Philippe Lucas-Picher

Peer reviewed publications
Lucas-Picher, P., F. Boberg, J. Christensen, and P. Berg, 2012: A poor man’s
regional reanalysis: An improved dynamically downscaled reanalysis suitable for
impact assessment studies, in preparation.
Lucas-Picher, P., M. Wulff-Nielsen, J. H. Christensen, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, R.
Mottram, and S. B. Simonsen, 2012: Very high resolution regional climate model
simulations over Greenland: Identifying added value, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D02108,
doi:10.1029/2011JD016267.
Sørensen L.S., S.B. Simonsen, K. Nielsen, P. Lucas-Picher, G. Spada, G.
Adalgeirsdottir, R. Forsberg, and C.S. Hvidberg, 2011: Mass balance of the Greenland
ice sheet – a study of ICESat data, surface density and firn compaction modelling,
The Cryosphere, 5, 173-186, doi:10.5194/tc-5-173-2011.
Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, F. Saeed, P. Kumar, S. Asharaf, B. Ahrens, A.
Wiltshire, S. Hagemann, and D. Jacob, 2011: Can regional climate models represent
the Indian monsoon, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12, 849–868.
doi: 10.1175/2011JHM1327.1
Laprise, R., D. Kornic, M. Rapaić, L. Separovic, M. Leduc, O. Nikiema, A. Di Luca,
E. Diaconescu, A. Alexandru, P. Lucas-Picher, R. de Elía, D. Caya, and S. Biner,
2011: Considerations of domain size and large-scale driving for nested Regional
Climate Models: Impact on internal variability and skill at developing small-scale
details. In: “Climate Change at the Eve of the Second Decade of the Century”,
Proceedings of the Milutin Milankovitch Anniversary Symposium, Belgrade, 22-25
September 2009, accepted for publication.
Christensen, J.H., F. Boberg, O.B. Christensen, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2008: On the
need for bias correction of regional climate change projections of temperature and
precipitation, Geo. Res. Lett., 35, L20709, doi:10.1029/2008GL035694.
Laprise, R., R de Elía, D. Caya, S. Biner, P. Lucas-Picher, E. Diaconescu, M. Leduc,
A. Alexandru, and L. Separovic, 2008: Challenging some tenets of Regional Climate
Modelling, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 100, 3–22, doi: 10.1007/s00703-008-0292-9
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, S. Biner, and R. Laprise, 2008: Quantification of the
lateral boundary forcing of a regional climate model using an aging tracer, Monthly
Weather Review, 136, 4980-4996, doi: 10.1175/2008MWR2448.1.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, R. de Elía, and R. Laprise, 2008: Investigation of regional
climate models’ internal variability with a ten-member ensemble of ten years over a
large domain, Clim. Dyn., 31, 927-940, doi: 10.1007/s00382-008-0384-8.
Lucas-Picher, P., V.K. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2003: Implementation of a
large-scale variable velocity flow routing algorithm in the Canadian Regional Climate
Model (CRCM), Atmosphère-Océan, 41, 139-153, doi: 10.3137/ao.410203.
Non peer reviewed publications
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2006: Relation between RCM’s internal
variability and residency time of the atmospheric parcels into the limited area domain.
Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, WMO/TD, edited by J.
Côté, April 2006.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2004: RCM’s internal variability as function
of domain size. Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling,
WMO/TD, edited by J. Côté, April 2004, 7.25-7.26.
Lucas-Picher, P., V. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2002: Incorporating river
routing in the Canadian Regional Climate Model. Research activities in Atmospheric
and Oceanic Modelling, edited by H. Ritchie, WMO/TD - No 1105, Report No. 32:
7.29-7.30.
Other publications
Rae J., G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, T. Edwards, X. Fettweis, J. Gregory, H. Hewitt, J. Lowe, P.
Lucas-Picher, R. Mottram, T. Payne, J. Ridley, S. Shannon, W. Jan van de Berg, R.
van de Wal and M. van den Broeke, 2011: Twenty-first century climate change
in Greenland: A comparative analysis of three Regional Climate Models, Hadley
Centre Technical Note 89, November 2011, 41 p.
