Erwan Monier

Dr. Erwan Monier

Research Scientist
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E19-439L
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA

Biography

I am a Research Scientist at the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and Center for Global Change Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Joint Program is an interdisciplinary organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that conducts research, analysis, and public communication on issues of global change with a concentration on climate and energy, the risks, and potential environmental and social consequences. My research focuses on investigating climate change and its impacts based on uncertainty in climate parameters (climate sensitivity, net aerosol forcing and ocean heat uptake rate) and emissions scenarios (business as usual versus implementation of policies to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions).

I obtained my PhD in Atmospheric Science at the University of California, Davis, in 2009 under the supervision of Professor Bryan C. Weare. I also obtained a Master's degree in Hydraulics and Fluid Dynamics Engineering with an emphasis on water sciences and environment in 2003 at the National Polytechnic Institute of Engineering in Electrotechnology, Electronic, Computer Science, Hydraulics & Telecommunications (INPT ENSEEIHT), a top-ranking French engineering school.

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Davis
M.Eng., National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, ENSEEIHT

Affiliations

Member American Geophysical Union
Member American Meteorological Society
Member European Geosciences Union

Publications

Sokolov, A.P. and E. Monier, 2011: Changing the Climate Sensitivity of an Atmospheric General Circulation Model through Cloud Radiative Adjustment, Journal of Climate, submitted.
Reilly, J., S. Paltsev, K. Strzepek, N.E. Selin, Y. Cai, K.M. Nam, E. Monier, S. Dutkiewicz, J. Scott, M. Webster and A. Sokolov, 2011: Valuing Climate Impacts in Integrated Assessment Models: The MIT IGSM, Climatic Change, submitted.
Monier, E. and B.C. Weare, 2011: Climatology and trends in the forcing of of the stratospheric zonal-mean flow, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 12751-12771, doi:10.5194/acp-11-12751-2011.
Monier, E. and B.C. Weare, 2011: Climatology and trends in the forcing of the stratospheric ozone transport, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 6311-6323, doi:10.5194/acp-11-6311-2011.
Monier, E., B.C. Weare and W.I. Gustafson, Jr, 2010: The Madden-Julian Oscillation Wind-Convection Coupling and the Role of Moisture Processes in the MM5 Model. Climate Dynamics 35(2-3):435-447, doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0626-4.