Researcher
Organization:
Institute of Marine Sciences ICM-CSIC
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- Engineering school I.S.I.T.V. speciality Marine technologies. Université de Toulon et du Var.
- D.E.A. ’Oceans’ speciality Physics and Dynamics. Université de Bretagne Occidentale.
- PhD speciality Oceanography, Meteorology and Environment Work performed at the Laboratoire d’Océanographie Spatiale in 1997, 1998 et 2000, Ifremer, Brest, advisor B. Chapron. Defence in february 2003. Université de Bretagne Occidentale.
- Post-doc : Development, implementation and validation of a non-orthogonal curvilinear implicit hydrodynamic code for tide and sediment coupling simulation in the nearshore and estuarial zone - application to the Marennes-Oléron bay,
- Post-doc : Preliminary analyses in the context of the SMOS salinity space mission. Laboratoire d’Océanographie Spatiale, IFREMER, Brest, France - CNES funding.
- Post-doc : Definition of the methodologies and algorithms to produce SMOS Level 3 and 4 salinity maps at CP34. SMOS Barcelona Expert Center, Barcelona, Spain - Spanish Space Program funding.
- Post-doc : Validation of SMOS brightness temperature images. Error analysis and post-calibration of polarimetric SMOS data : characterization of spatial biases in the antenna frame, temporal and latitudinal biases based on specific data selection strategies. RFI detection. Total electronic content inversion. Empirical forward model improvement : roughness contribution to emissivity, bistatic celestial signal reflection. Salinity inversion. SMOS Barcelona Expert Center, Barcelona, Spain - Spanish Space Program funding.Research lines: Physical Oceanography - In-situ and satellite data analysis. Present : sea surface salinity in the context of preparing SMOS data validation and mapping. Its coupling with temperature and ocean surface layer forcing. Statistical methods for global mapping. Past : surface waves, wind and air-sea momentum flux. altimetric roughness and sea state - coastal hydrodynamic modelling.