Antarctic Precipitation: remote sensing and modelling in a General Circulation Model

• Main Author: Lemonnier, Florentin
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X), Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL), Sorbonne Université, Chantal Claud, Jean-Baptiste Madeleine
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Precipitation; Climate; Modelling; Remote sensing; Précipitations; Antarctique; Climat; Modélisation; Télédétection; [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology; [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/tel-03625070; https://insu.hal.science/tel-03625070/document; https://insu.hal.science/tel-03625070/file/Th%C3%A8se%20de%20doctorat.pdf

Antarctica is an immense continent made of ice. This region remains to this day one of the most unknown regions of our planet Earth. It contains nearly 90% of the world's fresh water, and in the current situation of global warming, this frozen reservoir is under serious threat. In the absence o...