Laurent MENUT | |
CNRS Research Scientist | Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique |
[menut @ lmd.ipsl.fr] | Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France |
[IPSL/LMD webmail] | [INTRO team] |

Research topics and activities |
- Regional modeling:
- Dynamics and chemistry-transport with WRF and CHIMERE
- Emissions and long-range transport of mineral dust
- Experimental daily forecast: CADDIWA experiment
- Publications

Recent results |
- Menut L., B.Bessagnet, R.Briant, A.Cholakian, F.Couvidat, S.Mailler, R.Pennel, G.Siour, P.Tuccella, S.Turquety, and M.Valari, The CHIMERE v2020r1 online chemistry-transport model, Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 6781-6811, 2021,
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- Menut, L. and Khvorostyanov D. and Couvidat, F. and Meleux, F., Impact of ragweed pollen daily release intensity on long-range transport in western Europe, Atmosphere 2021, 12(6), 693;
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- Menut L., B.Bessagnet, S.Mailler, R.Pennel, G.Siour, Impact of lightning NOx emissions on atmospheric composition and meteorology in Africa and Europe, Atmospheres, 2020, 11, 1128; doi:10.3390/atmos11101128.
Misc |
- How to come to LMD?
- Scripts and programs (using GMT, latex, xmgrace, fortran...)
- GIT commands (locally used for CHIMERE management)
Model development |
- The
chemistry-transport model
- Last model version: v2020r3 (November 2021)
- Website: http://www.lmd.polytechnique.fr/chimere/
- Wikipedia CHIMERE page
- Emisurf: the anthropogenic emissions pre-processor (on the CHIMERE web page)
- Biomass burning: CAMS preprocessor emiCAMS.
Cumul of burnt area surface fraction during the year 2021 in western Europe using the CAMS fires data. - Backplumes: plot backtrajectories using WRF or CHIMERE models outputs.
Air quality Forecast using CHIMERE |
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Projects |
- Previous projects
DACCIWA Clouds-aerosols interactions in western Africa CHARMEX CAMS European forecast APPAD Analysis and previsibility of atmospheric aerosols dense plumes CHEDAR The Laki eruption modeling with WRF and CHIMERE ATOPICA Pollens modeling with CHIMERE SALUTAIR Assessment strategies against long-range transport air pollution in the context of climate change OPTEMI Urban atmospheric pollution inverse modeling - PAPILA: Prediction of Air Pollution in Latin America and the Carribean
Divers (in french) |
- Le cluster CHIMERE et les baies de stockage.
- Petit guide pour préparer un dossier de concours CR au CNRS
- Liens divers
- Latex: quelques commandes utiles
- Articles et presentations en francais
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