| Rémy LAPERE |
| PhD candidate in Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France |
| Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique |
| [remy.lapere @ lmd.ipsl.fr] |
| [INTRO team] |
| Research interests and ongoing projects |
Air pollution in Chile
Investigation of the causes, consequences and variability of atmospheric composition in central Chile based on local measurements, satellite products, reanalysis and chemistry-transport modeling with WRF-CHIMERE, with a focus on:
Investigation of the causes, consequences and variability of atmospheric composition in central Chile based on local measurements, satellite products, reanalysis and chemistry-transport modeling with WRF-CHIMERE, with a focus on:
- Extreme pollution episodes such as biomass burning and wintertime PM2.5 peak events
- Transport and deposition mechanisms of black carbon from urban basins up to the Andean cryosphere
- Contribution of long-range transport to observed surface concentrations in central Chile
- Interaction between mountain-valley circulation and pollutants dynamics in the Santiago basin
- Simulation of dust in the Atacama desert and its sensitivity to deposition schemes
Future trends in heat waves and biomass burning in Pantanal
Project aiming to assess the link between heatwaves and fire events in the Pantanal biome from a historical perspective, and identify the trends until the end of the 21st century based on SAM-CORDEX runs under RCP scenarios.
Pantanal is a unique biome, located between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is the largest wetland in the world and a haven for biodiversity. A historic drought led to a series of record-breaking biomass burning events in 2020. The objective of this project is to assess, through CORDEX future projections, whether such extreme fire events are likely to increase by the end of the century depending on the climate scenario, with major implications regarding biodiversity conservation.
Project aiming to assess the link between heatwaves and fire events in the Pantanal biome from a historical perspective, and identify the trends until the end of the 21st century based on SAM-CORDEX runs under RCP scenarios.
Pantanal is a unique biome, located between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. It is the largest wetland in the world and a haven for biodiversity. A historic drought led to a series of record-breaking biomass burning events in 2020. The objective of this project is to assess, through CORDEX future projections, whether such extreme fire events are likely to increase by the end of the century depending on the climate scenario, with major implications regarding biodiversity conservation.
| News |
September 2021
March 2021
Our study on the 2017 Chilean mega-fires, assessing their impact on atmospheric composition and meteorology in the region [Lapere et al., 2021], was selected to be the cover of the March 2021 issue of MDPI's journal Atmosphere.
February 2021
The YouTube channel Planeteando, based in Mexico and providing scientific outreach contents, posted a video on the link between football games, parrilladas (barbecues) and peak events of particulate matter pollution in Santiago, Chile, based on our results published [Lapere et al., 2020].
November 2020
The First Mediterranean Assessment Report entitled Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin - Current Situation and Risks for the Future has just been released. I am glad to have had the chance to contribute to the chapter on Energy Transition of this report which is of paramount importance.
May 2020
After the publication of [Lapere et al., 2020], Eos Science News by AGU dedicated an article on the topic, including an interview of myself. Nature also published a Research highlight relaying the findings from our study.
November 2019
The first conference on Climate Change and Energy Transition on the Mediterranean took place on November 21st and 22nd at Ecole Polytechnique. This was an incredibly inspiring moment, surrounded by worldwide experts. I am glad to have contributed to its organization and to have had the chance to be a moderator in several workshop sessions.
