Florence Rabier | |
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 Rabier speaks at the World Meteorological Organization in 2019 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Alma mater | Université Pierre et Marie Curie École nationale de la météorologie Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Météo-France |
| Thesis | Assimilation variationnelle de donnees meteorologiques en presence d'instabilite barocline (1992) |
Florence Rabier (born 1971) is a French meteorologist who is Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. She works on numerical weather prediction. She was appointed a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2014.
Early life and education
Rabier joined Météo-France as an undergraduate engineer in meteorology from the École nationale de la météorologie.[1] After completing her undergraduate she joined the Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University, where she earned a master's degree in meteorology.[1] She moved to the University of Paris (Pierre and Marie Curie University) for her doctoral studies, where she researched variations in meteorological data in the presence of barlocline instabilities.[2] She became a senior scientist in 1998.
Research and career
Rabier held various positions at Météo-France, where she worked on numerical weather prediction. In 1997, she developed data assimilation methods to optimise the use of satellite observations in weather forecasting.[3] In particular, Rabier worked on four dimensional variation methods. She was appointed Head of the Observation Section of Météo-France in 2001.[4][5]
In 2003, Rabier was made Chief Engineer of Bridges and Roads.[6] She worked on the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), an instrument for European meteorological satellites. The IASI is an interferometer that permits the measurement of atmospheric and humidity profiles. IASI has been operating since 2007 and considerably improved operational meteorology.[7] During the International Polar Year (2007-2008) Rabier was part of a field campaign over Antarctica.[8]
Rabier moved to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in 2013, where she served as Director of Forecasts. In 2016 Rabier was appointed Director-General of ECMWF.[3] She uses supercomputers (the Cray-1) to better analyse and forecast the weather.
Rabier worked alongside Anne Grete Staume on the ADM-Aeolus mission, which launched in 2018.[9] She was appointed Chair of the European Space Agency Advisory Committee on Earth Observations in 2021.[10]
Awards and honours
- 2014 Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur[6]
- 2014 Académie de l'air et de l'espace Grand Prix de l'Academie[7]
Selected publications
- Florence., Rabier (1999). The ECMWF operational implementation of four dimensional variational assimilation Part I: experimental results with simplified physics. [European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts]. OCLC 60329137.
- Florence., Rabier (1997). The ECMWF implementation of three dimensional variational assimilation (3D-Var) : part II: structure functions. [European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts]. OCLC 60036222.
- Klinker, E.; Rabier, F.; Kelly, G.; Mahfouf, J.-F. (2000). "The ecmwf operational implementation of four-dimensional variational assimilation. III: Experimental results and diagnostics with operational configuration". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 126 (564): 1191–1215. Bibcode:2000QJRMS.126.1191K. doi:10.1002/qj.49712656417. ISSN 0035-9009. S2CID 121515305.
- Florence., Rabier (1994). Sensitivity of two-day forecast errors over the northern hemisphere to initial conditions. [European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts]. OCLC 59670065.
- Rabier, Florence (2005-10-01). "Overview of global data assimilation developments in numerical weather-prediction centres". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 131 (613): 3215–3233. Bibcode:2005QJRMS.131.3215R. doi:10.1256/qj.05.129. ISSN 0035-9009. S2CID 120330091.
References
- 1 2 "Florence Rabier". ORCID. 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ↑ Rabier, Florence (1992). ASSIMILATION VARIATIONNELLE DE DONNEES METEOROLOGIQUES EN PRESENCE D'INSTABILITE BAROCLINE (Thesis). S.l.: [s.n.] OCLC 490320856.
- 1 2 "FLORENCE RABIER APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ECMWF (European Centre for (...) - MeteoLux - Portail Météo Luxembourg". www.meteolux.lu. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ↑ "METEO FRANCE - Le site institutionnel de Météo-France". meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ↑ "L'Europe à la pointe de la prévision météo". Les Echos (in French). 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- 1 2 "Florence Rabier - Nominations au Journal officiel de la République française". jorfsearch.steinertriples.fr. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- 1 2 "Commission "Prix & Médailles" de l'Académie de l'Air et de l'Espace". www.academie-air-espace.com. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ↑ Rabier, Florence; Cohn, Steve; Cocquerez, Philippe; Hertzog, Albert; Avallone, Linnea; Deshler, Terry; Haase, Jennifer; Hock, Terry; Doerenbecher, Alexis; Wang, Junhong; Guidard, Vincent (2013-03-01). "The Concordiasi Field Experiment over Antarctica: First Results from Innovative Atmospheric Measurements". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 94 (3): ES17–ES20. Bibcode:2013BAMS...94S..17R. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00005.1.
- ↑ "Aeolus wows with first wind data". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
- ↑ "Copernicus: ECMWF signs agreement with the European Commission for next phase of climate and atmosphere monitoring services | Copernicus". atmosphere.copernicus.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-27.