Philippe Lucas-Picher

Philippe Lucas-Picher

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Cheminement académique

2003-2007 - Ph.D. en sciences de l'environnement, Université du Québec à Montréal
Titre de la thèse: Caractérisation de la variabilité interne des modèles régionaux de climat

2000-2002 - M.Sc. en sciences de l'atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal
Titre du mémoire: Implémentation d'un schéma de routage dans le Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat

1997-2000 - B.Sc. en physique à l'Université du Québec à Montréal

Unités de recherche

  • Centre pour l'étude et la simulation du climat à l'échelle régionale (ESCER)

Projets de recherche et/ou de recherche-création en cours

Affiliations externes principales

Enseignement

Publications

Articles scientifiques
  • Martel, J.-L., Brissette, F., Troin, M., Arsenault, R., Chen, J., Su, T. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2022). CMIP5 and CMIP6 Model Projection Comparison for Hydrological Impacts over North America. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(15), article e2022GL098364. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098364.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Brisson, E., Caillaud, C., Alias, A., Nabat, P., Lemonsu, A., Poncet, N., Cortes Hernandez, V.E., Michau, Y., Doury, A., Monteiro, D. et Somot, S. (2022). Evaluation of the convection-permitting regional climate model CNRM-AROME41t1 over northwestern Europe. Climate Dynamics, Prépublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1393181/v1.
  • Michau, Y., Lemonsu, A., Lucas-Picher, P. et Caillaud, C. (2022). Evaluation of the urban heat island of 12 cities of France in a high-resolution regional climate model simulation. Urban climate.
  • Ricard, S., Lucas-Picher, P., Thiboult, A. et Anctil, F. (2022). Producing reliable hydrologic scenarios from raw climate model outputs without resorting to meteorological observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Prépublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-2022-264.
  • Lemonsu, A., Caillaud, C., Alias, A., Riette, S., Seity, Y., Le Roy, B., Michau, Y. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2022). What added value of CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model compared to CNRM-ALADIN regional climate model for urban climate studies ? Evaluation over Paris area (France). Climate Dynamics, Prépublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1638408/v1.
  • Martel, J.-L., Brissette, F.P., Troin, M., Lucas-Picher, P. et Arsenault, R. (2021). Climate change and rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation. Journal of Hydrological Engineering, 26(10). http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002122.
  • Brisson, E., Blahak, U., Lucas-Picher, P., Purr, C. et Ahrens, B. (2021). Contrasting lightning projection using the lightning potential index adapted in a convection-permitting regional climate model. Climate Dynamics, 57(7-8), 2037–2051. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05791-z.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Argüeso, D., Brisson, E., Tramblay, Y., Berg, P., Lemonsu, A., Kotlarski, S. et Caillaud, C. (2021). Convection-permitting modeling with regional climate models: Latest developments and next steps. WIREs Climate Change (Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Climate Change), 12(6), article e731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc.731.
  • Tramblay, Y., Ribes, A., Somot, S., Neppel, L., Lucas-Picher, P., Vinet, F. et Sauquet, E. (2021). Impacts du changement climatique sur les pluies intenses et les crues en méditerannée. La Houille Blanche, 107(1), 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00186368.2021.1912971.
  • Sebok, E., Henriksen, H.J., Pastén-Zapata, E., Berg, P., Thirel, G., Lemoine, A., Lira-Loarca, A., Photiadou, C., Pimentel, R., Royer-Gaspard, P., Kjellström, E., Christensen, J.H­., Vidal, J.-P., Lucas-Picher, P., Donat, M.G., Besio, G., Polo, M.J., Stisen, S., Caballero, Y.... Refsgaard, J.C. (2021). Use of expert elicitation to assign weights to climate and hydrological models in climate impact studies. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Prépublication. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-2021-597.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Lachance-Cloutier, S., Arsenault, R., Poulin, A., Ricard, S., Turcotte, R. et Brissette, F. (2021). Will evolving climate conditions increase the risk of floods of the large U.S.-Canada transboundary Richelieu River basin? JAWRA: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57(1), 32–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12891.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Arsenault, R., Poulin, A., Ricard, S., Lachance-Cloutier, S. et Turcotte, R. (2020). Application of a high‐resolution distributed hydrological model on a U.S.‐Canada transboundary basin: Simulation of the multiyear mean annual hydrograph and 2011 flood of the Richelieu River basin. JAMES: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(4), article e2019MS001709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001709.
