LEGI - UMR 5519

Short bio

 PhD in fluid mechanics (turbulence), University of Grenoble/Grenoble-INP ; PhD advisor : Marcel Lesieur
 Post-doctoral researcher, University of Washington, Seattle, in the group of James J. Riley
 Assistant-professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Physics Department
 Professor (CE1) at the University Grenoble Alpes

Teaching

 Fluid mechanics - Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, 3rd year (L3).
 Geophysical fluid dynamics - Master "Applied Mechanics" (M1).
 Waves in Fluids - Master "Applied Mechanics" (M1).
 Internal gravity waves - Master in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (M2).
 Mountain meteorology - Master in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (M2).
 Founding director of the international Master’s program in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, University Grenoble Alpes (since 2011).

Current research projects

(PI : C. Staquet unless otherwise mentioned)
 ClimAir : Climate change and air pollution in an urbanized area : health and socio-economic impact of mitigation scenarios. Project funded by the ANR, duration : 1/10/2022-30/09/2026.
 Climate change adaptation scenarios during heat waves in the Grenoble metropolitan area and impact on air quality. PhD student : Jacobo Gabeiras Penas. Funding : ADEME and Labex/OSUG (2021-2024), LEFE program of INSU-CNRS (2022-2024).
 Atmospheric pollution and climate change : scenarios on urban mobility, urbanism and heating to protect health. PI : Remy Slama (IAB, Grenoble). LEGI post-doctoral student : Sara Bacer. LEGI M2 student : Francisco Do Amaral. Funding : ADEME (2021-2023).

Recent past research projects

 MobilAir : Mobility and improvement of air quality in the Grenoble valley. PIs : S. Mathy (GAEL) and R. Slama (IAB). LEGI PhD student : Enzo Le Bouedec. Funding : Grenoble IDEX CDP, 2018-2021.
 Prediction of pollutant transport in an alpine valley for the next decade by deep learning. Collaboration : Mikhail Krinitskiy, University of Moscow. M2 student : Milton Gomez. Funding : MIAI (Multidisciplinary Institute in Artificial Intelligence), Grenoble (2021).
 Impact of climate change on winter inversions in the Grenoble valley. Post-doctoral student : Sara Bacer. Collaboration : Hubert Gallee, Martin Menegoz, Julien Beaumet, IGE, Grenoble. Funding : LEGI (2020-2021, one year).
 Multiscale approach for weather-type classification. Collaboration : Mikhail Krinitskiy, University of Moscow. PhD student : Enzo Le Bouedec. Funding : IDEX-CDP Data Institute (2020-2021, one year)
 Wave-mean flow interactions in a stratified rotating fluid, application to the Southern Ocean. PhD student : Cruz Garcia Molina. Funding : CONACYT, Mexico, and LEGI (2016-2020).
 Near-surface conversions of semi-diurnal internal tide beam energy. PI : D. Luther (University of Hawaii, USA). U. Hawaii PhD student (collaboration with LEGI) : Sherry Chou (2016-2020). Funding : NSF Proposal.

Current scientific responsabilities

 Supervision of Jacobo Gabeiras Penas, PhD student (2021-2024)
 Associate editor of the journal "Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics" (2022-)
 Associate editor of the journal "Environmental Fluid Mechanics" (2020-)
 Member of the hiring committee in Mechanics of Ecole Polytechnique (2022-)
 Chairman of the Habilitation committee in Geosciences, University Grenoble Alpes (2020-)
 Member of the TEAMx program (PI Mathias Rotach, Univ. Innsbruck) and scientific coordinator of the group "Cold Air Pools".
 Co-convener of the session "Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains" of the European Meteorological Society conference, Bonn, 5-9 September 2022 (convener : Dino Zardi).
 Co-convener of the workshop "Multiscale Wave-Turbulence Dynamics in the Atmosphere and Ocean", Oberwolfach, Germany, 18-24 September 2022 (convener : Ulrich Achatz)
 Convener/Co-convener of the session on "Internal gravity waves" of the annual meeting of the European Geophysical Union (2010-)

Other activities as a scientific expert

(selection over the past ten years)
 Member or President of 15 hiring committees of French researchers, assistant professors and professors
 External reviewer for the promotion of professors at the University of Quebec (2012), Princeton (2013), university of Saint-Andrews (2015), Free University of Berlin (2016), University of Trieste (2016), University of Innsbruck (2021)
 Member of scientific committee of international conferences (2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022)
 Member of evaluation panels for French laboratories or institutions (2003, 2007, 2012-2014)
 Head of group "Transport of particles and pollutants in the atmosphere", Region Rhone-Alpes, 2005-2010
 Reviewer of scientific proposals for INTAS, NERC (UK), NOW (Netherlands), NSERC (Canada), NSF (USA), PRACE (Europe), ANR.
 Organization of a summer school on "Topographic Internal Waves", 2010 (80 participants)

Involvement in the University Grenoble Alpes

 Member of the scientific council (2006-2012 and 2016-2019) and administrative council (2012-2015)
 Chairman of the Habilitation committee in mechanics of University Grenoble Alpes (2004-2012)

Publications (since 2006)

