Chargé de Recherche CNRS (Junior Research Scientist)
Contact Information :
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques,
CNRS / Météo-France, Toulouse
42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis,
31057 Toulouse Cedex 01, France
Tel : +33 (0)5 61 07 93 22
Fax : +33 (0)5 61 07 96 10
E-mail : gilles[dot]bellon[at]meteo.fr
Research :
Scientific interests :
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Variability and sensitivity of the tropical climate ;
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Monsoons, dynamics of the Tropical Convergence Zones ;
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Boundary layer processes, shallow convection.
Publications :
In progress
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Lintner, B. R., G. Bellon, A. H. Sobel, D. Kim, and J. D. Neelin, 2012 : Implementation of the Quasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model 2 (QTCM2) : Global simulations and convection sensitivity to free tropospheric moisture, submitted to the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
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Oueslati B. and G. Bellon, 2012 : Convective entrainment and large-scale organization of tropical precipitation : sensitivity of the CNRM-CM5 hierarchy of models, submitted to the Journal of Climate .
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Geoffroy, O., D. Saint Martin, G. Bellon, A. Voldoire, D. J. L. Oliviè, and S. Tytéca, 2012 : Transient climate response in a two-box energy-balance model. Part II : representation of the efficacy of deep-ocean heat uptake and validation for CMIP5 AOGCMs, submitted to the Journal of Climate .
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Geoffroy, O., D. Saint Martin, D. J. L. Oliviè, A. Voldoire, G. Bellon, and S. Tytéca, 2012 : Transient climate response in a two-box energy-balance model. Part I : analytical solution and parameter calibration using CMIP5 AOGCM experiments, submitted to the Journal of Climate .
2012
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Duvel J.-P., H. Bellenger, G. Bellon, and M. Remaud, 2012 : An event-by-event assessment of tropical intraseasonal perturbations for general circulation models, Climate Dynamics, online.
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Oueslati B. and G. Bellon, 2012 : Tropical precipitation regimes and mechanisms of regime transitions : contrasting two aquaplanet general circulation models, Climate Dynamics, online.
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Bellon G. and B. Stevens, 2012 : Using the sensitivity of large-eddy simulations to evaluate atmospheric boundary layer models, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (5), 1582-1601.
2011
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Bellon G., 2011 : Monsoon intraseasonal oscillation and land-atmosphere interaction in an idealized model, Climate Dynamics, 37 (5), 1081-1096.
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Bellon G., G. Gastineau, A. Ribes, and H. Le Treut, 2011 : Analysis of the variability of the tropical climate in a two-column framework, Climate Dynamics, 37 (1-2), 73-81.
2010
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Sobel A. H., E. D. Maloney, G. Bellon, and D. M. Frierson, 2010 : Surface fluxes and tropical intraseasonal variability : a reassessment, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2, Art #2, doi : 10.3894/JAMES.2010.2.2.
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Bellon G. and A. H. Sobel, 2010 : Multiple equilibria of the Hadley circulation in an intermediate-complexity model, Journal of Climate, 23 (7), 1760–1778.
2009
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Sobel A. H. and G. Bellon, 2009 : The effect of imposed drying on parameterized deep convection
, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2085-2096.
2008
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Sobel A. H., E. D. Maloney, G. Bellon, and D. M. Frierson, 2008 : The role of surface fluxes in tropical intraseasonal oscillations
, Nature Geoscience, 1, doi : 10.1038/ngeo312.
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Bellon G., A. H. Sobel, and J. Vialard, 2008 : Ocean-atmosphere coupling in the monsoon intraseasonal oscillation : a simple model study
, Journal of Climate, 21 (20), 5254-5270.
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Bellon G. and A. H. Sobel, 2008 : Instability of the axisymmetric monsoon flow and intraseasonal oscillation
, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D07108, doi:10.1029/2007JD009291.
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Bellon G. and A. H. Sobel, 2008 : Poleward-propagating intraseasonal monsoon disturbances in an intermediate-complexity axisymmetric model
, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65 (2), 470-489.
2007
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Sobel A. H., G. Bellon, and J. T. Bacmeister, 2007 : Multiple equilibria in a Single-Column Model of the tropical atmosphere
, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L22804, doi : 10.1029/2007GL031320.
2006
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Bellon G. and J. Srinivasan, 2006 : Comment on « Structures and mechanisms of the northward propagating boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation »
, Journal of Climate, 19 (18), 4738-4743.
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Bellon G., M. Ghil, and H. Le Treut, 2006 : Scale separation for moisture-laden regions in the tropical atmosphere
, Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (1), L01802, doi : 10.1029/2005GL024578.
2005
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Bellon G. and B. Stevens, 2005 : On bulk models of shallow cumulus convection
, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62 (9), 3286-3302.
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Le Treut H. and G. Bellon, 2005 : Radiative feedbacks and tropical circulations : a view from simplified models, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 162 (8-9), 1543-1555.
2003
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Bellon, G., H. Le Treut, and M. Ghil, 2003 : Large-scale and evaporation-wind feedbacks in a box model of the tropical climate
, Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (22), 2145, doi : 10.1029/2003GL017895.
PhD work :
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Thesis (partly in French) : Minimal models of the tropical climate : theoretical aspects and implications for future climate change, Gilles Bellon, PhD thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Curriculum vitae (as of February 2010) :
Resume
Resume in French
Tools/Documentation :
Tutoriel ARPEGE-Climat Aquaplanète (in French, restricted access)
Personal (blogs) :
No one shall be held responsible, scientifically or otherwise for the content of these pages / articles, but the authors themselves and in no way the responsibility of the CNRM-GAME.
