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 MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. My research focuses on using global climate modeling to estimate future climate change associated with uncertainty in the climate response, emissions of greenhouse gas and aerosols and future land use change. For this work, I am using the MIT Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) framework and the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM).

I received my PhD in Atmospheric Science from the University of California, Davis, where I investigated observed trends in the forcing of the stratospheric dynamics and stratospheric ozone transport. I also received a Master's degree in Hydraulics and Fluid Dynamics Engineering with an emphasis on water sciences and environment from the National Polytechnic Institute of Engineering in Electrotechnology, Electronic, Computer Science, Hydraulics & Telecommunications (INPT ENSEEIHT), a top-ranking French engineering school.

Publications

J. Reilly, S. Paltsev, K. Strzepek, N.E. Selin, Y. Cai, K.M. Nam, E. Monier, S. Dutkiewicz, J. Scott, M. Webster and A. Sokolov, 2012: Valuing Climate Impacts in Integrated Assessment Models: The MIT IGSM, Climatic Change, in revision.
A.P. Sokolov and E. Monier, 2012: Changing the Climate Sensitivity of an Atmospheric General Circulation Model through Cloud Radiative Adjustment, Journal of Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00590.1.
E. Monier 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.
E. Monier 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.
E. Monier, 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.