On the atmospheric boundary layer

Published papers
 BACER S., JOMAA F., BEAUMET J., GALLEE H., LE BOUEDEC E., MENEGOZ M., STAQUET C. 2022 Impact of climate change on wintertime European atmospheric blocking. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 3 (1), 3 (1), 377-389. link
 QUIMBAYO-DUARTE J.A., CHEMEL C., STAQUET C., TROUDE F., ARDUINI A. 2021 Drivers of severe air pollution events in a deep valley during wintertime : a case study from the Arve river valley, France. Atmospheric Environment, 247, 118030. link
 GIOVANNINI L., FERRERO E., KARL T., ROTACH M.W., STAQUET C., TRINI CASTELLI S., ZARDI D. 2020 Atmospheric pollutant dispersion over complex terrain : challenges and needs for improving air quality measurements and modelling. Atmosphere, 11 (6), 646. link
 ARDUINI, G, CHEMEL, C, STAQUET, C. 2020 Local and non local controls on a persistent cold air pool in the Arve River Valley. Q J R Meteorol Soc., 1-25, link
 QUIMBAYO-DUARTE J.A., STAQUET C., CHEMEL C., ARDUINI A. 2019 Impact of along-valley orographic variations on the dispersion of passive tracers in a stable atmosphere. Atmosphere, 10 (4), 225. link
 QUIMBAYO-DUARTE J.A., STAQUET C., CHEMEL C., ARDUINI A. 2019 Dispersion of tracers in the stable atmosphere of a valley opening on a plain. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 172 (2), 291-315. link
 ARDUINI G., CHEMEL C. and STAQUET C. 2017 Energetics of deep Alpine valleys in pooling and draining configurations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 74 (7), 2105-2124. link
 LARGERON Y. and STAQUET C. 2016 The atmospheric boundary layer during wintertime persistent inversions in the Grenoble valleys. Frontiers in Earth Science, 4, 70. link
 ARDUINI G., STAQUET C. and CHEMEL C. 2016 Interactions between the Night-Time Valley-Wind System and a Developing Cold-Air Pool. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 161 (1), 49-72. link
 LARGERON Y. and STAQUET C. 2016 Persistent inversion dynamics and wintertime PM10 air pollution in Alpine valleys. Atmospheric Environment, 135, 92-108. link
 CHEMEL C., ARDUINI A., STAQUET C., LARGERON Y., LEGAIN D., TZANOS D., PACI A. 2016 Valley heat deficit as a bulk measure of wintertime particulate air pollution in the Arve River Valley. Atmospheric Environment, 128, 208. link
 SUN J., NAPPO C. J., MAHRT L., BELUSIC D., GRISOGONO B., STAUFFER D., PULIDO M., STAQUET C. and 10 authors 2015. Review of wave-turbulence interactions in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. Reviews of Geophysics, 53-3, 956-993. link
 LARGERON Y., STAQUET C. & CHEMEL C. 2013 Characterization of oscillating motions in the stable atmosphere of a deep valley. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 148 (3), 439-454. link
 LARGERON Y., STAQUET C. & CHEMEL C. 2010 Turbulent mixing in a katabatic wind under stable conditions. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 19-5, 467-480. link
 CHEMEL C., STAQUET C & CHOLLET J.-P. 2010 Estimating the diffusive heat flux across an interface forced by convective motions. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 17-2, 187-200. link
 CHEMEL C. , STAQUET C. & LARGERON Y. 2009 Generation of internal gravity waves by katabatic winds in an alpine valley. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 103 (nos 1-4), 179. link
 CHEMEL C. & STAQUET C. 2007 A formulation of convective entrainment in terms of mixing efficiency. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 580, 169-178. link

On internal gravity waves in the ocean

Published papers
 LABREUCHE P., STAQUET C., LE SOMMER J 2022 Resonant growth of inertial oscillations from lee waves in the deep ocean. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn (in press). link
 LECLAIR M., RAJA K., STAQUET C. 2020 Nonlinear reflection of a two-dimensional finite-width internal gravity wave onto a slope. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 887, 887, A31. link
 GRISOUARD N., LECLAIR M., GOSTIAUX L., STAQUET C. 2013 Large scale energy transfer from an internal gravity wave reflecting on a simple slope. Procedia IUTAM, 8, 119-128.
 GRISOUARD N., STAQUET C. & GERKEMA T. 2011 Conditions for local generation of solitary waves in a pycnocline. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 676, 491-513. link
 PAIRAUD I., STAQUET C., SOMMERIA J., MAHDIZADEH M.M 2010 Generation of harmonics and sub-harmonics from an internal tide in a uniformly stratified fluid : numerical and laboratory experiments. IUTAM Bookseries 28, Dritschel David (Ed.), Springer Pub 52-63. link
 GRISOUARD N. & STAQUET C. 2010 Numerical simulations of the local generation of internal solitary waves in the Bay of Biscay. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 17, 575-584. link
 GRISOUARD N., STAQUET C. & PAIRAUD I. 2008 Numerical simulation of a two-dimensional wave attractor. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 614, 1-14. link
 STAQUET C. 2007 Internal gravity waves : parametric instability and deep ocean mixing. Compte-rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Special issue on Joseph Boussinesq, 335 (issues 9-10), 665-678. link
 GERKEMA T., STAQUET C. & BOURUET-AUBERTOT P. 2006 Decay of semi-diurnal internal-tide beams due to subharmonic resonance. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L08604. link
 KOUDELLA C. & STAQUET C. 2006 Instability mechanisms of a two-dimensional progressive internal gravity wave. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 548, 165-195. link
 GERKEMA T., STAQUET C. & BOURUET-AUBERTOT P. 2006 Nonlinear effects in internal tide beams and mixing. Ocean Modelling, 12 (issues 3-4), pp 302-318. link

Last modified : 24 March 2023