GUICHARD Françoise

Françoise GUICHARD

CNRM -GAME (URA CNRS & Météo-France)
GMME/MOANA

Groupe de Météorologie à Moyenne Echelle

MOdélisation de l’Atmosphère Nuageuse et Analyse

42, Av. G. Coriolis
31057 Toulouse Cedex 1, France
Tél. +33 (0) 5 61 07 96 33
Fax +33 (0) 5 61 07 96 26

courriel : francoise (dot) guichard (at) meteo (dot) fr

 Thèmes de recherche

Atmospheric processes

African Monsoon, AMMA

  • surface energy budget in semi-arid conditions : annual, diurnal cycles and radiative-thermodynamic couplings (Guichard et al 2009)

 Publications

2011

  • Lothon, M., B. Campistron, M. Chong, F. Couvreux, F. Guichard, C. Rio and E. Williams, 2011 : Life cycle of a mesoscale circular gust front observed by a C-band Doppler radar in West Africa. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1370–1388. doi : 10.1175/2010MWR3480.1 (paper)
  • F. Couvreux, C. Rio, F. Guichard, M. Lothon, G. Canut, D. Bouniol, A. Gounou, 2011 : Initiation of daytime local convection in a semi-arid region analyzed with high-resolution simulations and AMMA observations. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. doi : 10.1002/qj.903 (paper)
  • Taylor, C., Gounou, A., Guichard, F., Harris, P., Couvreux, F., Ellis, R. and Kauwe, M.,2011 : Frequency of Sahelian storm initiation enhanced over mesoscale soil-moisture patterns. Nature Geoscience, 4, 430-344, 10.1038/NGEO1173 (link to paper)
  • Caniaux G., H. Giordani, J.-L. Redelsperger, F. Guichard, E. Key and M. Wade, 2011 : Coupling between the Atlantic cold tongue, and the African monsoon in boreal spring and summer. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C04003, doi:10.1029/2010JC006570
  • Séguis, L., Boulain, N., Cappelaere, Favreau, G., Galle, S., Hiernaux, P., Mougin, É., Peugeot, C., Ramier, D., Seghieri, J., B., Cohard, J.M., Demarez V., Demarty, J., Descroix, L., Descloitres, M., Grippa M., Guichard F., Guyot, A., S., Kamagaté, B., Kergoat L., Lebel, T., Le Dantec V., Le Lay, M., Massuel, S., Timouk, F., Trichon V, 2011 : Contrasted land surface processes along a West African rainfall gradient. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12,31-37. Doi : 10.1002/asl.327.
  • Bock, O., F. Guichard, A. Agusti-Panareda, A. Beljaars, A. Boone, R. Meynadier, M. Nuret, J.-L. Redelsperger, P. Roucou, 2011 : The large scale water cycle of the West African Monsoon. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12,51-57, doi : 10.1002/asl.288
  • Taylor, C. M., D. J. Parker, N. Kalthoff, M. A. Gaertner, N. Philippon, S. Bastin, P. P. Harris, A. Boone, F. Guichard, C. Flamant, J.-Y. Grandpeix, P. Cerlini, M. Baldi, L. Descroix, H. Douville, J. Polcher, A. Agusti-Panareda, 2011 : New Perspectives on Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA). Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12, 38-44. Doi : 10.1002/asl.336.
  • Lafore J.-P., C. Flamant, F. Guichard, D. Parker, D. Bouniol, A. Fink, V. Giraud, M. Gosset, N. Hall, H. Höller, S. C. Jones, A. Protat, R. Roca, F. Roux, F. Saïd, C. Thorncroft, 2011 : Progress in understanding of weather systems in West Africa. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12,7-12. Doi : 10.1002/asl.335
  • Peugeot, C., F. Guichard, O. Bock, D. Bouniol, M. Chong, A. Boone, B. Cappelaere, S. Galle, M. Gosset, L. Séguis, A. Zannou and J.-L. Redelsperger, 2011 : Meso-scale water cycle within the West African Monsoon. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12, 121,45-50. Doi : 10.1002/asl.309.
  • Ruti, P. M, J. Williams, F. Hourdin, F. Guichard, A. Boone, P. Van Velthoven, F. Favot, I. Musat, M. Rumukkainen, M. Domínguez, M. Á. Gaertner, J.-P. Lafore and J. Polcher, 2011 : Modeling the West African climate system : systematic errors and future steps. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12, 116-122. Doi : 10.1002/asl.305.

