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Sylvain Bonvalot is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions also in Engineering. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Oceanography, Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Molecular Biology.

Their studies cover a diverse range of topics, among which are:

  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Climate variability and models

Sylvain Bonvalot has contributed to various research articles published in several venues, with recurrent publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of Geodesy
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Status of the International Gravity Reference System and Frame", 2021, Journal of Geodesy
  • "The first pan-Alpine surface-gravity database, a modern compilation that crosses frontiers", 2021, Earth system science data
  • "Airborne Absolute Gravimetry With a Quantum Sensor, Comparison With Classical Technologies", 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "GravPSO2D: A Matlab package for 2D gravity inversion in sedimentary basins using the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm", 2020, Computers & Geosciences
  • "Deep mass redistribution prior to the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule (Chile) Earthquake revealed by GRACE satellite gravity", 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent collaborators of the scientist include:

  • Germinal Gabalda
  • D.T. Vu
  • Lucía Seoane
  • Dominique Rémy
  • Nassim Zahzam

Best Publications

  • Spherical harmonic modelling to ultra-high degree of Bouguer and isostatic anomalies

    G. Balmino;N. Vales;S. Bonvalot;A. Briais

  • Gravity measurements below 10−9 g with a transportable absolute quantum gravimeter

    Vincent Ménoret;Pierre Vermeulen;Nicolas Le Moigne;Sylvain Bonvalot

  • Interseismic coupling and seismic potential along the Central Andes subduction zone

    Mohamed Chlieh;Hugo Perfettini;Hernando Tavera;Jean Philippe Avouac

  • The new ESA satellite‐only gravity field model via the direct approach

    Sean L. Bruinsma;Christoph Förste;Oleg Abrikosov;Jean Charles Marty

  • ESA's satellite‐only gravity field model via the direct approach based on all GOCE data

    Sean L. Bruinsma;Christoph Förste;Oleg Abrikosov;Jean-Michel Lemoine

  • The 8th International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters 2009: the first Key Comparison (CCM.G-K1) in the field of absolute gravimetry

    Z. Jiang;V. Pálinkáš;F. E. Arias;J. Liard

  • Gravity inversion and uncertainty assessment of basement relief via Particle Swarm Optimization

    J. L. G. Pallero;Juan Luis Fernandez-Martinez;Sylvain Bonvalot;Olivier Fudym

  • Two scales of inflation at Lastarria-Cordon del Azufre volcanic complex, central Andes, revealed from ASAR-ENVISAT interferometric data

    J.-L. Froger;J.-L. Froger;D. Remy;D. Remy;S. Bonvalot;S. Bonvalot;Delphine Legrand

  • Inner structure of the Krakatau volcanic complex (Indonesia) from gravity and bathymetry data

    Christine Deplus;Sylvain Bonvalot;Darharta Dahrin;Michel Diament

  • Asperities and barriers on the seismogenic zone in North Chile: state‐of‐the‐art after the 2007 Mw 7.7 Tocopilla earthquake inferred by GPS and InSAR data

    M. Béjar-Pizarro;M. Béjar-Pizarro;D. Carrizo;D. Carrizo;A. Socquet;R. Armijo

  • Accurate measurements of tropospheric effects in volcanic areas from SAR interferometry data: application to Sakurajima volcano (Japan)

    D. Remy;D. Remy;S. Bonvalot;S. Bonvalot;P. Briole;M. Murakami

  • Continuous gravity recording with Scintrex CG‐3M meters:a promising tool for monitoring active zones

    Sylvain Bonvalot;Michel Diament;Germinal Gabalda

  • Insight into ground deformations at Lascar volcano (Chile) from SAR interferometry, photogrammetry and GPS data: Implications on volcano dynamics and future space monitoring

    A. Pavez;A. Pavez;D. Remy;D. Remy;D. Remy;S. Bonvalot;S. Bonvalot;M. Diament

  • Results of the Sixth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters, ICAG-2001

    L. Vitushkin;M. Becker;Z. Jiang;O. Francis

  • Tarapacá intermediate‐depth earthquake (Mw 7.7, 2005, northern Chile): A slab‐pull event with horizontal fault plane constrained from seismologic and geodetic observations

    S. Peyrat;J. Campos;J. B. de Chabalier;A. Perez

  • Validation and comparison of different techniques for the derivation of digital elevation models and volcanic monitoring (Vulcano island, Italy)

    P. Baldi;Sylvain Bonvalot;P. Briole;M. Coltelli

  • Microgravimetric measurements at the 1994 International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters

    M. Becker;L. Balestri;R. Bartell;G. Berrino

  • Migrating pattern of deformation prior to the Tohoku-Oki earthquake revealed by GRACE data

    Isabelle Panet;Sylvain Bonvalot;Clément Narteau;Dominique Remy

  • Gravity inversion using wavelet-based compression on parallel hybrid CPU/GPU systems: application to southwest Ghana

    Roland Martin;Vadim Monteiller;Dimitri Komatitsch;Stéphane Perrouty

  • Digital photogrammetry and kinematic GPS applied to the monitoring of Vulcano Island, Aeolian Arc, Italy

    P. Baldi;S. Bonvalot;P. Briole;P. Briole;M. Marsella

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean Bruinsma
Sean Bruinsma Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
Michel Diament
Michel Diament Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Per Knudsen
Per Knudsen Technical University of Denmark
Ole Baltazar Andersen
Ole Baltazar Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Pierre Briole
Pierre Briole École Normale Supérieure
Jacques Hinderer
Jacques Hinderer University of Strasbourg
Sébastien Chevrot
Sébastien Chevrot Paul Sabatier University
Christine Deplus
Christine Deplus Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Carla Braitenberg
Carla Braitenberg University of Trieste
Thomas R. Walter
Thomas R. Walter University of Potsdam

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