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Frédéric Hourdin

Frédéric Hourdin

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
64
Citations
18647
World Ranking
2286
National Ranking
84

Overview

Frédéric Hourdin is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has established a significant publication record in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses on climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, as well as atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

In total, Hourdin has contributed extensively to the study of climate and atmospheric processes, with a strong emphasis on modeling Earth's climate system. The scientist's work also intersects with hydrology and watershed management, urban heat island mitigation, wind and air flow studies, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Recent papers include:

  • Presentation and Evaluation of the IPSL-CM6A-LR Climate Model, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • LMDZ6A: The Atmospheric Component of the IPSL Climate Model With Improved and Better Tuned Physics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Improved Near-Surface Continental Climate in IPSL-CM6A-LR by Combined Evolutions of Atmospheric and Land Surface Physics, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • IPSL-CM5A2 - an Earth system model designed for multi-millennial climate simulations, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Process-Based Climate Model Development Harnessing Machine Learning: I. A Calibration Tool for Parameterization Improvement, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Oliviér Boucher
  • Ionela Musat
  • Catherine Rio
  • F. Chéruy
  • Guillaume Gastineau

Hourdin frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Histoire de la recherche contemporaine
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Science Advances

Main fields of study encompass:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Building and Construction

Main research topics cover:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Best Publications

  • Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: From CMIP3 to CMIP5

    Jean-Louis Dufresne;M. A. Foujols;S. Denvil;A. Caubel

  • Presentation and evaluation of the IPSL‐CM6A‐LR climate model

    Olivier Boucher;Jérôme Servonnat;Anna Lea Albright;Olivier Aumont

  • Improved general circulation models of the Martian atmosphere from the surface to above 80 km

    François Forget;Frédéric Hourdin;Richard Fournier;Christophe Hourdin

  • The LMDZ4 general circulation model: climate performance and sensitivity to parametrized physics with emphasis on tropical convection

    Frédéric Hourdin;Ionela Musat;Sandrine Bony;Pascale Braconnot

  • Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4 Climate Models. Part I: Convective Signals

    Jia Lin Lin;George N. Kiladis;Brian E. Mapes;Klaus M. Weickmann

  • The Art and Science of Climate Model Tuning

    Frédéric Hourdin;Thorsten Mauritsen;Andrew Gettelman;Jean-Christophe Golaz

  • Interactive chemistry in the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique general circulation model: Description and background tropospheric chemistry evaluation

    D. Hauglustaine;F. Hourdin;L. Jourdain;M.-A. Filiberti

  • A climate database for Mars

    Stephen R. Lewis;Matthew Collins;Peter L. Read;François Forget

  • SIRTA, a ground-based atmospheric observatory for cloud and aerosol research

    M. Haeffelin;Laurent Barthès;Olivier Bock;C. Boitel

  • Numerical simulation of the general circulation of the atmosphere of Titan

    Frédéric Hourdin;Oliver Talagrand;Robert Sadourny;Régis Courtin

  • LMDZ5B: the atmospheric component of the IPSL climate model with revisited parameterizations for clouds and convection

    Frédéric Hourdin;Jean-Yves Grandpeix;Catherine Rio;Sandrine Bony

  • Impact of the LMDZ atmospheric grid configuration on the climate and sensitivity of the IPSL-CM5A coupled model

    Frédéric Hourdin;Marie-Alice Foujols;Francis Codron;Virginie Guemas

  • Superrotation of Venus' atmosphere analyzed with a full general circulation model

    Sébastien Lebonnois;Frédéric Hourdin;Vincent Eymet;Audrey Crespin

  • The Present and Future of the West African Monsoon: A Process-Oriented Assessment of CMIP5 Simulations along the AMMA Transect

    Romain Roehrig;Dominique Bouniol;Francoise Guichard;Frédéric Hourdin

  • The Use of Finite-Volume Methods for Atmospheric Advection of Trace Species. Part I: Test of Various Formulations in a General Circulation Model

    Frédéric Hourdin;Alexandre Armengaud

  • The new IPSL climate system model: IPSL-CM4

    O. Marti;P. Braconnot;J. Bellier;R. Benshila

  • Deciphering the desiccation trend of the South Asian monsoon hydroclimate in a warming world

    R. Krishnan;T. P. Sabin;R. Vellore;Milind Mujumdar

  • The Latitudinal Distribution of Clouds on Titan

    Pascal Rannou;Pascal Rannou;Franck Montmessin;Franck Montmessin;F. Hourdin;F. Hourdin;Sébastien Lebonnois;Sébastien Lebonnois

  • SPICAV on Venus Express: Three spectrometers to study the global structure and composition of the Venus atmosphere

    Jean-Loup Bertaux;D. Nevejans;O. Korablev;Eric Villard

  • Key features of the IPSL ocean atmosphere model and its sensitivity to atmospheric resolution

    Olivier Marti;Pascale Braconnot;Jean-Louis Dufresne;Jacques Bellier

  • Seasonal Variations of Titan's Atmospheric Composition

    Sebastien Lebonnois;Sebastien Lebonnois;Dominique Toublanc;Frederic Hourdin;Pascal Rannou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Louis Dufresne
Jean-Louis Dufresne École Normale Supérieure
Pascale Braconnot
Pascale Braconnot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sandrine Bony
Sandrine Bony Université Paris Cité
Pascal Rannou
Pascal Rannou University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Sébastien Lebonnois
Sébastien Lebonnois Sorbonne University
Slimane Bekki
Slimane Bekki Sorbonne University
Juliette Mignot
Juliette Mignot Université Paris Cité
Masa Kageyama
Masa Kageyama Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Thierry Fichefet
Thierry Fichefet Université Catholique de Louvain
Gurvan Madec
Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University

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