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CNRM/GAME, Météo-France and CNRS – Centre
National de Recherches Météorologiques / Groupe d'étude de
l'atmosphère météorologique
(Toulouse, France) |
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Based at Météo-France, Climatology Department
(Toulouse, France)
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Researcher |
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Building of the 1958-2008
SIM (SAFRAN-ISBA-MODCOU) hydroclimatic reanalysis over France |
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Climatic validation of
Safran atmospheric renalysis (hourly time step, 8 km spatial
resolution): variable temperature, solid and liquid precipitation,
wind speed, humidity, visible and infrared radiation; comparison to
Aurelhy climatologies and to homogenized series |
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Development of
standardized drought indices from precipitation, soil moisture and
streamflow outputs of SIM reanalysis |
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Analysis of drought
propagation within the land surface hydrological cycle |
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Spatio-temporal analysis
of independent drought events: frequency and severity-area-duration
analyses |
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In progress: assessment
of the impact of climate change on droughts with multimodel
hydroclimatic projections over France based on weather-type
statistical downscaling techniques |
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2008 |
Cemagref (National Institute for Agricultural and Environmental
Engineering Research), Hydrology-Hydraulics Research Unit (Lyon,
France) |
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Researcher |
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Development of
high-resolution transient multimodel climate projections for the
Garonne river basin within the Imagine2030 project |
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2007-2008 |
CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) –
Engineering Office – Water and Environment Department
(Lyon, France) |
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Hydrologist (9 months) |
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Set up of a research
project on the impact of climate change on the hydrology of the Rhône River
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Integration of
high-resolution meteorological data for forecasting snow cover and
snowmelt on the Rhône catchment with Flocon
model and
Opale system
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Development of a flood
forecasting tool on the Ouvèze River to support the management of
hydroelectric developments
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Regionalisation of
hydrological regime in Alpine ungauged catchments
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Definition of consistency
tests for providing degraded hydrometric data within the
Hydromet
system
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Monitoring of the quality of hydrometeorological
observation and forecasts provided by
Meteo France
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Redaction of bids for
hydrological studies
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2006-2007 |
HR Wallingford – Water Resources Department
(Oxfordshire, UK) |
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Senior Hydrologist (4 months) |
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Climatological and hydrological trend analyses for
Welsh Water drought
plan |
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Spatial analysis of the
impact of climate change on drought frequency in the UK |
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2005-2006 |
HR Wallingford – Water Resources Department
(Oxfordshire, UK) |
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Stays at Lancaster University (CRES, Centre for
Research on Environmental Systems and Statistics)
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Post-Doctoral Researcher (Marie Curie
European Fellowship, 19 months) |
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Impact of climate change on
water resources →project
website:
www.futuredrought.org.uk
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Development of a integrated framework to derive
local scale multi-GCMs climate scenarios and
application to 21st century UK climate |
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Development of a methodology for integrating uncertainty
due to climate models and due to structure and parameters of
hydrological models |
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Hydrological modelling of
70 UK catchments with global and semi-distributed models (PDM
and
Catchmod) and
derivation of probabilistic hydrological
scenarios |
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Development of
operational tools for water compagnies to assess water resources in
the 2020s |
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Development of an object-oriented
Matlab toolbox for climate change
impact assessment on the hydrological regime |
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Flow
trend analysis for 40 UK catchments |
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2002-2005 |
Cemagref (National Institute for Agricultural and Environmental
Engineering Research), Hydrology-Hydraulics Research Unit (Lyon,
France) |
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Stays at
IMFT (Fluid Mechanics Institute of Toulouse),
Hydrodynamics and Environment Group (Toulouse, France) and at
INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and
Control), Orion Project (Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France)
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PhD Student
(Cemagref PhD studentship, 38 months) |
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Thesis: Computer-aided
model calibration in 1D river hydraulics – Contributions from
artificial intelligence →thesis webpage
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Development of a methodological framework
for the operational validation of numerical models |
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Formalisation of the expertise applied for
calibrating 1D river models |
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Implementation of a calibration support
system and application to two real-life case studies |
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2001 |
Cemagref – Hydrology-Hydraulics Research Unit (Lyon,
France) |
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Research Engineer in the Integrated River Management Team
(5 months) |
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Contribution to a handbook for managing
hydraulic studies: “Guide méthodologique pour le pilotage des études
hydrauliques” (Cemagref and
CETMEF joint research project) →handbook
website |
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Expert’s report on hydraulic studies |
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2000-2001 |
Regional Council of Martinique – Technical
Department – River and Coastal Hydraulics Group (Fort-de-France,
Martinique, French West Indies) |
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Project Engineer (Nqtional Service as a
Volunteer for Technical Assistance, 16 months) |
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Planning and management of works on county
infrastructures:
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Hydraulic structures and roads
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Fishing harbours and wharves
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Field expertise and technical validation
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Management of contracts for engineering
studies |
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1999 |
EDF-DTG (Électricité de France,
Division Technique Générale) – Water
Resources Department (Toulouse, France) |
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Internship (6 months) |
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Development of statistical hydrological
modelling tools |
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Calibration of flood propagation models
for the Garonne and Tarn river basins |
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Flood monitoring and real-time flow
forecasting for the management of power dams and nuclear plants |
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1998 |
SHEM (Southern Hydro-Electric Company)
– Civil Engineering Department (Toulouse,
France) |
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Internship (2 months) |
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Hydraulic study of the head-race canal of
a hydroelectric plant |
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Identification of causes of hydraulic
power levelling |
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1997 |
SMAT of the Haut-Allier (Local Joint
Board) –
Water Section (Langeac, France) |
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Internship (1 month) |
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Study of spatial distribution of
temperature in a river confluence for the inlet of a salmon farm
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Production of a water quality map for a
river management project |
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