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Philippe Drobinski

Philippe Drobinski

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Environmental Sciences
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
10169
World Ranking
3685
National Ranking
143

Philippe Drobinski 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 Philippe Drobinski sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 246 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Philippe Drobinski 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 Philippe Drobinski sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Philippe Drobinski is affiliated with PSL University in France and has an extensive publication record focused primarily on environmental science and engineering. Their research addresses critical aspects of climate variability, meteorological phenomena, and energy systems, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and optimizing renewable energy and atmospheric dynamics.

Their recent papers include:

  • How warmer and drier will the Mediterranean region be at the end of the twenty-first century? (2020, Regional Environmental Change)
  • Large-scale drivers of the mistral wind: link to Rossby wave life cycles and seasonal variability (2021, Weather and Climate Dynamics)
  • Climate change on extreme winds already affects off-shore wind power availability in Europe (2023, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Using Machine-Learning Methods to Improve Surface Wind Speed from the Outputs of a Numerical Weather Prediction Model (2021, Boundary-Layer Meteorology)
  • Predictable and Unpredictable Climate Variability Impacts on Optimal Renewable Energy Mixes: The Example of Spain (2020, Energies)

Drobinski collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Alexis Tantet
  • Jordi Badosa
  • Riwal Plougonven
  • Peter Tankov
  • Piero Lionello

Their work is published in multiple venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • Energies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Climate Services
  • Weather and Climate Dynamics

Main fields of study covered in their research are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Subfields of study providing further specialization include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering

Their main topics of work reflect a focus on both climate and energy systems:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Energy Load and Power Forecasting
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Med-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean climate studies

    Paolo M. Ruti;Samuel Somot;F. Giorgi;Clotilde Dubois

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

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

  • HYMEX , a 10-year Multidisciplinary Program on the mediterranean water cycle.

    P. Drobinski;Véronique Ducrocq;P. Alpert;E. Anagnostou

  • Heatwave classification over Europe and the Mediterranean region

    Marc Stefanon;Fabio D’Andrea;Philippe Drobinski

  • HyMeX-SOP1: The Field Campaign Dedicated to Heavy Precipitation and Flash Flooding in the Northwestern Mediterranean

    Véronique Ducrocq;Isabelle Braud;Silvio Davolio;Rossella Ferretti

  • 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

  • The ESCOMPTE program: an overview

    B. Cros;Pierre Durand;H. Cachier;Philippe Drobinski

  • Soil moisture-temperature feedbacks at meso-scale during summer heat waves over Western Europe

    Marc Stéfanon;Philippe Drobinski;Fabio D’Andrea;Cindy Lebeaupin-Brossier

  • PARISFOG: Shedding New Light on Fog Physical Processes

    M. Haeffelin;T. Bergot;T. Elias;R. Tardif

  • The urban boundary-layer field campaign in marseille (ubl/clu-escompte): set-up and first results

    P. G. Mestayer;P. Durand;P. Augustin;Sophie Bastin

  • Dynamical and statistical downscaling of the French Mediterranean climate: uncertainty assessment

    Mathieu Vrac;Philippe Drobinski;Anthony Merlo;Anthony Merlo;Marine Herrmann

  • The Structure of the Near-Neutral Atmospheric Surface Layer

    Philippe Drobinski;Pierre Carlotti;Rob K. Newsom;Rob K. Newsom;Robert M. Banta

  • Uncertainties in simulating regional climate of Southern Africa: sensitivity to physical parameterizations using WRF

    Julien Crétat;Benjamin Pohl;Yves Richard;Philippe Drobinski

  • Scaling precipitation extremes with temperature in the Mediterranean: past climate assessment and projection in anthropogenic scenarios

    Philippe Drobinski;Nicolas Da Silva;Gérémy Panthou;Sophie Bastin

  • The dynamical structure of intense Mediterranean cyclones

    Emmanouil Flaounas;Emmanouil Flaounas;Shira Raveh-Rubin;Heini Wernli;Philippe Drobinski

  • Particulate contribution to extinction of visible radiation: Pollution, haze, and fog

    Thierry Elias;Martial Haeffelin;Philippe Drobinski;Laurent Gomes

  • Scaling of precipitation extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean region: What explains the hook shape?

    P. Drobinski;B. Alonzo;S. Bastin;N. Da Silva

  • Statistical downscaling of near-surface wind over complex terrain in southern France

    T. Salameh;P. Drobinski;M. Vrac;P. Naveau

  • Long-term study of coherent structures in the atmospheric surface layer

    Christian Barthlott;Christian Barthlott;Philippe Drobinski;Clément Fesquet;Thomas Dubos

  • Impact of the Rhone and Durance valleys on sea-breeze Circulation in the Marseille Area

    Sophie Bastin;Philippe Drobinski;Alain Dabas;Patricia Delville

  • Paris emission inventory diagnostics from ESQUIF airborne measurements and a chemistry transport model

    R. Vautard;D. Martin;M. Beekmann;P. Drobinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Bastin
Sophie Bastin French National Centre for Scientific Research
Cyrille Flamant
Cyrille Flamant Sorbonne University
Olivier Bock
Olivier Bock Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Mathieu Vrac
Mathieu Vrac Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Véronique Ducrocq
Véronique Ducrocq Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Martial Haeffelin
Martial Haeffelin École Polytechnique
Jacques Pelon
Jacques Pelon Université Paris Cité
Robert Vautard
Robert Vautard École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Laurent Menut
Laurent Menut École Polytechnique
Guy Delrieu
Guy Delrieu Grenoble Alpes University

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