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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

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Environmental Sciences

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67
Citations
11242
World Ranking
2026
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Ghislain Picard is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and specializes in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work primarily addresses Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, alongside contributions to Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Environmental Engineering, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their research topics cover a range of issues including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula," 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "The 32-year record-high surface melt in 2019/2020 on the northern George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula," 2021, The Cryosphere
  • "Spectral albedo measurements over snow-covered slopes: theory and slope effect corrections," 2020, The Cryosphere
  • "Improved Simulation of Arctic Circumpolar Land Area Snow Properties and Soil Temperatures," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Intercomparison of measurements of bulk snow density and water equivalent of snow cover with snow core samplers: Instrumental bias and variability induced by observers," 2020, Hydrological Processes

Ghislain Picard has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Laurent Arnaud
  • Christiane Guay
  • Lisa Ellington
  • Nadine Vollant
  • Hilary Pearson

In addition to journal articles, Ghislain Picard has contributed to book publications such as "KA NIKANITET: pour une pratique culturellement sécuritaire de la protection de la jeunesse en contextes autochtones," published by Presses de l'Université du Québec eBooks in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Determination of phenological dates in boreal regions using normalized difference water index

    Nicolas Delbart;Laurent Kergoat;Thuy Le Toan;Julien Lhermitte

  • Snow physics as relevant to snow photochemistry

    F. Domine;M. Albert;T. Huthwelker;Hans-Werner Jacobi;Hans-Werner Jacobi

  • Measurement of the specific surface area of snow using infrared reflectance in an integrating sphere at 1310 and 1550 nm

    Jean-Charles Gallet;Jean-Charles Gallet;Florent Domine;Florent Domine;C.S. Zender;C.S. Zender;Ghislain Picard;Ghislain Picard

  • Multitemporal C-band radar measurements on wheat fields

    F. Mattia;T. Le Toan;G. Picard;F.I. Posa

  • Contribution of light-absorbing impurities in snow to Greenland/'s darkening since 2009

    M. Dumont;E. Brun;G. Picard;G. Picard;M. Michou

  • OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

    J. Gaillardet;I. Braud;F. Hankard;S. Anquetin

  • Influence of grain shape on light penetration in snow

    Q. Libois;Q. Libois;G. Picard;G. Picard;L. Arnaud;L. Arnaud

  • Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula

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  • RELATING RADAR REMOTE SENSING OF BIOMASS TO MODELLING OF FOREST CARBON BUDGETS

    Thuy Le Toan;Shaun Quegan;Ian Woodward;Mark Lomas

  • Simulation of the microwave emission of multi-layered snowpacks using the Dense Media Radiative transfer theory: the DMRT-ML model

    G. Picard;G. Picard;Ludovic Brucker;Ludovic Brucker;A. Roy;F. Dupont;F. Dupont;F. Dupont

  • Spring phenology in boreal Eurasia over a nearly century time scale

    Nicolas Delbart;Ghislain Picard;Ghislain Picard;Thuy Le Toan;Laurent Kergoat

  • Understanding the climatic signal in the water stable isotope records from the NEEM shallow firn/ice cores in northwest Greenland

    H. C. Steen-Larsen;V. Masson-Delmotte;J. Sjolte;S. J. Johnsen

  • High-accuracy measurements of snow Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function at visible and NIR wavelengths - comparison with modelling results

    Marie Dumont;Olivier Brissaud;Ghislain Picard;Bernard Schmitt

  • SMRT: an active–passive microwave radiative transfer model for snow with multiple microstructure and scattering formulations (v1.0)

    Ghislain Picard;Melody Sandells;Henning Löwe

  • Surface melting derived from microwave radiometers: a climatic indicator in Antarctica

    Ghislain Picard;Michel Fily;Hubert Gallée

  • Inhibition of the positive snow-albedo feedback by precipitation in interior Antarctica

    G. Picard;F. Domine;F. Domine;G. Krinner;L. Arnaud

  • Determining snow specific surface area from near-infrared reflectance measurements: Numerical study of the influence of grain shape

    Ghislain Picard;Laurent Arnaud;Florent Domine;Michel Fily

  • Major Issues in Simulating Some Arctic Snowpack Properties Using Current Detailed Snow Physics Models: Consequences for the Thermal Regime and Water Budget of Permafrost

    Florent Domine;Ghislain Picard;Samuel Morin;Mathieu Barrere

  • Surface melting observations in Antarctica by microwave radiometers: Correcting 26-year time series from changes in acquisition hours

    G. Picard;M. Fily

  • Insignificant change in Antarctic snowmelt volume since 1979

    P. Kuipers Munneke;G. Picard;M. R. van den Broeke;J. T. M. Lenaerts

  • Understanding C-band radar backscatter from wheat canopy using a multiple-scattering coherent model

    G. Picard;T. Le Toan;F. Mattia

  • Modeling time series of microwave brightness temperature in Antarctica

    Ghislain Picard;Ludovic Brucker;Michel Fily;Hubert Gallée

  • Snow optical properties at Dome C (Concordia), Antarctica; implications for snow emissions and snow chemistry of reactive nitrogen

    M. D. King;M. M. Frey;Joseph Erbland

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie Dumont
Marie Dumont Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Florent Domine
Florent Domine Université Laval
Laurent Arnaud
Laurent Arnaud Grenoble Alpes University
Michel Fily
Michel Fily Grenoble Alpes University
Alain Royer
Alain Royer Université de Sherbrooke
Ludovic Brucker
Ludovic Brucker National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alexandre Langlois
Alexandre Langlois Université de Sherbrooke
Samuel Morin
Samuel Morin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christophe Genthon
Christophe Genthon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Arnaud Mialon
Arnaud Mialon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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