Professional Experience
Research Associate in Atmospheric Physics,
NOAA - Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center,
Remote Sensing of Climate Group, The City College of New York, New York, USA. (2007 to present).
Research Project (Advisor: Pr. William B. Rossow)
In the Framework of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), a core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WRCP), my research focused on the understanding of the full cycle of evaporation, cloud formation, and precipitation, necessary for a better prediction of climate change, via studies of several topics:
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- Interaction of the Deep Convection with the Large-Scale Circulation in the Madden-Julian Oscillation
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- Decadal Changes in Tropical Convection and Potential Effects on Stratospheric Water Vapor
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- Annual Cycle of the Tropical Monsoon Variability
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- Cloud Organization associated with Frontal Convection in Midlatitude Cyclones
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- Diabatic Heating Variability of the Tropical Atmosphere in the Hadley and Walker Circulations
Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Modeling, Analysis and Prediction Program,
Institute for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA. (2006 to 2007)
Research Project (Advisor: Pr. Minghua Zhang)
Modeling of stratus and stratocumulus in the subtropics in order to gain insights into the physical processes that might be responsible of low cloud feedback. Using new idealized forcing data, LES experiments using SAM model are carried out for both control and warmer climates. The maintenance of clouds in both simulations and the mechanism of the cloud cycle are the results of interactions of several processes such as shallow cumulus convection, detrainment of water vapor and radiation.
Research Engineer in Scientific Computations,
Laboratoire
de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)
, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France. (2004 to 2006)
Research Project (Advisor: Pr. Claude Basdevant and Dr. J.P. Duvel)
Lagrangian numerical simulations of drifting balloon trajectories and optimization of the launching strategies in the framework of the studies of
ocean-atmosphere coupling in the Indian Ocean and of the African monsoon in the Guinea gulf.
Qualifications
PhD in Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, Numerical simulations of
aero-optical effects in compressible turbulent flows,
University of Paris XIII,
2001-2004 (Supervisor: Pr. Claude Basdevant, LMD/ENS).
Research Project
Characterisation of electromagnetic wave degradation in turbulent boundary layers and mixing layers by means of Large Eddy Simulation :
development of a Fortran code to simulate optical beam phase degradation in turbulent media.
Certificate in Astrophysics, University of Paris XI
(2000-2001).
Master's Degree in Physics / Applied Mechanics,
National Institute of Applied Sciences,
Rennes, France (1997-1999).
Bachelor's Degree in Physics,
University of Rennes I,
Rennes, France (1994-1997).
Computing skills
Very good knowledge of Fortran 77/90
Good knowledge of C programming and Matlab
Very good knowledge of UNIX, LINUX, SHELL
Very good knowledge of Office and Windows
Very good knowledge of LATEX, IDL, GRADS, TECPLOT, Xmgrace
Good Knowledge of NetCDF and Grib formats
Experience in analysis and treatment of geophysical data (simulations/observations)
Experience on ONERA's super computer NEC-SX5
Simulations on Linux clusters via MPI (36 nodes)
Experience in CFD, atmospheric and meteorological models: Pegase, Flu3m, SAM, WRF
Experience in observational data: ISCCP D1, ISCCP-FD, GPCP, GSSTF2, ERA40, NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis, NCEP/DOE Reanalysis 2
Very good knowledge of HTML
Good knowledge of CSS
Implementation of professional web sites (VASCO Campaign, AMMA Campaign, Remote Sensing of Climate Group)
Teaching Experience
Fall 2009: Scientific Programming in Remote Sensing: Applied Statistics and Data Analysis (Master and Doctoral levels)
Topics: During this course, students learnt how to apply statistical analysis methods to learn something about and from observational data and how to use fundamental programming skills as a tool for working with data and plotted results.
Professional Affiliations
American Meteorological Society Member
American Geophysical Union Member
Reviewer
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Journal of Climate
National Science Foundation