MacKellar, N., J.H. Christensen, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2010: An introduction for
researchers and decision makers, Climate Change and Development: Adapting by
Reducing Vulnerability (CCDARE), Workshop on climate modelling and
uncertainties, 10-14 mai, 2010, Niamey, Niger, UNDP, UNEP Risø Centre on Energy,
Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) and UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and
Environment (UDC), 24 p.
Lucas-Picher, P., U.A. Borch, and J.H. Christensen, 2009: Wind frequency over 40
and 60 knots over the ocean surface around the world, Rapport pour Maersk.
Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., M. Stendel, J.H. Christensen, J. Cappelen, F. Vejen, H.A. Kjær,
R. Mottram, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2009: Assessment of the temperature, precipitation
and snow in the RCM HIRHAM4 at 25 km resolution, Danish Climate Centre Report
09-08.
Berg, P., and P. Lucas-Picher, 2008: Implementation of spectral nudging in the
HIRHAM5 Regional Climate Model, Danish Climate Centre Report 08-08.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2008: La caractérisation de la variabilité interne des modèles
régionaux de climat, Thèse de doctorat en sciences de l’environnement, Université du
Québec à Montréal, 129 p.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2006: Revue des principales méthodes quantitatives d'analyse du
climat, Rapport de synthèse environnementale pour le doctorat en sciences de
l’environnement, 46 p.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2003: Implémentation d’un schéma de routage de rivière dans le
Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat, Mémoire de maîtrise en sciences de
l’atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, 71 p.
Oral presentations
Lucas-Picher, P., 2012: Habileté du modèle régional du climat ALADIN à simuler le
climat au-dessus de l’Amérique du Nord dans le cadre du projet CORDEX, MétéoFrance, Toulouse, France, 11 January 2012.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2011: Analyse du climat simulé par le modèle régional danois du
climat dans le cadre de deux projets européens: WATCH et ICE2SEA, Institut
National de la Recherche Scientifique ETE, Québec, Québec, Canada, 15 December
2011.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2011: Analyse du climat simulé par le modèle régional danois du
climat dans le cadre de deux projets européens: WATCH et ICE2SEA, Université du
Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 12 December 2011.
Lucas-Picher, P.; F. Boberg; J. H. Christensen; and P. Berg, 2011: A poor man’s
regional reanalysis, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, USA, 5-10 December,
2011.
Lucas-Picher, P., M. Wulff, J.H. Christensen, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, R. Mottram, and S.
Simonsen, 2011: Validation and added value of regional climate model simulations
with HIRHAM5 over Greenland, Green Greenland kick-off meeting, Paris, France, 31
March – 1 April, 2011.
Lucas-Picher, P., F. Boberg, and J.H. Christensen, 2011: An alternative to spectral
nudging: A test case over the European CORDEX domain, International Conference
on the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment – CORDEX, Trieste,
Italy, 21 – 24 March, 2011.
Lucas-Picher, P., F. Boberg, and J.H. Christensen, 2010: Update about the poor
man’s regional reanalysis, WATCH General Assembly, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 31
October – 5 November, 2010.
Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, F. Saeed, P. Kumar, S. Hagemann, D. Jacob, S.
Asharaf, B. Ahrens, and A. Wiltshire, 2010: Can regional climate models represent
the Indian monsoon ?, WATCH General Assembly, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 31
October – 5 November, 2010.
Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, P. Kumar, F. Saeed, S. Asharaf, A. Wiltshire, B.
Ahrens, and S. Hagemann, 2010: Evaluation of the Indian monsoon generated by four
regional climate models during the period 1981-2000, 10th EMS Annual meeting, 8th
European Conference on Applied Climatology, Zurich, Switzerland, 13 - 17
September, 2010.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2010: Analyse du climat simulé par le modèle régional danois du
climat (HIRHAM), Montréal, Québec, Canada, 22 June, 2010.
