Polcher, J. (1989) N-Körper-Simulationen - Angewandt auf Elliptische Galaxien. Diploma Thesis, Christian Albrecht Universität zu Kiel.
Polcher, J. (1994) Etude de la sensibilité du climat tropical à la deforestation. PhD Thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI.
Polcher, J. and Laval, K. (1994a) The impact of African and Amazonian deforestation on tropical climate. Journal of Hydrology, 155 : 389-405.
Polcher, J. and Laval, K. (1994b) A statistical study of the regional impact of deforestation on climate in the LMD-GCM. Climate Dynamics, 10:205-219.
Le Roux, X., Polcher, J., Dedieu, G., Menaut, J. C., and Monteny, B. (1994) Radiation exchanges above west african moist savannas : seasonal patterns, and comparaison with a GCM simulation. J. Geophys. Res., 99(D12) : 25,857-25,868.
Mechoso, C.R., Robertson, A.W., Barth, N., Davey, M.K., Delecluse, P., Gent, P.R., Ineson, S., Kirtman, B., Latif, M., Le Treut, H., Nagai, T., Neelin, J.D., Philander, S.G.H., Polcher, J., Schopf, P.S., Stockdale, T., Suarez, M.J., Terry, L., Thual, O., Tribbia, J.J. (1995). The seasonal cycle over the tropical pacific in general circulation models. Monthly Weather Review, 123(9) : 2825-2838.
Polcher, J. (1995) Sensitivity of tropical convection to land surface processes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52(17) : 3143-3161.
R.C. Raghava, K. Laval, R. Sadourny, J. Polcher (1995) On the atmospheric response to the tropical denuding of vegetation. Atmospheric Environment, 29 : 1963-2000..
Polcher J., Laval, K., Dümenil, L., Lean, J., Rowntree, P.R. (1996) Comparing three land surface schemes used in GCMs. Journal of Hydrology}, 180 : 373-394.
Polcher J. and Shao, Y. (1996) A Standard format for reporting PILPS experiments. Global and Planetary Change, 13 : 217-223.
Peylin, P., Polcher J., Bonan, G., Williamson, D., Laval, K. (1996) Comparison of two complex Land-Surface Schemes coupled to the NCAR-GCM. J. Geophys. Res., 102 : 19,413-19,431.
Chen, T.H., Henderson-Sellers, A., Milly, P. C. D., Pitman, A. J., Beljaars, A. C. M., Polcher, J., Abramopoulos, F., Boone, A., Chang, S., Chen, F., Dai, Y., Desborough, C. A., Dickinson, R. E., Dümenil, L., Ek, M. B., Garratt, J. R., Gedney, N., Gusev, Y. M., King, J., Koster, R., Kowalczyk, E., Laval, K., Lean, J., Lettenmaier, D., Liang, X., Mahfouf, J.-F., Megelkamp, H.-T., Mitchell, K., Nasonova, O. N., Noilhan, J., Robock, A., Rosenzweig, C., Schaake, J., Schlosser, A., Schulz, J. P., Shao, Y., Shmaking, A. B., Verseghy, D. L., Wetzel, P., Wood, E. F., Xue, Y., Yang, Z.-L. and Zeng, Q. (1996) Cabauw experimental results from the project for intercomparison of land-surface parameterization schemes (PILPS). {\em Journal of Climate}, {\bf 10} : 1194-1215.
Laval, K., Raghava, R.C., Polcher, J., Sadourny, R., Forichon, M., (1996) Simulation of the 1987 and 1988 Indian Monsooons using the LMD GCM. Journal of Climate, 9 : 3357-3371.
Schulz, J.-P., L. Dümenil, J. Polcher, C. A. Schlosser, Y. Xue, (1998) Land surface energy and moisture fluxes: comparing three models, J. Appl. Meteor., 37 : 288-307.
Ducharne, A. Laval, K. and Polcher, J. (1998) Sensitivity of the hydrological cycle to the parameterization of soil hydrology in a GCM. Climate Dynamics, 14 : 307-327.
Polcher, J., McAvaney, B., Viterbo, P., Gaertner, M.-A., Hahmann, A., Mahfouf, J.-F., Noilhan, J., Phillips, T., Pitman, A.J., Schlosser, C.A., Schulz, J.-P., Timbal, B., Verseghy D., and Xue, Y. (1998) A proposal for a general interface between land-surface schemes and general circulation models. Global and Planetary Change, 19 : 263-278.
Ciret, C., Polcher, J. and Le Roux, X. (1999) An approach to simulate the phenologyof savanna ecosystems in the LMD general circulation model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 13(2):603-622.
De Rosnay, P. and Polcher J. (1998) Modeling root water uptake in a complex land surface scheme coupled to a GCM. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2(2-3) : 239-256.