2010

  • Guichard F, N. Asencio, C. Peugeot, O. Bock, J.-L. Redelsperger, X. F. Cui XF, M. Garvert, B. Lamptey, E. Orlandi E, J. Sander, F. Fierli, M. A. Gaertner, S.C. Jones, J.-P. Lafore, A. Morse, M. Nuret, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, P. De Rosnay, B. Decharme, P. P. Harris, and J. C. Berges, 2010 : An intercomparison of simulated rainfall and evapotranspiration associated with a mesoscale convective system over West Africa. Wea. Forecasting, 251,37-60. Doi : 10.1175/2009WAF2222250.1 (paper)
  • Bain, C. L., D. J. Parker, C. M. Taylor, L. Kergoat and F. Guichard, 2010 : Observations of the nocturnal boundary layer associated with the West African monsoon, Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 3142–3156. doi : 10.1175/2010MWR3287.1 (paper)
  • Couvreux, F., F. Guichard, O. Bock, B. Campistron, J.-P. Lafore, J.-L. Redelsperger, 2010 : Synoptic variability of the monsoon flux over West Africa prior to the onset. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 136, 159-173. doi : 10.1002/qj.473 (paper)
  • van Heerwaarden, C.C., J. Vila-Guerau de Arellano, A. Gounou, F. Couvreux and F. Guichard, 2010 : Understanding the daily cycle of surface evapotranspiration : a new method to quantify the influence of forcings and feedbacks. J. Hydromet., 116,1405-1422. doi : 10.1175/2010JHM1272.1
  • Agusti-Panareda A., A. Beljaars, M. Ahlgrimm, G. Balsamo, O. Bock, R. Forbes, A. Ghelli, F. Guichard, M. Köhler, R. Meynadier and J.-J. Morcrette, 2010 : The ECMWF re-analysis for the AMMA observational campaign. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 136, 1457–1472. doi : 10.1002/qj.662. (paper)
  • Meynadier, R., O. Bock, F. Guichard, A. Boone, P. Roucou and J.-L. Redelsperger, 2010 : The West African Monsoon water cycle. Part I : a hybrid water budget dataset. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D19106, doi:10.1029/2010JD013917 (paper)
  • Meynadier, R., O. Bock, S. Gervois, F. Guichard, J.-L. Redelsperger, A. Agusti-Panareda and A. Beljaars, 2010 : The West African Monsoon water cycle. Part II : assessment of NWP water budgets. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D19107, doi:10.1029/2010JD013919 (paper)
  • Hourdin, F., I. Musat, F. Guichard, F. Favot, P. Marquet, A. Boone, J.-P. Lafore, J.-L. Redelsperger, P. Ruti, A. Dell’ Aquila, T. Losada Doval, A. Khadre Traore and H. Gallee, 2010 : AMMA-Model Intercomparison Project, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., doi : 10.1175/2009BAMS2791.1 (paper)
  • Lafore, J.-P., C. Flamant, V. Giraud, F. Guichard, P. Knippertz, J.-F. Mahfouf, P. Mascart, E. Williams, 2010 : Advances in understanding atmospheric processes over West Africa through the AMMA field campaign. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. doi : 10.1002/qj.583

