CNRS Senior Research Scientist / Directeur de Recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS, UPMC
LMD/CNRS/UPMC
Case 99
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45 - 55, 3ème étage
4 place Jussieu
Paris F75252 Cedex
05
Email: frederic.hourdin@lmd.jussieu.fr
Fields of research
Study and numerical modeling of the general circulation of planetary atmosphere (the Earth, Mars, Titan, Venus)
Coupling between atmospheric dynamics, chemistry and haze microphysics on Titan.
Numerical modeling of the Earth climate and climate change.
Numerical modeling of the advection of atmospheric trace species.
Inversion of atmospheric transport.
Parameterization of the atmospheric boundary layer.
Parameterization of pyro-convection.
West African climate.
In charge of the LMDZ global climate model.