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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

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69
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17784
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Jacques Pelon is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work focuses extensively on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional involvement in Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's research addresses various aspects of atmospheric phenomena, particularly concentrating on:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacques Pelon are:

  • "Toward a Better Surface Radiation Budget Analysis Over Sea Ice in the High Arctic Ocean: A Comparative Study Between Satellite, Reanalysis, and local-scale Observations" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "CALIOP V4 cloud thermodynamic phase assignment and the impact of near-nadir viewing angles" (2020), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Microphysics Impacts on the Warm Conveyor Belt and Ridge Building of the NAWDEX IOP6 Cyclone" (2021), published in Monthly Weather Review
  • "A new lidar design for operational atmospheric wind and cloud/aerosol survey from space" (2021), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Key factors explaining severe air pollution episodes in Hanoi during 2019 winter season" (2021), published in Atmospheric Pollution Research

Jacques Pelon frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • François Ravetta
  • G. Ancellet
  • Vincent Mariage
  • Julien Delanoë
  • Anne Garnier

The scientist is regularly published in notable venues such as:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

    D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

  • The CALIPSO mission: spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds

    David M. Winker;Jacques R. Pelon;M. Patrick McCormick

  • Cloudnet: Continuous Evaluation of Cloud Profiles in Seven Operational Models Using Ground-Based Observations

    A. J. Illingworth;R. J. Hogan;E.J. O'Connor;D. Bouniol

  • Urban boundary-layer height determination from lidar measurements over the paris area.

    Laurent Menut;Cyrille Flamant;Jacques Pelon;Pierre H. Flamant

  • Major influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the stratospheric aerosol layer during the last decade

    Jean-Paul Vernier;Jean-Paul Vernier;Larry W. Thomason;J.-P. Pommereau;Adam Bourassa

  • Long-range transport of Saharan dust to northern Europe : The 11-16 October 2001 outbreak observed with EARLINET

    Albert Ansmann;Jens Bösenberg;Anatoli Chaikovsky;Adolfo Comerón

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

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

  • LIDAR DETERMINATION OF THE ENTRAINMENT ZONE THICKNESS AT THE TOP OF THE UNSTABLE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER

    Cyrille Flamant;Jacques Pelon;Pierre H. Flamant;Pierre Durand

  • Seasonal evolution of the West African heat low: a climatological perspective

    Christophe Lavaysse;Cyrille Flamant;Serge Janicot;Douglas J. Parker

  • CloudSat and CALIPSO within the A-Train: Ten Years of Actively Observing the Earth System

    Graeme Stephens;David Winker;Jacques Pelon;Charles Trepte

  • Measurement and modeling of the Saharan dust radiative impact: Overview of the Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE)

    D. Tanré;J. Haywood;J. Pelon;J. F. Léon

  • STRAT: An Automated Algorithm to Retrieve the Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere from Single-Channel Lidar Data

    Yohann Morille;Martial Haeffelin;Philippe Drobinski;Jacques Pelon

  • Overview of the Dust and Biomass-burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period-0

    Jim M. Haywood;Jacques Pelon;Paola Formenti;N. A. Bharmal

  • Airborne observations of the impact of a convective system on the planetary boundary layer thermodynamics and aerosol distribution in the inter-tropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon

    Cyrille Flamant;Jean-Pierre Chaboureau;D.J. Parker;C.M. Taylor

  • The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

    Andreas Schäfler;George Craig;Heini Wernli;Philippe Arbogast

  • Tropical stratospheric aerosol layer from CALIPSO lidar observations

    J. P. Vernier;J. P. Pommereau;A. Garnier;J. Pelon

  • Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African monsoon intertropical discontinuity region: A representative case-study

    D. Bou Karam;C. Flamant;P. Knippertz;Oliver Reitebuch

  • Multiwavelength lidar for ozone measurements in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    A. Papayannis;G. Ancellet;J. Pelon;G. Mégie

  • Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products

    Zhaoyan Liu;Jayanta Kar;Shan Zeng;Jason Tackett

  • Stratospheric Smoke With Unprecedentedly High Backscatter Observed by Lidars Above Southern France

    Sergey Khaykin;Sophie Godin-Beekmann;Alain Hauchecorne;Jacques Pelon

  • Sea surface wind speed estimation from space-based lidar measurements

    Y. Hu;K. Stamnes;M. Vaughan;Jacques Pelon

  • The seasonal vertical distribution of the Saharan Air Layer and its modulation by the wind

    Christoforos Tsamalis;Christoforos Tsamalis;A. Chédin;Jacques Pelon;V. Capelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyrille Flamant
Cyrille Flamant Sorbonne University
Patrick Chazette
Patrick Chazette French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Gérard Ancellet
Gérard Ancellet Sorbonne University
Olivier Bock
Olivier Bock Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Mark A. Vaughan
Mark A. Vaughan Langley Research Center
Gérard Mégie
Gérard Mégie Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau Laboratoire d'Aérologie
David M. Winker
David M. Winker Langley Research Center
Didier Tanré
Didier Tanré University of Lille
Michaël Sicard
Michaël Sicard Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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