  • Glisan, J.M., Jones, R., Lennard, C., Castillo Pérez, N.I., Lucas-Picher, P., Rinke, A., Solman, S. et Gutowski, W.J. (2019). A metrics-based analysis of seasonal daily precipitation and near-surface temperature within seven Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment domains. Atmospheric Science Letters, 20(5), article e897. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl.897.
  • Takhsha, M., Nikiéma, O., Lucas-Picher, P., Hernandez-Diaz, L. et Winger, K. (2018). Dynamical downscaling with the fifth-generation Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5) over the CORDEX Arctic domain: Effect of large-scale spectral nudging and of empirical correction of sea-surface temperature. Climate Dynamics, 51(1-2), 161–186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3912-6.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Laprise, R. et Winger, K. (2017). Evidence of added value in North American regional climate model hindcast simulations using ever-increasing horizontal resolutions. Climate Dynamics, 48(7-8), 2611–2633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3227-z.
  • Essou, G.R.C., Brissette, F. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2017). Impacts of combining reanalyses and weather station data on the accuracy of discharge modelling. Journal of Hydrology, (545), 120–131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.021.
  • Chen, J., Brissette, F., Lucas-Picher, P. et Caya, D. (2017). Impacts of weighting climate models for hydro-meteorological climate change studies. Journal of Hydrology, 549, 534–546. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.04.025.
  • Matte, D., Laprise, R., Thériault, J.M. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2017). Spatial spin-up of fine scales in a regional climate model simulation driven by low-resolution boundary conditions. Cimate Dynamics, 49(1-2), 563–574. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3358-2.
  • Essou, G.R.C., Brissette, F. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2017). The use of reanalyses and gridded observations as weather input data for a hydrological model: comparison of performances of simulated river flows based on the density of weather stations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, (18), 497–513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0088.1.
  • Essou, G.R.C., Sabarly, F., Lucas-Picher, P., Brissette, F. et Poulin, A. (2016). Can precipitation and temperature from meteorological reanalyses be used for hydrological modeling? Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17(7), 1929–1950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0138.1.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Cattiaux, J., Bougie, A. et Laprise, R. (2016). How does large-scale nudging in a regional climate model contribute to improving the simulation of weather regimes and seasonal extremes over North America? Climate Dynamics, 46(3-4), 929–948. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2623-0.
  • Chen, J., Brissette, F., Lucas-Picher, P. et Caya, D. (2016). Transferability of optimally selected climate models in the quantification of climate change impacts on hydrology. Climate Dynamics, 47(9-10), 3359–3372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3030-x.
  • Sabarly, F., Essou, G., Lucas-Picher, P., Poulin, A. et Brissette, F. (2016). Use of four reanalysis datasets to assess the terrestrial branch of the water cycle over Quebec, Canada. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17(5), 1447–1466. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0093.1.
  • Chen, J., Gauvin St-Denis, B., Brissette, F. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2016). Using natural variability as a baseline to evaluate the performance of bias correction methods in hydrological climate change impact studies. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17(8), 2155–2174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-15-0099.1.
  • Chen, J., Brissette, F.P. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2015). Assessing the limits of bias-correcting climate model outputs for climate change impact studies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(3), 1123–1136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022635.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Riboust, P., Somot, S. et Laprise, R. (2015). Reconstruction of the spring 2011 Richelieu River flood by two regional climate models and a hydrological model. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(1), 36–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0116.1.
  • Tuinenburg, O.A., Hutjes, R.W.A., Stacke, T., Wiltshire, A. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2014). Effects of Irrigation in India on the Atmospheric Water Budget. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15(3), 1028–1050. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-13-078.1.
  • Adalgeirsdottir, G., Aschwanden, A., Khroulev, C., Boberg, F., Mottram, R., Lucas-Picher, P. et Christensen, J.H. (2014). Role of model initialization for projections of 21st-century Greenland ice sheet mass loss. Journal of Glaciology, 60(222), 782–794. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J202.