2009

  • Boone, A., P. de Rosnay, G. Balsamo, A. Beljaars, F. Chopin, B. Decharme, C. Delire, A. Ducharne, S. Gascoin, F. Guichard, Y. Gusev, P. Harris, L. Jarlan, L. Kergoat, E. Mougin, O. Nasonova, A. Norgaard, T. Orgeval, C. Ottlé, I. Poccard-Leclercq, J. Polcher, I. Sandholt, S. Saux-Picart, C. Taylor and Y. Xue, 2009 : The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project (ALMIP), Bull. Atmos. Meteor. Soc. doi : 10.1175/2009BAMS2786.1 (paper)
  • Couvreux, F., F. Guichard, P. Austin and F. Chen, 2009 : Nature of the mesoscale boundary-layer height and water-vapor variability observed the 14 June 2002 during the IHOP 2002 campaign, Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 414-432. doi : 10.1175/2008MWR2367.1 (paper)
  • Frappart, F. P. Hiernaux, F. Guichard, E. Mougin, L. Kergoat, M. Arjounin, F. Lavenu, M. Koité, J.-E. Paturel and T. Lebel, 2009 : Rainfall regime over the Sahelian climate gradient in the Gourma, Mali, J. Hydrology, 375, 128-142 . doi : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.007 (paper)
  • Guichard, F., L. Kergoat, E. Mougin, F. Timouk, F. Baup, P. Hiernaux and F. Lavenu , 2009 : Surface thermodynamics and radiative budget in the Sahelian Gourma : seasonal and diurnal cycles, J. Hydrology, 375, 161-177. doi : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.09.007 (paper)
  • Guichard, F., 2009 : What can we learn from AMMA about physical processes and models ? in ECMWF annual seminar, Seminar on Parametrization of subgrid physical processes, 1 – 4 September 2008, 283-308. (paper)
  • Mougin, E., P. Hiernaux, L. Kergoat, M. Grippa, P. de Rosnay, F. Timouk, V., Le Dantec, V. Demarez, F. Lavenu, M. Arjounin, T. Lebel, N. Soumaguel, E., Ceschia, B. Mougenot, F. Baup, F. Frappart, P.L. Frison, J. Gardelle, C. Gruhier, L. Jarlan, S. Mangiarotti, B. Sanou, Y. Tracol, F. Guichard, V. Trichon, L., Diarra, A. Soumaré, M. Koité, F. Dembélé, C. Lloyd, N.P. Hanan, C. Damesin, C. Delon, D. Serça, C. Galy-Lacaux, J. Seghieri, S. Becerra, H. Dia, F., Gangneron and P. Mazzega, 2009 : The AMMA-CATCH Gourma observatory site in Mali : Relating climatic variations to changes in vegetation, surface hydrology, fluxes and natural resources, J. Hydrology, 375, Pages 14-33. doi : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.045 (paper)
  • Agusti-Panareda, A., D. Vasiljevic, A. Beljaars, O. Bock, F. Guichard, M. Nuret, A. Garcia Mendez, E. Andersson, P. Bechtold, A. Fink, H. Hersbach, J.-P. Lafore, J.-B. Ngamini, D. J. Parker, J.-L. Redelsperger, A. Tompkins, 2009 : Radiosonde humidity bias correction over the West African region for the special AMMA reanalysis at ECMWF, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135, 595 – 617. doi : 10.1002/qj.396 (paper)

2008

  • Samain O., L. Kergoat, P. Hiernaux, F. Guichard, E. Mougin, F. Timouk, and F. Lavenu, 2008 : Analysis of the in-situ and MODIS albedo variability at multiple time scales in the Sahel, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14119, doi:10.1029/2007JD009174, 2008 (16 pp.). (paper)
  • Bock, O., M.N. Bouin, E. Doerflinger, P. Collard, F. Masson, R. Meynadier, S. Nahmani, M. Koité, K. Gaptia Lawan Balawan, F. Didé, D. Ouedraogo, S. Pokperlaar, J.-B. Ngamini), J.P. Lafore, S. Janicot, F. Guichard and M. Nuret, 2008 : The West African Monsoon observed with ground-based GPS receivers during AMMA, J. Geophys. Res., 113 (D21105) doi : 10.1029/2008JD010327 (paper)
  • Nuret, M., J.P. Lafore, O. Bock, F. Guichard, A. Agusti-Panareda, J.-B. N’Gamini and J.-L. Redelsperger., 2008 : Correction of humidity bias for Vaïsala RS80 sondes during AMMA 2006 Observing Period, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 2152-2158. doi : 10.1175/2008JTECHA1103.1 (paper)
  • Söhne, N., J.-P. Chaboureau and F. Guichard, 2008 : Verification of cloud cover forecast with satellite observation over West Africa, Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4421–4434. DOI : 10.1175/2008MWR2432.1 (paper)

