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Christophe Flechard is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Hydrological Forecasting Using AI.

Among Christophe Flechard's recent publications are:

  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 1: Fluxes and budgets of carbon, nitrogen and greenhouse gases from ecosystem monitoring and modelling, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • Pan-European rural monitoring network shows dominance of NH 3 gas and NH 4 NO 3 aerosol in inorganic atmospheric pollution load, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Carbon-nitrogen interactions in European forests and semi-natural vegetation - Part 2: Untangling climatic, edaphic, management and nitrogen deposition effects on carbon sequestration potentials, 2020, Biogeosciences
  • 4D-Var Inversion of European NH3 Emissions Using CrIS NH3 Measurements and GEOS-Chem Adjoint With Bi-Directional and Uni-Directional Flux Schemes, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Modeling N2O emissions of complex cropland management in Western Europe using DayCent: Performance and scope for improvement, 2022, European Journal of Agronomy

Frequent publication venues for Flechard include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including André-Jean Francez, Adrien Jacotot, Nina Buchmann, Yannick Fauvel, and A. Neftel.

Best Publications

  • The EMEP MSC-W chemical transport model -- technical description

    David Simpson;David Simpson;Anna Benedictow;Halldis Berge;Robert Bergström;Robert Bergström

  • Atmospheric composition change: Ecosystems–Atmosphere interactions

    D. Fowler;Kim Pilegaard;M.A. Sutton;Per Ambus

  • Full accounting of the greenhouse gas (CO2, N2O, CH4) budget of nine European grassland sites

    J.F. Soussana;V. Allard;K. Pilegaard;P. Ambus

  • Evaluation of the potential of MODIS satellite data to predict vegetation phenology in different biomes: An investigation using ground-based NDVI measurements

    G. Hmimina;E. Dufrêne;J.-Y. Pontailler;N. Delpierre

  • Towards a climate-dependent paradigm of ammonia emission and deposition

    Mark A. Sutton;Stefan Reis;Stuart N. Riddick;Ulrike Dragosits

  • The carbon budget of newly established temperate grassland depends on management intensity

    C. Ammann;C.R. Flechard;J. Leifeld;A. Neftel

  • The global exposure of forests to air pollutants

    David Fowler;J. Neil Cape;Mhairi Coyle;Chris Flechard

  • Effects of climate and management intensity on nitrous oxide emissions in grassland systems across Europe

    C.R. Flechard;P. Ambus;U. Skiba;R.M. Rees

  • Soil Respiration in European Grasslands in Relation to Climate and Assimilate Supply

    Michael Bahn;Mirco Rodeghiero;Margaret Anderson-Dunn;Sabina Dore

  • Linking land-atmosphere-stream carbon fluxes in a lowland peatland system

    M. F. Billett;S. M. Palmer;S. M. Palmer;D. Hope;D. Hope;C. Deacon

  • Dry deposition of reactive nitrogen to European ecosystems: a comparison of inferential models across the NitroEurope network

    C. R. Flechard;E. Nemitz;R. I. Smith;D. Fowler

  • Regional estimation of pollutant gas dry deposition in the UK: model description, sensitivity analyses and outputs

    R.I. Smith;D. Fowler;M.A. Sutton;C. Flechard

  • Effects of global change during the 21st century on the nitrogen cycle

    D. Fowler;C. E. Steadman;D. Stevenson;M. Coyle

  • Ground-based Network of NDVI measurements for tracking temporal dynamics of canopy structure and vegetation phenology in different biomes

    K. Soudani;G. Hmimina;N. Delpierre;J.-Y. Pontailler

  • Challenges in quantifying biosphere–atmosphere exchange of nitrogen species

    M.A. Sutton;E. Nemitz;J.W Erisman;C. Beier

  • Bi‐directional soil/atmosphere N2O exchange over two mown grassland systems with contrasting management practices

    Christophe R. Flechard;Albrecht Neftel;Markus Jocher;Christof Ammann

  • Measurements of Ozone Deposition to Vegetation Quantifying the Flux, the Stomatal and Non-Stomatal Components

    David Fowler;Chris Flechard;J. Neil Cape;Robert L. Storeton-West

  • The mass budget of atmospheric ammonia in woodland within 1 km of livestock buildings

    David Fowler;C. E. R. Pitcairn;Mark A. Sutton;C. Flechard

  • A dynamic chemical model of bi‐directional ammonia exchange between semi‐natural vegetation and the atmosphere

    C. R. Flechard;D. Fowler;M. A. Sutton;J. N. Cape

  • The atmospheric budget of oxidized nitrogen and its role in ozone formation and deposition.

    David Fowler;Chris Flechard;Ute Skiba;Mhairi Coyle

  • Advances in understanding, models and parameterizations of biosphere-atmosphere ammonia exchange

    Christophe Flechard;Raia Silvia Massad;Benjamin Loubet;Erwan Personne

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Pierre Cellier
Pierre Cellier University of Paris-Saclay
David Fowler
David Fowler University of Saskatchewan
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Benjamin Loubet
Benjamin Loubet University of Paris-Saclay
Ute Skiba
Ute Skiba Natural Environment Research Council
Christof Ammann
Christof Ammann Federal Council
David Simpson
David Simpson Chalmers University of Technology
Anne Probst
Anne Probst Paul Sabatier University

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