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Florence Sevault is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Their publication record includes contributions to a variety of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Climate Research
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • "Evolution of Mediterranean Sea water properties under climate change scenarios in the Med-CORDEX ensemble," 2020, Climate Dynamics
  • "Projected Effects of Climate-Induced Changes in Hydrodynamics on the Biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea Under the RCP 8.5 Regional Climate Scenario," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The Worldwide C3S CORDEX Grand Ensemble: A Major Contribution to Assess Regional Climate Change in the IPCC AR6 Atlas," 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "EURO-CORDEX GCM Selection & Ensemble Design: Implementation Framework," 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "The northern Adriatic circulation regimes in the future winter climate," 2022, Climate Dynamics

Frequent coauthors of this researcher include:

  • Samuel Somot
  • Vladimir Djurdjević
  • Jesús Fernández
  • Katharina Bülow
  • Erasmo Buonomo

Their scientific contributions concentrate on the interaction of oceanographic and atmospheric processes, examining climate-driven changes particularly in marine and coastal ecosystems. The work often addresses region-specific climate scenarios such as those of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, combining climate modeling with biogeochemical impacts. The research intersects multiple subfields including oceanography, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

Best Publications

  • 21st century climate change scenario for the Mediterranean using a coupled atmosphere–ocean regional climate model

    Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Michel Déqué;Michel Crépon

  • Med-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean climate studies

    Paolo M. Ruti;Samuel Somot;F. Giorgi;Clotilde Dubois

  • Transient climate change scenario simulation of the Mediterranean Sea for the twenty-first century using a high-resolution ocean circulation model

    Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Michel Déqué

  • Mediterranean Sea response to climate change in an ensemble of twenty first century scenarios

    Fanny Adloff;Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Gabriel Jordà

  • Future evolution of Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea

    Sofia Darmaraki;Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Pierre Nabat

  • The CIRCE simulations: Regional Climate Change Projections with Realistic Representation of the Mediterranean Sea

    S. Gualdi;S. Somot;L. Li;V. Artale

  • Modeling the Mediterranean Sea interannual variability during 1961–2000: Focus on the Eastern Mediterranean Transient

    J. Beuvier;J. Beuvier;F. Sevault;M. Herrmann;H. Kontoyiannis

  • Direct and semi-direct aerosol radiative effect on the Mediterranean climate variability using a coupled regional climate system model

    Pierre Nabat;Samuel Somot;Marc Mallet;Florence Sevault

  • Representation of spatial and temporal variability of daily wind speed and of intense wind events over the Mediterranean Sea using dynamical downscaling: impact of the regional climate model configuration

    Marine Herrmann;Samuel Somot;Sandro Calmanti;C. Dubois

  • Past Variability of Mediterranean Sea Marine Heatwaves

    Sofia Darmaraki;Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Pierre Nabat

  • Modeling the deep convection in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea using an eddy‐permitting and an eddy‐resolving model: Case study of winter 1986–1987

    Marine Herrmann;Samuel Somot;Florence Sevault;Claude Estournel

  • Evolution of Mediterranean Sea water properties under climate change scenarios in the Med-CORDEX ensemble

    Javier Soto-Navarro;Gabriel Jordá;Ángel Amores;W. Cabos

  • Spreading of the Western Mediterranean Deep Water after winter 2005: Time scales and deep cyclone transport

    J. Beuvier;J. Beuvier;K. Béranger;C. Lebeaupin Brossier;C. Lebeaupin Brossier;C. Lebeaupin Brossier;S. Somot

  • What induced the exceptional 2005 convection event in the northwestern Mediterranean basin? Answers from a modeling study

    Marine Herrmann;Florence Sevault;Jonathan Beuvier;Jonathan Beuvier;Samuel Somot

  • A fully coupled Mediterranean regional climate system model: design and evaluation of the ocean component for the 1980-2012 period

    Florence Sevault;Samuel Somot;Antoinette Alias;Clotilde Dubois

  • Characterizing, modelling and understanding the climate variability of the deep water formation in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea

    Samuel Somot;Loic Houpert;Florence Sevault;Pierre Testor

  • The climate of the Mediterranean region in future climate projections

    Serge Planton;Piero Lionello;Vincenzo Artale;Rolland Aznar

  • Dust aerosol radiative effects during summer 2012 simulated with a coupled regional aerosol–atmosphere–ocean model over the Mediterranean

    Pierre Nabat;S Somot;Marc Mallet;M Michou

  • Future projections of the surface heat and water budgets of the Mediterranean Sea in an ensemble of coupled atmosphere–ocean regional climate models

    C. Dubois;S. Somot;S. Calmanti;A. Carillo

  • SURFEX v8.0 interface with OASIS3-MCT to couple atmosphere with hydrology, ocean, waves and sea-ice models, from coastal to global scales

    Aurore Voldoire;Bertrand Decharme;Joris Pianezze;Joris Pianezze;Cindy Lebeaupin Brossier

  • Mediterranean Sea response to climate change in an ensemble of 21st century scenarios

    Fanny Adloff;Gabriel Jordá;Marta Marcos;Damià Gomis

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Somot
Samuel Somot Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Michel Déqué
Michel Déqué Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Laurent Li
Laurent Li École Normale Supérieure
Pierre Nabat
Pierre Nabat Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques
Gianmaria Sannino
Gianmaria Sannino National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Pierre Testor
Pierre Testor Sorbonne University
Véronique Ducrocq
Véronique Ducrocq Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Silvio Gualdi
Silvio Gualdi Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
Enrico Scoccimarro
Enrico Scoccimarro Central Maine Community College
Paolo Ruti
Paolo Ruti World Meteorological Organization

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