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François Brissette publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where François Brissette sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 217 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

François Brissette D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where François Brissette sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

François Brissette is affiliated with the École de Technologie Supérieure in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions to the study of hydrology and watershed management. The scientist's work encompasses a variety of specialized subfields including global and planetary change, water science and technology, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The central topics explored in Brissette's research include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Brissette has published extensively in scientific journals such as:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Resources Research

Some of the recent papers authored under Brissette's name include:

  • "Evaluation of the ERA5 reanalysis as a potential reference dataset for hydrological modelling over North America" (2020), published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Generating Ensemble Streamflow Forecasts: A Review of Methods and Approaches Over the Past 40 Years" (2021), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Climate Change and Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves: Overview of Science and Guidelines for Adaptation" (2021), published in Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
  • "Continuous streamflow prediction in ungauged basins: long short-term memory neural networks clearly outperform traditional hydrological models" (2023), published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "A comprehensive, multisource database for hydrometeorological modeling of 14,425 North American watersheds" (2020), published in Scientific Data

Brissette frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Richard Arsenault (35 collaborations)
  • Jean-Luc Martel (25 collaborations)
  • Magali Troin (12 collaborations)
  • Annie Poulin (6 collaborations)
  • Jie Chen (6 collaborations)

The body of work reflects a sustained engagement with hydrological sciences, climate modeling, and advanced forecasting techniques, including artificial intelligence applied to hydrological forecasting. Their publishing record demonstrates active involvement in multidisciplinary research bridging environmental science, hydrology, and atmospheric studies.

Best Publications

  • Uncertainty of downscaling method in quantifying the impact of climate change on hydrology

    Jie Chen;François P. Brissette;Robert Leconte

  • Evaluation of the ERA5 reanalysis as a potential reference dataset for hydrological modelling over North America

    Mostafa Tarek;François P. Brissette;Richard Arsenault

  • Finding appropriate bias correction methods in downscaling precipitation for hydrologic impact studies over North America

    Jie Chen;François P. Brissette;Diane Chaumont;Marco Braun

  • Uncertainty of the impact of climate change on the hydrology of a nordic watershed

    Marie Minville;François Brissette;Robert Leconte

  • Overall uncertainty study of the hydrological impacts of climate change for a Canadian watershed

    Jie Chen;François P. Brissette;Annie Poulin;Robert Leconte

  • Performance and uncertainty evaluation of empirical downscaling methods in quantifying the climate change impacts on hydrology over two North American river basins

    Jie Chen;François P. Brissette;Diane Chaumont;Marco Braun

  • Comparison of Stochastic Optimization Algorithms in Hydrological Model Calibration

    Richard Arsenault;Annie Poulin;Pascal Côté;François Brissette

  • Uncertainty of hydrological modelling in climate change impact studies in a Canadian, snow-dominated river basin

    Annie Poulin;François Brissette;Robert Leconte;Richard Arsenault

  • Continuous streamflow prediction in ungauged basins: long short-term memory neural networks clearly outperform traditional hydrological models

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  • The hazards of split-sample validation in hydrological model calibration

    Richard Arsenault;François Brissette;Jean-Luc Martel

  • Climate change and rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation

    Jean-Luc Martel;François P. Brissette;Philippe Lucas-Picher;Magali Troin

  • Generating Ensemble Streamflow Forecasts: A Review of Methods and Approaches Over the Past 40 Years

    Magali Troin;Richard Arsenault;Andrew W. Wood;François Brissette

  • A daily stochastic weather generator for preserving low-frequency of climate variability

    Jie Chen;François P. Brissette;Robert Leconte

  • Continuous streamflow prediction in ungauged basins: The effects of equifinality and parameter set selection on uncertainty in regionalization approaches

    Richard Arsenault;François P. Brissette

  • Efficient stochastic generation of multi-site synthetic precipitation data

    François Brissette;M. Khalili;Robert Leconte

  • Adaptation to Climate Change in the Management of a Canadian Water-Resources System Exploited for Hydropower

    Marie Minville;François Brissette;Stéphane Krau;Robert Leconte

  • The ClimEx Project: A 50-Member Ensemble of Climate Change Projections at 12-km Resolution over Europe and Northeastern North America with the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5)

    Martin Leduc;Alain Mailhot;Anne Frigon;Jean-Luc Martel

  • A comparative analysis of 9 multi-model averaging approaches in hydrological continuous streamflow simulation

    Richard Arsenault;Philippe Gatien;Benoit Renaud;François Brissette

  • Can Precipitation and Temperature from Meteorological Reanalyses Be Used for Hydrological Modeling

    Gilles R. C. Essou;Florent Sabarly;Philippe Lucas-Picher;François Brissette

  • Assessing the limits of bias-correcting climate model outputs for climate change impact studies

    Jie Chen;François P. Brissette;Philippe Lucas-Picher;Philippe Lucas-Picher

  • Impacts and Uncertainty of Climate Change on Water Resource Management of the Peribonka River System "Canada…

    Marie Minville;François Brissette;Robert Leconte

  • The impact of climate change on seasonal floods of a southern Quebec River Basin

    Luc Roy;Robert Leconte;François P. Brissette;Claude Marche

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Leconte
Robert Leconte Université de Sherbrooke
Ioannis K. Tsanis
Ioannis K. Tsanis Technical University of Crete
Marouane Temimi
Marouane Temimi Stevens Institute of Technology
Ralf Ludwig
Ralf Ludwig University of Rostock
Daniel Caya
Daniel Caya University of Quebec at Montreal
John F. Scinocca
John F. Scinocca University of Victoria
Andrew W. Wood
Andrew W. Wood National Center for Atmospheric Research
Laxmi Sushama
Laxmi Sushama McGill University
François Anctil
François Anctil Université Laval
Pan Liu
Pan Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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