Roy Malcolm Barnes

Roy was born on February 1, 1951 in Silver City, New Mexico. He was an avid rock climber and skier. Roy will be greatly missed by his friends and family.

He was a loving husband to Susan (Nyaard) Barnes; father to Lacey and Lindsey Barnes; brother to Cathy Barnes; and son of Mary and Hubert Barnes.

A service will be held for Roy at Crist Mortuary Chapel, 3395 Penrose Place, Boulder, CO on Monday, August 9, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Boulder Rock Club, 2829 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301, or Boulder Valley Humane Society, 2323 55th Street, Boulder, CO 80301-2806.

Roy Malcolm Barnes

Born: February 1, 1951 in Silver City, New Mexico

Parents, Drs. Hubert L. and Mary W. Barnes

Married: To Susan J. Nygaard, August 26, 1978 in Red Wing, Minnesota

Children: Lacey Barnes of Brainerd, Minnesota

Lindsey Barnes, student at the University of Colorado

Died: August 4, 2010, Boulder, Colorado of intestinal cancer

Education: State College, Pennsylvania High School, 1970

Pennsylvania State University, BSc., 1973 in Physics

Colorado State University, MSc. In Meteorology, 1976

Profession: Western Scientific Services, 1976-1984

(Manage air quality compliance monitoring projects, air quality dispersion

modeling, visibility modeling and field work running pibals, rawinsondes

and ozonesondes).

National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1984-2006

(Software engineer maintaining atmospheric and topographic datasets for

atmospheric research. Worked with spacecraft data involved implementing

coordinate rotation transforms for translating solar-terrestrial coordinate systems.

Designed and implemented dataset delivery via an interactive system which

evolved into web page access using JavaScript for dynamic inventory display

and data selection.

Hobbies: Mountain and rock climbing

Extraordinary skier, racer and member of the National Ski Patrol

Carpentry

Fly fishing