Culf, A., Fisch, G., Lean, J., and Polcher, J. (1998). A comparison of amazonian climate data with general circulation models. J. of Climate. 11(11) : 2764--2773.
Pitman, A.J., Henderson-Sellers, A., Desborough, C.E., Yang, Z.-L., Abramopoulos, F., Boone, A., Dickinson, R.E., Gedney, N., Koster, R., Kowalczyk, E., Lettenmaier, D., Liang, X., Mahfouf, J.-F., Noilhan, J., Polcher, J., Qu, W., Robock, A., Rosenzweig, C., Schlosser, C. A., Shmakin, A. B., Smith, J., Suarez, M., Verseghy, D., Wetzel, P., Wood, E., Xue Y. (1999). Key results and implications from phase 1(c) of the Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parametrization Schemes Climate Dynamics, 15(9) : 673-684.
Gedney, N, Cox, P.M., Douville, H. Polcher, J. and Valdes, P.J. (2000). Characterising GCM land surface schemes to understanding their respons es to climate change. J. of Climate, 13(17) : 3066-3079.
Douville, H., Royer, J.-F., Polcher, J., Cox, P., Gedney, N., Stephenson, D. and Valdes, P. (2000). Impact of $CO_2$ doubling on the Asina summer monsoon: robust versus model-dependent responses. J. Meteo. Soc. Japan, 78 : 421-439.
Crossley, J.F., Polcher, J., Cox, P.M., Gedney, N. and Planton S., (2000). Uncertainties linked to land-surface processes in climate change simulations. Climate Dynamics, 16 : 949-961.
Sabre, M., Hodges, K., Laval, K., Polcher, J. and Désalmand, F. (2000). Simulation of Monsoon disturbances in the LMD GCM. Mon. Weath. Rev., 128(11) : 3752-3771.
de Rosnay, P., Bruen, M. and Polcher, J., (2000). Sensitivity of the surface fluxes to the number of layers in the soil model used in GCMs. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27(20) : 3329-3332.
Lebel, T., Delclaux, F., Le Barbé, L. and Polcher J. (2000). From GCM scales to hydrological scales : rainfall variability in West Africa. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 14 : 275-295.
Martin, G.M., Arpe, K., Chauvin, F., Ferranti, L., Maynard, K., Polcher, J. and Tschuck, P. (2001). The simulation of the Asian summer monsoon in five general circulation model. Atmospheric Science Letters 0(0) : 1-19.
Christensen, O., Gaertner, M.A., Prego, J.A., and Polcher, J. (2001). Internal variability of regional climate models. Climate Dynamics, 17(11) : 857-873.
Gaertner, M.A., Christensen, O., Prego, J.A., Polcher, J., Gallardo, C. and Castro, M. (2001). A deforestation experiment on the Western Mediterranean with two regional climate models. Climate Dynamics, 17(11) : 857-873.
Schulz, J.-P., Dümenil, L. and Polcher, J. (2001). On the land-surface/atmosphere coupling and its impact in a single column atmospheric model. J. of Applied Meteo., 40(3) : 642-663.
de Rosnay, P., Polcher, J., Bruen, M. and Laval, K. (2001). Impact of a physically based soil water flow and soil-plant interaction representation for modeling large scale land surface processes. J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029 : 2001JD000634 .
Bowling, L.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, B. Nijssen, J. Polcher, R.D. Koster and D. Lohmann (2002) Simulation of high latitude hydrological processes in the Torne-Kalix basin: PILPS Phase 2(e) 3: Equivalent model representation and sensitivity experiment. Journal of Global and Planetary Change, 38, 55-71.
Maynard, K. and Polcher, J. (2003) Impact of land-surface processes on the interannual variability of tropical climate in the LMD GCM. Climate Dynamics, 20, 613-633..
Verant, S., Laval, K., Polcher, J. and Castro, M. (2004) Sensitivity of the continental hydrological cycle to the spatial resolution over the Iberian Peninsula. J. of Hydrometeorology, 5(2):267-285.
Ducharne, A., Golaz, C., Leblois, E., Laval, K., Polcher, J., Ledoux, E. and de Marsily, G. (2003) Development of a High Resolution Runoff Routing Model, Calibration and Application to Assess Runoff from the LMD GCM. Journal of Hydrology, 280:207-228.
A. Boone, F. Habets, J. Noilhan, D. Clark, P. Dirmeyer, S. Fox, Y. Gusev, I. Haddeland, R. Koster, D. Lohmann, S. Mahanama, K. Mitchell, O. Nasonova, G.-Y. Niu, A. Pitman, J. Polcher, A. B. Shmakin, K. Tanaka, B. Van Den Hurk, S. Verant, D. Verseghy, and P. Viterbo (2004) The Rhone-Aggregation Land Surface Scheme Inter-comparison Project: An Overview. Journal of Climate, 17(1):187-208..
