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Véronique Ducrocq is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their research primarily focuses on the Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist's work also touches on Oceanography and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics covered in their research include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, and Coastal and Marine Dynamics.

Véronique Ducrocq has contributed to several research papers, including:

  • Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model, 2021, Climate Dynamics
  • Overview towards improved understanding of the mechanisms leading to heavy precipitation in the western Mediterranean: lessons learned from HyMeX, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Characterization of the air-sea exchange mechanisms during a Mediterranean heavy precipitation event using realistic sea state modelling, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • A network of water vapor Raman lidars for improving heavy precipitation forecasting in southern France: introducing the WaLiNeAs initiative, 2021, Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology
  • Hectometric-scale simulations of a Mediterranean heavy-precipitation event during the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) first Special Observation Period (SOP1), 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Climate Dynamics, Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, and La Météorologie.

Frequent co-authors of Véronique Ducrocq include:

  • Cécile Caillaud
  • Samuel Somot
  • Antoinette Alias
  • Isabelle Bernard-Bouissières
  • Quentin Fumière

The breadth of their work encompasses detailed simulations and observations related to heavy precipitation events, particularly in the Mediterranean region, as well as atmospheric and ocean interactions linked to climatic phenomena. Their research integrates modeling approaches and observational data to better understand and forecast meteorological events in complex environments.

Best Publications

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

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

  • The Catastrophic Flash-Flood Event of 8–9 September 2002 in the Gard Region, France: A First Case Study for the Cévennes–Vivarais Mediterranean Hydrometeorological Observatory

    G. Delrieu;John Nicol;E. Yates;P.E. Kirstetter

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

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

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

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

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

    Véronique Ducrocq;Isabelle Braud;Silvio Davolio;Rossella Ferretti

  • A numerical study of three catastrophic precipitating events over southern France. II: Mesoscale triggering and stationarity factors

    Véronique Ducrocq;Olivier Nuissier;Didier Ricard;Cindy Lebeaupin

  • A numerical study of three catastrophic precipitating events over southern France. I: Numerical framework and synoptic ingredients

    Olivier Nuissier;Véronique Ducrocq;Didier Ricard;Cindy Lebeaupin

  • 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

  • A Climatology of the Mesoscale Environment Associated with Heavily Precipitating Events over a Northwestern Mediterranean Area

    Didier Ricard;Véronique Ducrocq;Ludovic Auger

  • Cloud-Resolving Ensemble Simulations of Mediterranean Heavy Precipitating Events: Uncertainty on Initial Conditions and Lateral Boundary Conditions

    Benoît Vié;Olivier Nuissier;Véronique Ducrocq

  • 1D+3DVar assimilation of radar reflectivity data: a proof of concept.

    Olivier Caumont;Véronique Ducrocq;Éric Wattrelot;Geneviève Jaubert

  • Sensitivity of torrential rain events to the sea surface temperature based on high‐resolution numerical forecasts

    C. Lebeaupin;V. Ducrocq;H. Giordani

  • A statistical downscaling to identify the large-scale circulation patterns associated with heavy precipitation events over southern France

    O. Nuissier;B. Joly;A. Joly;V. Ducrocq

  • Origin of the moisture feeding the Heavy Precipitating Systems over Southeastern France

    F. Duffourg;V. Ducrocq

  • Multiscale Observations of Deep Convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea during Winter 2012–2013 Using Multiple Platforms

    Pierre Testor;Anthony Bosse;Loïc Houpert;Félix Margirier

  • Benefit of coupling the ISBA land surface model with a TOPMODEL hydrological model version dedicated to Mediterranean flash-floods

    Béatrice Vincendon;Véronique Ducrocq;Georges-Marie Saulnier;Ludovic Bouilloud

  • Impact of high-resolution data assimilation of GPS zenith delay on Mediterranean heavy rainfall forecasting

    Karen Boniface;Véronique Ducrocq;Geneviève Jaubert;Xin Yan

  • GPS zenith delay sensitivity evaluated from high-resolution numerical weather prediction simulations of the 8–9 September 2002 flash flood over southeastern France

    Hugues Brenot;Véronique Ducrocq;Andrea Walpersdorf;Cédric Champollion

  • SURFEX v8.0 interface with OASIS3-MCT to couple atmosphere with hydrology, ocean, waves and sea-ice models, from coastal to global scales

    Aurore Voldoire;Bertrand Decharme;Joris Pianezze;Joris Pianezze;Cindy Lebeaupin Brossier

  • Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model

    Cécile Caillaud;Samuel Somot;Antoinette Alias;Isabelle Bernard-Bouissières

  • Perturbation of convection-permitting NWP forecasts for flash-flood ensemble forecasting

    B. Vincendon;V. Ducrocq;O. Nuissier;B. Vié

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandrine Anquetin
Sandrine Anquetin Grenoble Alpes University
Cyrille Flamant
Cyrille Flamant Sorbonne University
Guy Delrieu
Guy Delrieu Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Pierre Pinty
Jean-Pierre Pinty Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Olivier Bock
Olivier Bock Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Isabelle Braud
Isabelle Braud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Isabelle Taupier-Letage
Isabelle Taupier-Letage Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
Philippe Drobinski
Philippe Drobinski PSL University
Samuel Somot
Samuel Somot Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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