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Barney J. Conrath

Barney J. Conrath

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
18387
World Ranking
1221
National Ranking
529

Overview

Barney J. Conrath was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the Social Sciences, with specific attention to Geography, Planning and Development, Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Safety Research.

Their publication record included work in several academic venues, with papers appearing in the Journal of Geoscience Education, the Journal of Science Education and Technology, and Proceedings. These publications reflect a focus on education and technology within the sciences, as well as disciplinary discourse.

Key topics in their research included Geography Education and Pedagogy, Seismology and Earthquake Studies, Problem and Project Based Learning, and Educational Tools and Methods.

Among their recent published papers were:

  • Managing disruptions and dilemmas in online geoscience instruction during the early 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, 2024, Journal of Geoscience Education
  • Leveraging Uncertainty as a Means of Facilitating Sensemaking Within a Digital Wildfire Curriculum, 2024, Journal of Science Education and Technology
  • Discourse and Disability: Understanding Special Education Talk in Science, 2025, Proceedings

Throughout their career, they frequently collaborated with several scholars. Notable coauthors included:

  • Scott McDonald
  • Kathryn M. Bateman
  • Joy Ham
  • Anne E. Egger
  • Kristen St. John

Best Publications

  • Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results

    Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;V. E. Hamilton;Steven Ruff

  • Infrared observations of the saturnian system from voyager 1.

    R. Hanel;B. Conrath;F. M. Flasar;V. Kunde

  • An intercomparison of ground-based millimeter, MGS TES, and Viking atmospheric temperature measurements: Seasonal and interannual variability of temperatures and dust loading in the global Mars atmosphere

    R. T. Clancy;B. J. Sandor;M. J. Wolff;Philip Christensen

  • The composition of Titan's stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS mid-infrared spectra

    Athena Coustenis;Richard K. Achterberg;Barney J. Conrath;Donald E. Jennings

  • Investigation of the Martian environment by infrared spectroscopy on Mariner 9

    R. Hanel;B. Conrath;W. Hovis;V. Kunde

  • Thermal structure of the Martian atmosphere during the dissipation of the dust storm of 1971

    Barney J. Conrath

  • Titan's atmospheric temperatures, winds, and composition

    F. M. Flasar;R. K. Achterberg;B. J. Conrath;P. J. Gierasch

  • Thermal Emission Spectrometer results: Mars atmospheric thermal structure and aerosol distribution

    Michael D. Smith;John C. Pearl;Barney J. Conrath;Philip R. Christensen

  • Infrared observations of the jovian system from voyager 1.

    R. Hanel;B. Conrath;M. Flasar;V. Kunde

  • Exploring The Saturn System In The Thermal Infrared: The Composite Infrared Spectrometer

    F. M. Flasar;V. G. Kunde;M. M. Abbas;R. K. Achterberg

  • The structure of the upper atmosphere of mars: In situ accelerometer measurements from mars global surveyor

    G. M. Keating;S. W. Bougher;R. W. Zurek;R. H. Tolson

  • Saturn Helium Abundance: A Reanalysis of Voyager Measurements

    Barney J. Conrath;Daniel Gautier

  • Titan's atmosphere - Temperature and dynamics

    F. M. Flasar;R. E. Samuelson;B. J. Conrath

  • Infrared observations of the Saturnian system from Voyager 2

    R. Hanel;B. Conrath;F. M. Flasar;V. Kunde

  • Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Tes) Observations: Atmospheric Temperatures During Aerobraking and Science Phasing

    Barney J. Conrath;John C. Pearl;Michael D. Smith;William C. Maguire

  • Zonal mean properties of Jupiter's upper troposphere from voyager infrared observations

    Peter J. Gierasch;Barney J. Conrath;Julio A. Magalha˜es

  • Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15° S and 80° N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra

    Sandrine Vinatier;Bruno Bezard;Thierry Fouchet;Nicholas A Teanby

  • Atmospheric and surface properties of Mars obtained by infrared spectroscopy on Mariner 9.

    B. Conrath;R. Curran;R. Hanel;V. Kunde

  • Thermal Structure and Para Hydrogen Fraction on the Outer Planets from Voyager IRIS Measurements

    Barney J. Conrath;Peter J. Gierasch;Eugene A. Ustinov

  • The helium abundance of Saturn from Voyager measurements

    B. J. Conrath;D. Gautier;R. A. Hanel;J. S. Hornstein

  • Book Review: Middle atmosphere dynamics. By D. G. Andrews, J. R. Holton, and C. B. Leovy. Academic Press, New York, 1987. 489 pp. $34.95

    Barney J. Conrath

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Gierasch
Peter J. Gierasch Cornell University
Peter L. Read
Peter L. Read University of Oxford
Philip R. Christensen
Philip R. Christensen Arizona State University
Don Banfield
Don Banfield Cornell University
Glenn S. Orton
Glenn S. Orton California Institute of Technology
Leigh N. Fletcher
Leigh N. Fletcher University of Leicester
Andrew P. Ingersoll
Andrew P. Ingersoll California Institute of Technology
Patrick G. J. Irwin
Patrick G. J. Irwin University of Oxford
Emmanuel Lellouch
Emmanuel Lellouch Janssen (Belgium)
Fredric W. Taylor
Fredric W. Taylor University of Oxford

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