P. de Rosnay, J. Polcher, K. Laval, M. Sabre. (2003) Integrated parameterization of irrigation in the land surface model ORCHIDEE. Validation over the Indian Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(19), 1986.
Polcher, J. (2003) Les processus de surface à l'échelle globale et leurs interactions avec l'atmosphère. Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI.
G. Krinner, N. Viovy, N. de-Noblet-Ducoudré, J. Ogée, J. Polcher, P. Friedlingstein, P. Ciais, S. Sitch, C. Prentice (2005) A dynamic global vegetation model for studies of the coupled atmosphere-biosphere system. Global Change Biology,.19, 1015:1048.
M. Best, A. Beljaars, J. Polcher, P. Viterbo, (2004) A proposed structure for coupling tiled land-surface with the planetary boundary layer. J. of Hydrometeorology, 5, 1271-1278.
T. Ngo-Duc, K. Laval, J. Polcher, and A. Cazenave, (2005) Contribution of continental water to sea level variations during the 1997-1998 ENSO events, comparison between AMIP simulations and Topex-Poseidon satellite data, J. Geophys. Res, .110, D09103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004940.
T. Ngo-Duc, J. Polcher, K. Laval, (2005) 53 years forcing data set for land-surface models, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D06116, doi:10.1029/2004JD005434
Ngo-Duc, T., K. Laval, J. Polcher, A. Lombard and A. Cazenave, (2005): Effects of land water storage on global mean sea level over the past 50 years. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L09704, doi:10.1029/2005GL022719
R. Hordoir, K. Nguyen, J. Polcher (2006) Simulating tropical river plume: A set of parameterizations based on macroscale data, a test case in the Mekong delta region. J Geophys. Res. 111, C09,036.
T. d'Orvgeval, J. Polcher and L. Li (2006) Uncertainties in modelling future hydrological change over West Africa, Climate Dynamics, 26, 1, 93−108
J.L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, D. Parker, J. Polcher (2006), African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analayis: An international project and field campaign, Bul.American Met. Soc., 87, issue 12 (Decembre 2006), 1739-1746
Ngo-Duc, T., K. Laval, G. Ramillien, J. Polcher, and A. Cazenave (2006): Validation of the land water storage simulated by ORCHIDEE with the GRACE data, role of the routing scheme. Water Resources Research, 43W04427, doi:10.1029/2006WR004941.
Alessandri A, Gualdi S, Polcher J, Navarra A (2007) : Effects of land surface-vegetation on the boreal summer surface climate of a GCMJ. of Climate, 20(2)255-278.
Vautard, R., P. Yiou, F. D'Andrea, N. de Noblet, N. Viovy, C. Cassou, J. Polcher, P. Ciais, M. Kageyama, and Y. Fan (2007), Summertime European heat and drought waves induced by wintertime Mediterranean rainfall deficit, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L07711, doi:10.1029/2006GL028001
Lebel, T., Parker, D.J., Bourles, B., Flamant, C., Marticorena, B., Peugeot, C., Gaye, A., Haywood, J., Mougin, E., Polcher, J., Redelsperger, J.-L. and C.D. Thorncroft (2007): The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region. Annales Geophysicae, under review
R. Hordoir, J. Polcher, J.-C. Brun-Cotant and G. Madec (2008) : Towards a parametrization of river discharges into Ocean General Circulation Models. A closure through energy conservation. Climate Dynamics, DOI : 10.1007/s00382-008-0416-4
T. d'Orgeval and J. Polcher (2008) : Impacts of precipitation events and land-use changes on West African river discharges during the years 1951-2000. Climate Dynamics, 31:294-268
T. d'Orgeval, J.Polcher and P.de Rosnay (2008) : Sensitivity of the West African hydrological cycle in ORCHIDEE to infiltration processes Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, under review
D.J. Parker, A. Fink, S. Janicot, J.-B. Ngamini, M. Douglas, E. Afiesimama, A. Agusti-Panareda, A. Beljaars, F. Dide, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebe, J. Polcher, J.-L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, G.A. Wilson (2007) : The AMMA radiosonde programme and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa Bul. American Met. Soc., under review
P. Gentine, D. Entekhabi and J. Polcher (2008) : Spectral behavior of a coupled land and boundary-layer system Boundray Layer Meteorology under review
P. de Rosnay, M. Drusch, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, B. Decharme, P. Harris, Y. Kerr, T. Pellarin, J. Polcher, and J.-P. Wigneron (2009) : The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model: ALMIP-MEM J. Geophys. Res 114, D05108, doi:10.1029/2008JD010724.