2007

  • Bock, O., F. Guichard, S. Janicot, J. P. Lafore, M.-N. Bouin, and B. Sultan, 2007 : Multiscale analysis of precipitable water vapor over Africa from GPS data and ECMWF analyses, Geophy. Res. Lett., 34, L09705, 6pp.,doi:10.1029/2006GL028039, 2007131. (paper)
  • Bock, O., M.-N. Bouin, A. Walpersdorf, J.P. Lafore, S. Janicot, F. Guichard, A. Agusti-Panareda, 2007 : Comparison of ground-based GPS precipitable water vapour to independent observations and NPW model re-analyses over Africa, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133, 2011-2027. (paper)
  • Couvreux F., F. Guichard, J.-L. Redelsperger, V. Masson, 2007 : Negative water vapour skewness and dry tongues in the convective boundary layer : observations and LES budget analysis. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 23(2), 269–294. (paper)
  • Lothon, M., F. Couvreux, S. Donier, F. Guichard, P. Lacarrère, D. H. Lenschow, J. Noilhan, F. Saïd, 2007 : Impact of coherent eddies on airborne measurements of vertical turbulent fluxes. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 124, 425–447, doi : 10.1007/s10546-007-9182-9. (paper)
  • Piriou, J.-M., J.-L. Redelsperger, J.-F. Geleyn, J.-P. Lafore and F. Guichard, 2007 : An approach for convective parameterization with memory : separating microphysics and transport in grid-scale equations, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4131-4143.124, 425–447, doi : 10.1007/s10546-007-9182-9. (paper)

2005

  • Couvreux, F., F. Guichard, J-L. Redelsperger, C. Kiemle, V. Masson, J.-P. Lafore and C. Flamant, 2005 : Assessment of water vapour variability within a convective boundary layer over land using Large Eddy Simulations and IHOP observations, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131, 2665-2693. (paper)
  • Yano, J.-I, J.-P. Chaboureau and F. Guichard 2005 : A generalization of CAPE into potential energy convertibility, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor., 131, 861-876.
  • Yano, J.-I, J.-P. Lafore, J.-L. Redelsperger, P. Bechtold and F. Guichard, 2005 : Mode decomposition method as a methodology for developing convective-scale representations in global models, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.,131, 2313-2336.

2004

  • Chaboureau, J-P., F. Guichard, J.-L. Redelsperger and J.-P. Lafore, 2004 : Role of stability and moisture on the development of convection. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 3105-3117. (paper)
  • Guichard, F., J. C. Petch, J.-L. Redelsperger, P. Bechtold, J.-P. Chaboureau, S. Cheinet, W. Grabowski, H. Grenier, C. J. Jones, M. Koehler, J.-M. Piriou, R. Tailleux and M. Tomasini, 2004 : Modelling the diurnal cycle of deep precipitating convection over land with CRMs and SCMs. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 3139-3172. (paper)
  • Yano, J.-I, F. Guichard, J.-P. Lafore, J.-L. Redelsperger and P. Bechtold, P. 2004 : Estimations of mass fluxes for cumulus parameterizations from high-resolution spatial data. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 829–842. (paper)

