• B.Sc., Mathematics and Physics, University of London, Queen Mary College (1952)
• Ph.D., Physics, University of London, Kings College (1968)

• Atmospheric Physics
• Radiative Transfer
• Spectroscopy of the Sun
• Earth and Planetary Atmospheres
• Remote Sensing
• Comparative Planetology

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (1967-Present)
• Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Consultant in Atmospheric Science, Planetary Atmospheres, (1989-Present)
• Senior Research Scientist (1984-1989)
• Manager, Planetary Atmospheres Section, Space Sciences Division (1972-1974)
• Earth and Space Sciences Division (1967-1989)
• Principal Investigator, Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (1987)
• Principal Investigator, National Ozone Experiment, Antarctica (1986)
• Principal Investigator, Viking Mars Atmospheric Water Vapor Mapping Experiment
• Principal Investigator, ATMOS Experiment
• Co-investigator, Solar Mesosphere Explorer
• Co-investigator, Pioneer Venus Infrared Experiment Team
• Visiting Professor of Planetary Science, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology (1978-1981)
• Led expeditions to Chacaltaya, Bolivia, for high altitude atmospheric and solar infrared observations (1962 and 1964)
• Research Scientist at National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England (1953-1954)

• William T. Pecora Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Earth Remote sensing (1996)
• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1986)
• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1977)
• NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1974)

