposphere Coupling and Links with Eurasian Land Surface Variability. J. Climate, 20, 5335 - 5343.

Barlow, M., A. Hoell, and F. Colby, 2007: Examining the wintertime response to tropical convection over the eastern Indian Ocean by modifying atmospheric heating in a global atmospheric model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L19702, doi:10.1029/2007GL030043.

Funk, C., M. Dettinger, J. Michaelsen, J. Verdin, M. Brown, M. Barlow, and A. Hoell, 2008: Warming of the Indian Ocean threatens eastern and southern African food security but could be mitigated by agricultural development. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.0708196105.

Barlow, M.A., and M.K. Tippett, 2008: Variability and Predictability of Central Asia River Flows: Antecedent Winter Precipitation and Large - Scale Teleconnections. J. Hydrometeor., 9, 13341349.

Cohen, J., M. Barlow, and K. Saito, 2009: Decadal Fluctuations in Planetary Wave Forcing Modulate Global Warming in Late Boreal Winter. J. Climate, 22, 44184426.

Zhang, P., B. Anderson, M. Barlow, B. Tan, and R. Myneni, 2010: Application of a satellite - based climate - variability impact index for crop yield forecasting in drought - stricken regions. African J. Plant Sci., in press.

Saini, R., M. Barlow, and A. Hoell, 2010: Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Regional Response to the Indian Monsoon Onset. Submitted.

Agel, L., V. Lopez, M. Barlow, and F. Colby, 2010: Regional and Large - scale Influences on Summer Ozone Levels in Southern California. Submitted.

Barlow, M., 2010: Influence of hurricane - related activity on North American extreme precipitation. Submitted.

Small, D., S. Islam, and M. Barlow, 2010: The Impact of a Hemispheric Circulation Regime on Fall Precipitation over North America. Submitted.