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Overview

Jean-Philippe Lafore 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 particular focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Among recent publications, Jean-Philippe Lafore is credited with a paper titled "Summertime Climatology of Mesoscale Convective Systems over West Africa from 24-years of METEOSAT observations", published in 2023 in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). This paper has been cited several times, reflecting ongoing interest in mesoscale convective systems and their climatology over West Africa.

Collaborations form an important part of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Thomas Fiolleau
  • M. Tomasini
  • Rémy Roca
  • H. Laurent
  • Thierry Lebel

The publication venues affiliated with their work reflect a focus on accessible scientific communication through platforms like HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).

The combination of fields, topics, and frequent co-authors points to a comprehensive engagement with atmospheric phenomena, especially those linked to convective systems and climate modeling relevant to both local and broader scales.

Best Publications

  • The Meso-NH Atmospheric Simulation System. Part I: adiabatic formulation and control simulations

    J. P. Lafore;J. Stein;N. Asencio;P. Bougeault

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

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

  • A Numerical Investigation of the Organization and Interaction of the Convective and Stratiform Regions of Tropical Squall Lines

    Jean-Philippe Lafore;Mitchell W. Moncrieff

  • Overview of the Meso-NH model version 5.4 and its applications

    Christine Lac;Jean Pierre Chaboureau;Valéry Masson;Jean Pierre Pinty

  • A Numerical Study of the Stratiform Region of a Fast-Moving Squall Line. Part I: General Description and Water and Heat Budgets

    G. Caniaux;J.L. Redelsperger;J.P. Lafore

  • Storm-Scale Numerical Rainfall Prediction for Five Precipitating Events over France: On the Importance of the Initial Humidity Field

    Véronique Ducrocq;Didier Ricard;Jean-Philippe Lafore;Françoise Orain

  • Shifting the diurnal cycle of parameterized deep convection over land

    C. Rio;F. Hourdin;J.-Y. Grandpeix;J.-P. Lafore

  • Large-scale overview of the summer monsoon over West Africa during the AMMA field experiment in 2006

    S. Janicot;C. D. Thorncroft;A. Ali;N. Asencio

  • High-Resolution Non-Hydrostatic Simulations of Flash-Flood Episodes with Grid-Nesting and Ice-Phase Parameterization

    J. Stein;E. Richard;J. P. Lafore;J. P. Pinty

  • A Density Current Parameterization Coupled with Emanuel’s Convection Scheme. Part I: The Models

    Jean-Yves Grandpeix;Jean-Philippe Lafore

  • Intraseasonal variability of the West African monsoon

    S. Janicot;G. Caniaux;F. Chauvin;G. de Coëtlogon

  • An Approach for Convective Parameterization with Memory: Separating Microphysics and Transport in Grid-Scale Equations

    Jean-Marcel Piriou;Jean-Luc Redelsperger;Jean-François Geleyn;Jean-Philippe Lafore

  • Multi‐scale description of a Sahelian synoptic weather system representative of the West African monsoon

    J.-L. Redelsperger;A. Diongue;A. Diedhiou;J.-P. Ceron

  • Extratropical Dry-Air Intrusions into the West African Monsoon Midtroposphere: An Important Factor for the Convective Activity over the Sahel

    Rémy Roca;Jean-Philippe Lafore;Catherine Piriou;Jean-Luc Redelsperger

  • Comparison of ground‐based GPS precipitable water vapour to independent observations and NWP model reanalyses over Africa

    Olivier Bock;Marie-Noëlle Bouin;A. Walpersdorf;Jean-Philippe Lafore

  • The role of stability and moisture in the diurnal cycle of convection over land

    J.-P. Chaboureau;J.-P. Chaboureau;F. Guichard;J.-L. Redelsperger;J.-P. Lafore

  • Modification of Surface Fluxes by Atmospheric Convection in the TOGA COARE Region

    P. Jabouille;J. L. Redelsperger;J. P. Lafore

  • AMMA-Model Intercomparison Project

    Frédéric Hourdin;Ionela Musat;Françoi se Guichard;Paolo Michele Ruti

  • Intraseasonal Variability of the Saharan Heat Low and Its Link with Midlatitudes

    Fabrice Chauvin;Romain Roehrig;Jean-Philippe Lafore

  • Numerical study of a Sahelian synoptic weather system: Initiation and mature stages of convection and its interactions with the large‐scale dynamics

    A. Diongue;J.-P. Lafore;J.-L. Redelsperger;R. Roca

  • Reply to ''Comments on 'A Density Current Parameterization Coupled with Emanuel's Convection Scheme. Part I: The Models'''

    Jean-Yves Grandpeix;Jean-Philippe Lafore

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Luc Redelsperger
Jean-Luc Redelsperger University of Western Brittany
Françoise Guichard
Françoise Guichard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Cyrille Flamant
Cyrille Flamant Sorbonne University
Olivier Bock
Olivier Bock Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Douglas J. Parker
Douglas J. Parker University of Leeds
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau Laboratoire d'Aérologie
Jan Polcher
Jan Polcher École Polytechnique
Serge Janicot
Serge Janicot Sorbonne University
Andreas H. Fink
Andreas H. Fink Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kerstin Schepanski
Kerstin Schepanski Leibniz Association

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