Over 80 Publications Total

1. C. A. Barth, C. B. Farmer, D. E. Siskind and J. E. Perich, "ATMOS Observations of Nitric Oxide in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere," J. Geophys. Res., D7, 12489 (1996)
2. C. B. Farmer, L. Delbouille, G. Roland and C. Servais, "The Solar Spectrum between 16 and 35 microns," in Laboratory and Astronomical High Resolution Spectra, A. J. Sauval, R. Blomme and N. Grevesse, eds., ASP Conference Series, 81 (1995)
3. S. Johansson, G. Nave, M. Geller, A. J. Sauval, N. Grevesse, W. G. Schoenfeld, E. S. Chang and C. B. Farmer, "Analysis of the 3d⁶4s(⁶D)4f-5g Supermultiplet of Fe I in Laboratory and Solar Infrared Spectra," Astrophys. J., in press.
4. C. B. Farmer, "The ATMOS Solar Atlas" in Infrared Solar Physics, IAU Symposium No. 156, ed. D. M. Rabin and J. T. Jefferies (1994)
5. L. R. Brown, C. B. Farmer, C. P. Rinsland and R. Zander, "Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere by High Resolution Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy," in Advances in Spectroscopy, Academic Press (1992)
6. C. P. Rinsland, R. Zander, A. Goldman, M. R. Gunson, and C. B. Farmer, "The Fundamental Quadrupole Band of ¹⁴N₂: Line Positions from High Resolution Solar Absorption Spectra," J. Mol. Spec., 148, 274 (1991)
7. P. Demoulin, C. B. Farmer, C. P. Rinsland and R. Zander, "Determination of Absolute Strengths of N₂ Quadrupole Lines from High Resolution Ground-based IR Solar Observations," J. Geophys. Res., 96, D7, 13003 (1991)
8. M. Geller, A. J. Sauval, N. Grevesse, C. B. Farmer and R. H. Norton, "First Identification of Pure Rotation Lines of NH in the Infrared Solar Spectrum," Astron. Astrophys., 249, 550 (1991)
9. N. Grevesse, D. L. Lambert, A. J. Sauval, E. F. van Dishoeck, C. B. Farmer and R. H. Norton, "Vibration-Rotation Bands of CH in the Solar Infrared Spectrum and the Solar Carbon Abundance," Astron. Astrophys., 242, 488 (1991)
10. C. P. Rinsland, M. R. Gunson, J. C. Foster, R. A. Toth, C. B. Farmer and R. Zander, "Stratospheric Profiles of Heavy Water Vapor Isotopes and CH₃D from Analysis of the ATMOS Spacelab 3 Infrared Solar Spectra," J. Geophys. Res, 96, D1, 1057 (1991)
11. N. Grevesse, D. L. Lambert, A. J. Sauval, E. F. van Dishoeck, C. B. Farmer and R. H. Norton, "Identification of Solar Vibration-Rotation Lines of NH and the Solar Nitrogen Abundance," Astron. Astrophys., 232, 225 (1990)
12. M. R. Gunson, C. B. Farmer, R. H. Norton, R. Zander, C. P. Rinsland, J. H. Shaw and Bo-Cai Gao, "Measurements of CH₄, N₂O, CO, H₂O and O₃ in the Middle Atmosphere by the ATMOS Experiment on Spacelab-3," J. Geophys. Res., 95, D9, 13,867 (1990)
13. C. P. Rinsland, L. R. Brown and C. B. Farmer, "Infrared Spectroscopic Detection of Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF₆) in the Lower Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere," J. Geophys. Res., 95, D5, 5577 (1990)
14. W. Mankin, M. T. Coffey, K. V. Chance, W. A. Traub, B. Carli, F. Mencaraglia, S. Piccioli, I. G. Nolt, J. V. Radostitz, R. Zander, G. Roland, D. W. Johnson, G. M. Stokes, C. B. Farmer, R. K. Seals, "Intercomparison of Measurements of Stratospheric Hydrogen Fluoride," J. Atmos. Chem., 10, 273 (1990)
15. C. B. Farmer, B. Carli, A. Bonetti, M. Carlotti, B. M. Dinelli, H. Fast, N. Louisnard, C. Alamichel, W. Mankin, M. T. Coffey, I. G. Nolt, D. G. Murcray, A. Goldman, W. Traub, K. Chance, R. Zander, L. Delbouille and G. Roland, "BIC Intercomparison Compaigns: Results of Remote Sensing Measurements of HCl," J. Atmos. Chem., 10, 237 (1990)
16. F. Mélen, N. Grevesse, A. J. Sauval, C. B. Farmer, R. H. Norton, H. Bredohl and I. Dubois, "A New Analysis of the Vibration-Rotation Spectrum of CH from Solar Spectra," J. Mol. Spec., 134, 305 (1989)
17. S. Kinne, O. B. Toon, G. C. Toon, C. B. Farmer, E. V. Browell and M. P. McCormick, "Measurements of Size and Composition of Particles in Polar Stratospheric Clouds from Infrared Solar Absorption Spectra," J. Geophys. Res., 94, D14, 16,481 (1989)
18. C. P. Rinsland, R. Zander, J. S. Namkung, C. B. Farmer and R. H. Norton, "Stratospheric Infrared Continuum Absorptions Observed by the ATMOS Experiment," J. Geophys. Res., 94, D14, 16,303 (1989)
19. G. C. Toon, C. B. Farmer, P. W. Schaper, J.-F. Blavier and L. L. Lowes, "Ground-Based Infrared Measurements of Tropospheric Source Gases Over Antarctica During the 1989 Austral Spring," J. Geophys. Res., 94, D9, 11,613 (1989)
20. G. C. Toon, C. B. Farmer, L. L. Lowes, P. W. Schaper, J.-F. Blavier and R. H. Norton, "Infrared Aircraft Measurements of Stratospheric Composition Over Antarctica During September 1987," J. Geophys. Res., 94, D14, 16,571 (1989)
21. C. B. Farmer, G. C. Toon, P. W. Schaper, J. Blavier and L. L. Lowes, "Ground-Based Infrared Measurements of the Composition of the Antarctic Atmosphere during the 1986 Spring Season: I. Stratospheric Trace Gases," Nature, 329, 126, (1987).
22. C. B. Farmer and R. H. Norton, "A High Resolution Atlas of the Infrared Spectrum of the Sun and the Earth Atmosphere from Space: A Compilation of ATMOS Spectra of the Region from 650 to 4800 cm-1" Vol. I, The Sun, Vol. II, Stratosphere and Mesosphere. NASA Reference Publication, No. RP-1224, (1989).
23. C. B. Farmer, "High resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of the Sun and the Earth 's Atmosphere from Space," in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Fourier Transform and Computerized Spectroscopy, Vienna, 1987; published in Microchimica Acta (Wien), III, 189, (1987)
24. C. B. Farmer and P. E. Doms, "Global Seasonal Variation of Water Vapor on Mars and the Implication for Permafrost," J. Geophys. Res., 84, B6, 2881, (1979)
25. C. B. Farmer, D. W. Davies, and D. D. LaPorte, "Mars: Northern Summer Ice Cap - Water Vapor Observations from Viking 2," Science, 194, 1339 (1976)
26. C. B. Farmer, "Liquid Water on Mars," Icarus 28, 279 (1976)
27. C. B. Farmer, O. F. Raper, and R. H. Norton, "Spectroscopic Detection and Vertical Distribution of HCl in the Troposphere and Stratosphere," Geophys. Res. Lett. 3, 13, (1976)