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France
2023

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14524
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Valérie Thouret is affiliated with the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality

Over the years, Thouret has published extensively, with a frequent presence in notable academic venues. These include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics (16 publications)
  • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (3 publications)
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene (2 publications)
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques (2 publications)
  • Science Advances (1 publication)

Their recent publications feature studies published between 2020 and 2021, covering various aspects of tropospheric ozone and atmospheric measurements:

  • Aircraft observations since the 1990s reveal increases of tropospheric ozone at multiple locations across the Northern Hemisphere, 2020, Science Advances
  • Multi-decadal surface ozone trends at globally distributed remote locations, 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Global-scale distribution of ozone in the remote troposphere from the ATom and HIPPO airborne field missions, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Contributions of World Regions to the Global Tropospheric Ozone Burden Change From 1980 to 2010, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Comprehensive evaluation of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reanalysis against independent observations, 2021, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Thouret's research, with several frequent coauthors contributing to their work. These include:

  • Philippe Nédélec (12 joint publications)
  • Y. Bennouna (10 joint publications)
  • Hannah Clark (9 joint publications)
  • Audrey Gaudel (8 joint publications)
  • Romain Blot (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer

    P. S. Monks;A. T. Archibald;Augustin Colette;O. Cooper

  • Measurement of ozone and water vapor by Airbus in-service aircraft: The MOZAIC airborne program, an overview

    Alain Marenco;Valérie Thouret;Philippe Nédélec;Herman Smit

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Present-day distribution and trends of tropospheric ozone relevant to climate and global atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

    A. Gaudel;O. R. Cooper;G. Ancellet;B. Barret

  • Global Distribution and Trends of Tropospheric Ozone: An Observation-Based Review

    O. R. Cooper;D. D. Parrish;J. Ziemke;M. Cupeiro

  • The MACC reanalysis: an 8 yr data set of atmospheric composition

    A. Inness;F. Baier;A. Benedetti;I. Bouarar

  • Increasing springtime ozone mixing ratios in the free troposphere over western North America

    O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper;D. D. Parrish;A. Stohl;M. Trainer

  • Global-scale atmosphere monitoring by in-service aircraft – current achievements and future prospects of the European Research Infrastructure IAGOS

    Andreas Petzold;Valerie Thouret;Christoph Gerbig;Andreas Zahn

  • Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report: Tropospheric ozone from 1877 to 2016, observed levels, trends and uncertainties

    David Tarasick;Ian E. Galbally;Ian E. Galbally;Owen R. Cooper;Owen R. Cooper;Martin G. Schultz

  • Global Estimates of CO Sources with High Resolution by Adjoint Inversion of Multiple Satellite Datasets (MOPITT, AIRS, SCIAMACHY, TES)

    M. Kopacz;M. Kopacz;Daniel J. Jacob;John Fisher;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Tropospheric ozone climatology over Beijing: analysis of aircraft data from the MOZAIC program

    A. J. Ding;T. Wang;V. Thouret;Jean-Pierre Cammas

  • Comparisons of ozone measurements from the MOZAIC airborne program and the ozone sounding network at eight locations

    Valérie Thouret;Alain Marenco;Jennifer A. Logan;Philippe Nédélec

  • An improved infrared carbon monoxide analyser for routine measurements aboard commercial Airbus aircraft: technical validation and first scientific results of the MOZAIC III programme

    P. Nedelec;Jean-Pierre Cammas;V. Thouret;G. Athier

  • Interpretation of TOMS observations of tropical tropospheric ozone with a global model and in-situ observations

    Randall V. Martin;Daniel J. Jacob;Jennifer A. Logan;Isabelle Bey;Isabelle Bey

  • Data composites of airborne observations of tropospheric ozone and its precursors

    Louisa K. Emmons;Didier A. Hauglustaine;Jean-François Müller;Mary Anne Carroll

  • Aircraft observations since the 1990s reveal increases of tropospheric ozone at multiple locations across the Northern Hemisphere.

    Audrey Gaudel;Owen R. Cooper;Kai-Lan Chang;Ilann Bourgeois

  • Changes in ozone over Europe: Analysis of ozone measurements from sondes, regular aircraft (MOZAIC) and alpine surface sites

    J.A. Logan;J. Staehelin;I.A. Megretskaia;Jean-Pierre Cammas;Jean-Pierre Cammas

  • Tropopause referenced ozone climatology and inter-annual variability (1994–2003) from the MOZAIC programme

    V. Thouret;Jean-Pierre Cammas;B. Sauvage;G. Athier

  • Ubiquity of quasi-horizontal layers in the troposphere

    Reginald E. Newell;Valerie Thouret;Valerie Thouret;John Y. N. Cho;Patrick Stoller;Patrick Stoller

  • Multi-decadal surface ozone trends at globally distributed remote locations

    Owen R. Cooper;Martin G. Schultz;Sabine Schroeder;Kai-Lan Chang

  • Observed vertical distribution of tropospheric ozone during the Asian summertime monsoon

    John Worden;Dylan B. A. Jones;Jane Liu;Mark Parrington

  • Intercontinental chemical transport experiment ozonesonde network study (IONS) 2004 : 1. Summertime upper troposphere/lower stratosphere ozone over northeastern North America.

    Anne M. Thompson;Jesse B. Stone;Jacquelyn C. Witte;Sonya K. Miller

  • Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Ozone by ozonesonde and lidar measurements

    Y. B. Jiang;L. Froidevaux;A. Lambert;N. J. Livesey

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Nédélec
Philippe Nédélec Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Pierre Cammas
Jean-Pierre Cammas Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Herman G. J. Smit
Herman G. J. Smit Forschungszentrum Jülich
Owen R. Cooper
Owen R. Cooper Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Andreas Volz-Thomas
Andreas Volz-Thomas Forschungszentrum Jülich
Anne M. Thompson
Anne M. Thompson Goddard Space Flight Center
Martin Schultz
Martin Schultz Forschungszentrum Jülich
Andreas Petzold
Andreas Petzold Forschungszentrum Jülich
Samuel J. Oltmans
Samuel J. Oltmans National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David W. Tarasick
David W. Tarasick Environment and Climate Change Canada

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