Research
For several years now, my research activities have been included in the research program of the Laboratoire d’Aérologie. Interested in the low troposphere dynamic, I focused on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) and the interactions between its different components. My participation to several experimental campaigns led me to study the land-surface/atmosphere exchanges through the estimation of the surface energy budget or the trace gases fluxes by both eddy covariance and relaxed eddy accumulation methods. I have also been thoroughly involved in the use of experimental means to investigate the vertical structure of the low troposphere through airborne measurements and wind profilers. Since 2009, I have completed the experimental approach of the low levels of the troposphere with the use of Large Eddy-simulation model.
The major programs I was involved in are listed below:
2020-2025: Leader of MOSAI (Model and Observation for Surface Atmosphere Interactions) project – ANR 2021-2025.
2020-2023: HILIAISE Project –ANR 2019.
2015-2019: Responsible of the Benin super-site of the European DACCIWA project (Dynamics-aerosol-chemistry-cloud interactions in West Africa ( http://www.dacciwa.eu/ )) which took place in summer 2016. Collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to analyze the dataset in order to understand what are the processes responsible for the Low Level Cloud formation and then better understand why these clouds are not correctly simulated in the numerical models.
2009 – 2015: Preparation and participation to the BLLAST (Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Transition http://bllast.sedoo.fr ) project and campaign which took place in the experimental site of Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (Centre de Recherche Atmospheric de Lannemezan) during the summer 2011. The purpose of this project was a better understanding of the transition phase in the boundary layer diurnal cycle, especially the late afternoon transition, during which all the boundary layer processes intensity decrease with the turbulent kinetic energy.
2008 – 2009: One Sabbatical year in National Centre for Atmospheric Research (Boulder/ Colorado) to work on Bounday-layer clouds interactions with the surface energy balance with a Large Eddy-Simulation code coupled with a land-surface model.
2004-2008: AMMA : African Monsoon Multiscale Analysis (2005-2007) international experiment ( http://www.amma-international.org ) devoted to the knowledge and understanding of the West Africain monsoon, its diurnal and interannual variability. The project was motivated by the important rain rates variations of the monsoon and the associated consequences on agriculture, water resources and health.
2000-2004 : ESCOMPTE 2001: The international ESCOMPTE campaign, which took place in the most highly polluted French region, was aimed at validating air pollution prediction models.
Responsibilities
2021 – 2023: Project leader (Chargée de Mission) in charge of research infrastructures for the INSU Deputy Scientific Director « Ocean-Atmosphere ».
2015 – 2020: Direction board member of the Data and Service for the Atmosphere National Structure (AERIS). « Ground Data » Project Manager.
2012 – present: Responsible of the Working Group “Surface meteorology and surface-atmosphere interactions” of the Research Infrastructure ACTRIS-France.
2014 – 2021: of the Toulouse III University site in Tarbes.
2004 – 2008 and 2014-2020: Responsible of the Toulouse III University site in Tarbes.
2010 – 2014: Responsible of the “Centre de Recherches Atmosphériques”, Regional platform for long term atmospheric observation.