Oral presentations
Lucas-Picher, P., 2010: Investigation of RCMs’ internal variability with a tenmember ensemble of ten-year simulations over a large domain, Asian Pacific Network
workshop on building Asian climate change scenarios by multi-regional climate
models ensemble, Tsukuba, Japan, 28-29 January, 2010.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2009: Investigation of RCMs' internal variability with a tenmember ensemble of ten-year simulations over a large domain, Hamburg, Germany, 3
September, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, M. Stendel, and R. Mottram,
2009: Very high-resolution regional climate modelling over Greenland, The Arctic
Freshwater Budget International symposium, Nuuk, Greenland, 25-27 August, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, and M. Stendel, 2009: Very
high-resolution regional climate modelling over Greenland, IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS
Joint Assembly, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 19-29 July, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2009: Investigation of RCMs' internal variability with a tenmember ensemble of ten-year simulations over a large domain, Zurich, Switzerland, 3
June, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2009: Caractérisation de la variabilité interne des modèles
régionaux de climat, Toulouse, France, 19 February, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., and J.H. Christensen, 2008: Regional Climate Modelling in
Climate Change Projections: The EU-ENSEMBLES Approach, AMMA/ENSEMBLES
workshop, Niamey, Niger, 26-30 May, 2008.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2008: Caractérisation de la variabilité interne des modèles
régionaux de climat, Défense de thèse en sciences de l’environnement, Université du
Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 9 May, 2008.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2007: Overview of my research in regional climate modelling,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 11 September, 2007.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, R. Laprise, and S. Biner, 2007: Investigating RCM's
internal variability using an ageing tracer, 41th Meeting of the Canadian
Meteorological Society, St. Johns, Terre-Neuve, Canada, 29 May - 1er June, 2007.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, R. Laprise, and S. Biner, 2006: Investigating RCM's
internal variability using an ageing tracer, Third ICTP Workshop on the Theory and
Use of Regional Climate Models, Trieste, Italy, 29 May – 9 June, 2006.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, R. Laprise, and S. Biner, 2006: Investigating RCM's
internal variability using an ageing tracer, Canadian Climate Variability Network
Workshop, Victoria, Colombie-Britannique, Canada, 27-29 March, 2006.
Oral presentations
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2006: Corrélation entre la variabilité interne
d’un MRC et le temps de résidence de l'écoulement atmosphérique dans le domaine
d’intégration, Atelier de modélisation de l’atmosphère, Toulouse, France, 18-20
January, 2006.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2005: Influence of domain size on RCM's
internal variability, Canadian Climate Variability Network Workshop, McGill,
Montréal, Québec, Canada, 21-22 February, 2005.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2004: Influence of domain size on RCM's
internal variability, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, USA, 13-17 December, 2004.
Lucas-Picher, P., V.K. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2004: Implémentation d’un
schéma de routage de rivière dans le Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat, 72e
congrès de l’association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS), Montréal, Québec,
Canada, 10-14 May, 2004.
Lucas-Picher, P., 2002: Implémentation du routage des rivières dans le Modèle
régional Canadien du Climat (MRCC), Québec, Québec, Canada, 16 October, 2002.
Posters
Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, M. Stendel, and G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, 2009: Very
high-resolution regional climate simulations over Greenland with the HIRHAM
model, 2nd Lund Regional-scale Climate Modelling Workshop: 21st Century
Challenges in Regional-scale Climate Modelling, Lund, Sweden, 4-8 May, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, R. de Elía, S. Biner, and R. Laprise, 2009: Investigation
of regional climate models’ internal variability with a ten-member ensemble of tenyear simulations over a large domain, 2nd Lund Regional-scale Climate Modelling
Workshop: 21st Century Challenges in Regional-scale Climate Modelling, Lund,
Sweden, 4-8 May, 2009.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, S. Biner, and R. de Elía, 2006: Sensibilité de la variabilité
interne des modèles régionaux de climat à la dimension du domaine, Symposium
Ouranos, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2-3 November, 2006.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2004: La variabilité interne des modèles
régionaux en fonction de la dimension du domaine et du pilotage spectral, Symposium
Ouranos, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 9-10 June, 2004.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2004: RCM’s internal variability as function
of domain size and large scale nudging, 1st Lund Regional-scale Climate Modelling
Workshop, Lund, Sweden, 29 March – 2 April, 2004.
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2003: Sensitivity of RCMs’ internal
variability to domain size and large scale nudging, 37th Meeting of the Canadian
Meteorological Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2-5 June, 2003.
Posters
Lucas-Picher, P., V.K. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2002: Implementation of a
large-scale flow routing scheme in the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM),
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 6-10
December, 2002.
Lucas-Picher, P., V.K. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2002: Implementation of
river routing in the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM), 36th Meeting of the
Canadian Meteorological Society, Rimouski, Québec, Canada, 22-25 May, 2002.