Pierre Rampal

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Research Leader
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+33 (0)6 63 07 70 61 | +47 450 66 182

Academic Degree:

Doctor in Glaciology, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, 2008
Pierre Rampal Portrait

Research interests

My research focuses on sea ice physics, variability and forecast. I also look at the interactions between sea ice and the other components of the climate system, with a particular interest on the Arctic region. I have expertise in both sea ice modelling and observations statistical analysis, as well as some experience in data assimilation.

I initiated and currently lead the development of the next generation sea ice model neXtSIM. In parallel, I have been working on issues related to sea ice drift, freeboard, thickness and lead fraction satellite retrievals. Before, I have been working on the multi-scale characterization of sea ice and earth crust dynamics and on the modelling of sea ice age and types in the MITgcm coupled ice-ocean model. 

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Project leader of the following projects

  1. FRASIL: FRActal properties of Sea Ice Leads and their impact on the Arctic physical and biological environments
  2. SIA: ESA-CCI Sea Ice age
  3. KARA3: neXtSIM-F, a new sea-ice forecasting platform for the Barents and Kara Seas
  4. neXtWIM: Waves in a next-generation sea ice model
  5. KARA2: Towards a next generation sea ice forecasting platform covering the Barents and Kara Seas
  6. SIMECH: Sea Ice Mechanics, from satellites to numerical models
  7. JIP-ART Oil-in-Ice: Sea ice model developments in view of oil spill forecasting
  8. KARA: Dynamics of the pack ice in the Kara Sea: forecasting dangerous navigation conditions

NERSC Principal Investigator of the following projects

  1. LEGACY: Nansen LEGACY
  2. CORESAT: Combined remote and in situ study of sea ice thickness and motion in the Fram Strait

Publications

My Publications in CRIStin

Peer Review Publications and Books

20 total publications.

2019

  1. Ardhuin F, Brandt P, Gaultier L, Donlon CJ, Battaglia A, Boy F, et al. SKIM, a Candidate Satellite Mission Exploring Global Ocean Currents and Waves. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2019;6(209).

2018

  1. Ardhuin F, Aksenov Y, Benetazzo A, Bertino L, Brandt P, Caubet E, et al. Measuring currents, ice drift, and waves from space: the Sea Surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) concept. Ocean Science. 2018;14(3).
  2. Korosov A, Rampal P, Pedersen LT, Saldo R, Ye Y, Heygster G, et al. A new tracking algorithm for sea ice age distribution estimation. The Cryosphere. 2018;12(6).
  3. Rabatel M, Rampal P, Carrassi A, Bertino L, Jones CKRT. Impact of rheology on probabilistic forecasts of sea ice trajectories: Application for search and rescue operations in the Arctic. The Cryosphere. 2018;12(3).

2017

  1. Williams T, Rampal P, Bouillon S. Wave-ice interactions in the neXtSIM sea-ice model. The Cryosphere. 2017;11(5).
  2. Lemieux J-F, Bouillon S, Dupont F, Flato G, Losch M, Rampal P, et al. Sea Ice Physics and Modelling. 2017.
  3. Korosov A, Rampal P. A Combination of Feature Tracking and Pattern Matching with Optimal Parametrization for Sea Ice Drift Retrieval from SAR Data. Remote Sensing. 2017;9(3).
  4. Samake A, Rampal P, Bouillon S, Olason E. Parallel implementation of a Lagrangian-based model on an adaptive mesh in C++: Application to sea-ice. Journal of Computational Physics. 2017;350.

2016

  1. Ivanova N, Rampal P, Bouillon S. Error assessment of satellite-derived lead fraction in the Arctic. The Cryosphere. 2016;10(2).
  2. Rampal P, Bouillon S, Bergh JE, Olason E. Arctic sea-ice diffusion from observed and simulated Lagrangian trajectories. The Cryosphere. 2016;10(4).
  3. Rampal P, Bouillon S, Olason E, Morlighem M. neXtSIM: a new Lagrangian sea ice model. The Cryosphere. 2016;10(3).
  4. Khvorostovsky K, Rampal P. On retrieving sea ice freeboard from ICESat laser altimeter. The Cryosphere. 2016;10(5).

2015

  1. Bouillon S, Rampal P. On producing sea ice deformation data sets from SAR-derived sea ice motion. The Cryosphere. 2015;9(2).
  2. Bouillon S, Rampal P. Presentation of the dynamical core of neXtSIM, a new sea ice model. Ocean Modelling. 2015;91.

2014

  1. Zygmuntowska M, Rampal P, Ivanova N, Smedsrud LH. Uncertainties in Arctic sea ice thickness and volume: new estimates and implications for trends. The Cryosphere. 2014;8(2).

2011

  1. Rampal P, Weiss J, Dubois C, Campin J-M. IPCC climate models do not capture Arctic sea ice drift acceleration: Consequences in terms of projected sea ice thinning and decline. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans [Internet]. 2011;116. Available from: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2011JC007110

2009

  1. Rampal P, Weiss J, Marsan D, Bourgoin M. Arctic sea ice velocity field: General circulation and turbulent-like fluctuations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans [Internet]. 2009;114(C10). Available from: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2008JC005227
  2. Weiss J, Marsan D, Rampal P. Space and time scaling laws induced by the multiscale fracturing of the Arctic sea ice cover. Dordrecht: 2009.
  3. Rampal P, Weiss J, Marsan D. Positive trend in the mean speed and deformation rate of Arctic sea ice, 1979–2007. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans [Internet]. 2009;114(C5). Available from: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2008JC005066

2008

  1. Rampal P, Weiss J, Marsan D, Lindsay R, Stern H. Scaling properties of sea ice deformation from buoy dispersion analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans [Internet]. 2008;113(C3). Available from: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2007JC004143
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