Presentation
The REALISTIC project is mostly composed of human resources. After a thorough investigation, it has come to the conclusion of the University that was of the elements missing locally is the human resources to make research happen in the Indian Ocean.
Although very attractive on the international level, OPAR and LACy (Laboratoire de l’Atmosphère et des Cyclones) has issues in recruiting the best staff.
The scientific scope of REALISTIC:
Atmospheric aerosols interact with solar radiation and the life cycle of clouds, inducing radiative forcing that impacts climate on a global scale. To date, there are still many unknowns about the effect of atmospheric aerosols on the radiative balance of the coupled Earth/atmosphere system at regional scale, especially in the southern hemisphere where water covers 81% of the surface and where atmospheric observatories are more seldom (w.r.t. the northern hemisphere).
Atmospheric aerosols interact with solar radiation and the life cycle of clouds, inducing radiative forcing that impacts climate on a global scale. To date, there are still many unknowns about the effect of atmospheric aerosols on the radiative balance of the coupled Earth/atmosphere system at regional scale, especially in the southern hemisphere where water covers 81% of the surface and where atmospheric observatories are more seldom (w.r.t. the northern hemisphere).
In this sense, the site of LACy/OPAR (Laboratoire de l’Atmosphère et des Cyclones / Observatoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère de la Réunion) is unique and ideally located in the South West of the Indian Ocean (SWIO).
Team
Valentin Duflot
Coordinator of REALISTIC
Valentin Duflot is the coordinator of REALISTIC.
He is currently working at NILU, in Norway.
Camille Bonnet
Project manager
Camille Bonnet is the project manager of REALISTIC.
She is in charge of drafting and submitting deliverables, organising meetings and events, checking the financial status of the project, communications with the Project Officer.
To be recruited
Post-doc
Michaël Sicard
ERA Chair Professor at Université de La Réunion
Michaël Sicard is the ERA Chair holder of the project. He was a Professor at Universitat Politènica de Catalunya for over 20 years.
Dominique Gantois
PhD Student #1
Dominique Gantois is the first PhD of REALISTIC. His 3-year thesis is on exploring aerosol properties and transport through ground-based and satellite observations in the South West Indian Ocean.
The thesis is co-directed by Michaël Sicard and Valentin Duflot.
To be recruited
Research Engineer
Nelson Begue
LACy
Nelson Bègue is one of the researchers of the REALISTIC team. Along with Michaël and Valentin, his work is focused on xxxxx
Niels Groenen
PhD Student #2
Niels Groenen is the second PhD of REALISTIC. His 3-year thesis is exploring the climate-altering potential of biomass burning aerosols from wildfire origin on the regional climate in the South West Indian Ocean.
The thesis is co-directed by Michaël Sicard and Nelson Bègue.
Partner
Constantino Muñoz
Scientist
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC
Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos de Oliveira
PhD Student
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC
Cristina Gil Diaz
PhD Student
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC
Alejandro Rodríguez-Gómez
Professor
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC
Adolfo Comerón Tejero
Scientist
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - UPC
Advisory Board
Martine De Mazière
Senior Scientist
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy - IASB
Cathrine Lund Myhre
Senior Scientist
Norwegian Institute for Air Research - NILU
Head of Centre for Atmospheric Data
Department of atmosphere and climate
Ulla Wandinger
Senior Scientist
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research - TROPOS