Current research

My research is dedicated to the impact of wildfires on atmospheric chemistry: what chemical species emitted? what trends? what impact on atmospheric pollution? at what temporal and spatial scale? what chemical evolution during the transport?

Main tools:

  • satellite observations of fire activity, trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere,
  • regional chemistry transport modeling,
  • calculation of fire emissions: APIFLAME software,
  • simulations of observations based on model outputs: OPTSIM-aerosols.

Recent projects also include work on the impact of heatwaves and dry spells on atmospheric composition and surface air quality.

Recent projects

  • FIRESAT (PI, CNES, 2024-2026): Satellite observations of the contribution from biomass burning to atmospheric composition in the past decades.
  • AOS (co-I, CNES, 2024-2026): prepare the future NASA/CNES AOS mission using observing system simulation experiments.
  • ESCALAIR (co-I, ADEME AQACIA, 2022-2025): improve the modeling of long-range transport of wildfire plumes

Codes

  • APIFLAME software for the calculation of biomass burning emissions of trace gases and aerosols (Turquety et al., doi:10.5194/gmd-13-2981-2020).

    Contact me for more info and recent updates.

    User's guide: hal-05586687

PhD students

  • Yahya Mohandi, "Impact of intense wildfires on large scale atmospheric pollution : chemical evolution in transported plumes", ongoing.
  • Antoine Ehret, "Impact of long-range transport of wildfire plumes on regional pollution: constrained by satellite observations (IASI)", 2025.
  • Antoine Guion (co-supervised with Jan Polcher, LMD), "Droughts and heatwaves in the Western Mediterranean, impact on ozone pollution", 2023.
  • Marwa Majdi (co-supervised with Karine Sartelet, CEREA), "Impact of wildfires on air quality: influence of secondary organic aerosol formation and particle mixing", 2018.
  • Charles Hernandez (co-supervised with Philippe Drobinski, LMD), "Interactions between wildfires and meteorology in the Euro-Mediterranean zone", 2015.
  • Geraldine Rea (co-supervised with Laurent Menut, LMD), "Estimation of particulate pollution using satellite observations coupled with regional modelling (CHIMERE)", 2015.
  • Stavros Stromatas (co-supervised with Laurent Menut, LMD), "Quantifying the relative impact of local and distant sources on the pollution balance: coupled analysis of satellite observations (A-Train, METOP) and modelling (CHIMERE)", 2013.