2003

  • Flamant, C., Guichard, F., van Baelen, J., Bock, O., Couvreux, F., Parsons, D., Weckwerth, T., Pelon, J., Drobinski, P., Lhomme, K., Guenno, M., and Doerflinger, E., 2002 : La campagne IHOP, ou comment mieux connaître et comprendre les causes de la variabilité spatio-temporelle (4-D) de la vapeur d’eau dans la couche limite atmosphérique ainsi que son rôle et ses implications pour le déclenchement de la convection. La Météorologie, 43, 38-47.
  • Guichard, F., Parsons, D., Dudhia, J., and Bresh, J., 2003 : Evaluating mesoscale model predictions and parameterisations against SGP ARM data on a seasonal time scale. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 926-944. (paper)

2002

  • Gregory, D. and Guichard, F., 2002 : Aspects of the parametrization of organized convection : contrasting cloud resolving model and single column realizations. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 625-646. (paper)
  • Redelsperger, J.-L., Parsons, D., and Guichard, F., 2002 : Recovery processes and factors limiting cloud-top height following a dry intrusion observed during TOGA-COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2438-2457.
  • Xu, K.-M., Cederwall, R. T., Donner, L. J., Guichard, F., Grabowski, W. W., Johnson, D. E., Khairoutdinov, Krueger, S. K.,L., Petch, J., C., Randall, D. A., Seman, C. J., Tao, W.-K., Xie, S. C., Yio, J. J., and Zhang, M.-H., 2002 : An intercomparison of cloud-resolving models with the ARM summer 1997 IOP data. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 593-624.

2001

  • Bechtold, P., Bazile, E., Guichard, F., Mascart, P., and Richard, E., 2001 : A mass flux convection scheme for regional and global models. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 127, pp 869-886. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 127 : 869-886.

2000

  • Guichard, F., Redelsperger, J. -L., and Lafore, J.-P., 2000 : Cloud-resolving simulation of convective activity during TOGA-COARE : Sensitivity to external sources of uncertainties. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 126 : 3067-3096. (paper)
  • Guichard, F., Parsons D., Miller E., 2000 : Thermodynamical and radiative impact of the correction of sounding humidity bias in the tropics. J. Climate, 13, 3611-3624. (paper)
  • Bechtold, P., Redelsperger, J-.L., Beau, I.,Blackburn, M., Brinkop, S., Grandpeix, J-.Y., Grant, A., Gregory, D., Guichard, F., Hoff, C., and Ioannidou, E., 2000 : A GCSS model intercomparison for a tropical squall line observed during TOGA-COARE. Part II : Intercomparison of SCMs with CRM. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.,126 : 865-888. (paper)
  • Redelsperger, J-.L., Brown, P.R.A., Hoff, C., Guichard, F., Kawasima, M., Lang S., Montmerle Th, Nakamura, K., Saito, K., Seman, C, Tao, W.K., and Donner, L.J., 2000 : A GCSS model intercomparison for a tropical squall line observed during TOGA-COARE. Part I : Cloud-resolving models, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society,126 : 823-864. (paper)
  • Redelsperger J.-L., Guichard F., and Mondon S., 2000 : A Parameterization of Mesoscale Enhancement of Surface Fluxes for Large-Scale Models. J. Climate, 13 : 402-421. (paper)

1997

  • Guichard, F., Lafore, J.-P., and Redelsperger, J.-L., 1997 : Thermodynamical impact and internal structure of a tropical convective cloud system. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 123 : 2297-2324. (paper)

1996

  • Guichard, F., Redelsperger, J. -L., and Lafore, J.-P., 1996 : The behaviour of a cloud ensemble in response to external forcings. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122 : 1043-1073. (paper)
  • Guichard, F., Lafore, J.-P., Redelsperger, J.-L., and Jabouille, P., 1996 : Impact thermodynamique d’un ensemble de nuages simulé explicitement [The thermodynamical impact of an explicitly simulated cloud ensemble]. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences II a, 323(1) : 17-24.


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