  • Simonsen, S., Stenseng, L., Adalgeirsdottir, G., Fausto, R., Hvidberg, C. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2013). Assessing a multi-layered dynamic firn-compaction model for Greenland with ASIRAS radar measurements. Journal of Glaciology, 59(215), 545–558. http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J158.
  • Kumar, P., Wiltshire, A., Mathison, C., Asharaf, S., Ahrens, B., Lucas-Picher, P., Christensen, J.H., Gobiet, A., Saeed, F., Hagemann, S. et Jacob, D. (2013). Downscaled climate change projections with uncertainty assessment over India using a high resolution multi-model approach. Science of the Total Environment, 468–469(suppl. 1), S18–S30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.051.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Boberg, F., Christensen, J. et Berg, P. (2013). Dynamical downscaling with reinitializations: a method to generate finescale climate datasets suitable for impact studies. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14(4), 1159–1174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-12-063.1.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Somot, S., Déqué, M., Decharme, B. et Alias, A. (2013). Evaluation of the regional climate model ALADIN to simulate the climate over North America in the CORDEX framework. Climate Dynamics, 41(5-6), 1117–1137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-012-1613-8.
  • Rae, J.G.L., Adalgeirsdottir, G., Edwards, T.L., Fettweis, X., Gregory, J.M., Hewitt, H.H., Lowe, J.A., Lucas-Picher, P., Mottram, R.H., Payne, A.J., Ridley, J.K., Shannon, S.R., van de Berg, W.J., van de Wal, R.S.W. et van den Broeke, M.R. (2012). Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance: evaluating simulations and making projections with regional climate models. The Cryosphere, 6, 1275–1294. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1275-2012.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Wulff-Nielsen, M., Christensen, J.H., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Mottram, R. et Simonsen, S.B. (2012). Very high resolution regional climate model simulations over Greenland: Identifying added value. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, 117, article D02108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016267.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Christensen, J.H., Saeed, F., Kumar, P., Asharaf, S., Ahrens, B., Wiltshire, A., Hagemann, S. et Jacob, D. (2011). Can regional climate models represent the Indian monsoon? Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12(5), 849–868. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JHM1327.1.
  • Sørensen, L.S., Simonsen, B.S., Nielsen, K., Lucas-Picher, P., Spada, G., Adalgeirsdottir, G., Forsberg, R. et Hvidberg, C.S. (2011). Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003–2008) from ICESat data – the impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density. The Cryosphere, 5(1), 173–186. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-173-2011.
  • Laprise, R., de Elía, R., Caya, D., Biner, S., Lucas-Picher, P., Diaconescu, E., Leduc, M., Alexandru, A. et Separovic, L. (2008). Challenging some tenets of Regional Climate Modelling. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 100(1-4), 3–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00703-008-0292-9.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Caya, D., de Elia, R. et Laprise, R. (2008). Investigation of regional climate models' internal variability with a ten-member ensemble of ten years over a large domain. Climate Dynamics, 31(7), 927–940. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-008-0384-8.
  • Christensen, J.H., Boberg, F., Christensen, O.B. et Lucas-Picher, P. (2008). On the need for bias correction of regional climate change projections of temperature and precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(20), article L20709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035694.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Caya, D., Biner, S. et Laprise, R. (2008). Quantification of the Lateral Boundary Forcing of a Regional Climate Model Using an Aging Tracer. Monthly Weather Review, 136(12), 4980–4996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008MWR2448.1.
  • Lucas-Picher, P., Arora, V.K., Caya, D. et Laprise, R. (2003). Implementation of a large-scale variable velocity flow routing algorithm in the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM). Atmosphère-Océan, 41(2), 139–153. http://dx.doi.org/10.3137/ao.410203.
Chapitres de livre
  • Laprise, R., Kornic, D., Rapaic, M., Separovic, L., Leduc, M., Nikiema, O., Di Luca, A., Diaconescu, E., Alexandru, A., Lucas-Picher, P., de Elía, R., Caya, D. et Biner, S. (2012). Considerations of domain size and large-scale driving for nested regional climate models: impact on internal variability and ability at developing small-scale details. Dans A. Berger, F. Mesinger et D. Sijacki (dir.). Climate Change: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional Aspects (p. 181–199). Springer. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-7091-0973-1.pdf.