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55

Overview

Valéry Masson is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Building and Construction.

Their work covers several main topics, demonstrating a focus on urban and environmental phenomena. These topics include:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Noise Effects and Management

Valéry Masson has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geoscientific Model Development, Urban Climate, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Boundary-Layer Meteorology.

Several recent papers highlight the scope and topical focus of their research. These include:

  • "Urban Climates and Climate Change" (2020), published in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • "Integrated urban hydrometeorological, climate and environmental services: Concept, methodology and key messages" (2020), published in Urban Climate
  • "Direct observations of CO2 emission reductions due to COVID-19 lockdown across European urban districts" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Early adaptation to heat waves and future reduction of air-conditioning energy use in Paris" (2020), published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Evaluation of 30 urban land surface models in the Urban-PLUMBER project: Phase 1 results" (2023), published in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Robert Schoetter, Sue Grimmond, Aude Lemonsu, Julia Hidalgo, and Nigel Tapper.

Best Publications

  • A PHYSICALLY-BASED SCHEME FOR THE URBAN ENERGY BUDGET IN ATMOSPHERIC MODELS

    Valéry Masson

  • The AROME-France Convective-Scale Operational Model

    Y. Seity;P. Brousseau;S. Malardel

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

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

  • A Global Database of Land Surface Parameters at 1-km Resolution in Meteorological and Climate Models

    Valéry Masson;Jean-Louis Champeaux;Fabrice Chauvin;Christelle Meriguet

  • The SURFEXv7.2 land and ocean surface platform for coupled or offline simulation of earth surface variables and fluxes

    V. Masson;P. Le Moigne;E. Martin;S. Faroux

  • The International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: First Results from Phase 1

    C.S.B. Grimmond;M. Blackett;M.J. Best;J. Barlow

  • Impact of urban heat island on regional atmospheric pollution

    C. Sarrat;Aude Lemonsu;V. Masson;D. Guédalia

  • Initial results from Phase 2 of the international urban energy balance model comparison

    C.S.B. Grimmond;M. Blackett;M.J. Best;J.J. Baik

  • Satellite climatology of African dust transport in the Mediterranean atmosphere

    C. Moulin;C. E. Lambert;U. Dayan;V. Masson

  • Evaluation of the Town Energy Balance (TEB) Scheme with Direct Measurements from Dry Districts in Two Cities

    V. Masson;C. S. B. Grimmond;Timothy R. Oke

  • Urban surface modeling and the meso-scale impact of cities

    V. Masson

  • A Parameterization of Dry Thermals and Shallow Cumuli for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction

    Julien Pergaud;Valéry Masson;Sylvie Malardel;Fleur Couvreux

  • Vulnerability to heat waves: Impact of urban expansion scenarios on urban heat island and heat stress in Paris (France)

    Aude Lemonsu;V. Viguié;M. Daniel;V. Masson

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

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

  • Urban Climates and Climate Change

    Valéry Masson;Aude Lemonsu;Julia Hidalgo;James Voogt

  • ECOCLIMAP-II/Europe: a twofold database of ecosystems and surface parameters at 1 km resolution based on satellite information for use in land surface, meteorological and climate models

    S. Faroux;A. T. Kaptué Tchuenté;A. T. Kaptué Tchuenté;J.-L. Roujean;V. Masson

  • Simulation of a Summer Urban Breeze Over Paris

    Aude Lemonsu;Valéry Masson

  • Modeling the Surface Energy Balance of the Core of an Old Mediterranean City: Marseille

    A. Lemonsu;C. S. B. Grimmond;V. Masson

  • Glacial–interglacial changes in ocean surface conditions in the Southern Hemisphere

    F. Vimeux;V. Masson;J. Jouzel;M. Stievenard

  • Anthropogenic heat release in an old European agglomeration (Toulouse, France)

    G. Pigeon;D. Legain;P. Durand;V. Masson

  • The Influence of the Inclusion of Soil Freezing on Simulations by a Soil–Vegetation–Atmosphere Transfer Scheme

    Aaron Boone;V. Masson;T. Meyers;J. Noilhan

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Voogt
James A. Voogt University of Western Ontario
Eric Martin
Eric Martin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
C. S. B. Grimmond
C. S. B. Grimmond University of Reading
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Vincent Vionnet
Vincent Vionnet Environment and Climate Change Canada
Matthias Demuzere
Matthias Demuzere Ruhr University Bochum
Keith W. Oleson
Keith W. Oleson National Center for Atmospheric Research
Fei Chen
Fei Chen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alexander Baklanov
Alexander Baklanov University of Copenhagen
Jean-Luc Redelsperger
Jean-Luc Redelsperger University of Western Brittany

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