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Peer-reviewed
2024
43. Roberge, F., Di Luca, A., Laprise, R., Lucas-Picher, P., & Thériault, J., 2024: Spatial spin-up of precipitation in limited-area convection-permitting simulations over North America using the CRCM6/GEM5. 0 model. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(4), 1497-1510. doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-1497-2024 (Link)
2023
42. Michau, Y., Lemonsu, A., Lucas-Picher, P., & Caillaud, C., 2023: Evaluation of the Urban Heat Island of 12 cities of France in a high-resolution regional climate model simulation. Urban Climate, 47, 101386. doi: 10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101386 (Link)
41. Lucas-Picher, P., Brisson, E., Caillaud, C., Alias, A., Nabat, P., Lemonsu, A., ... & Somot, S., 2023: Evaluation of the convection-permitting regional climate model CNRM-AROME41t1 over northwestern Europe, Climate Dynamics, Online first. doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06637-y (Link)
40. Ricard, S., Lucas-Picher, P., Thiboult, A., & Anctil, F., 2023: Producing reliable hydrologic scenarios from raw climate model outputs without resorting to meteorological observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27, 2375–2395. doi: 10.5194/hess-27-2375-2023 (Link)
39. Lemonsu, A., Caillaud, C., Alias, A., Riette, S., Seity, Y., Le Roy, B., ... & Lucas-Picher, P., 2023: What added value of CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model compared to CNRM-ALADIN regional climate model for urban climate studies? Evaluation over Paris area (France). Climate Dynamics, 61(3), 1643-1661. doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06647-w (Link)
2022
38. Martel, J. L., Brissette, F., Troin, M., Arsenault, R., Chen, J., Su, T., & Lucas‐Picher, P., 2022: CMIP5 and CMIP6 model projection comparison for hydrological impacts over North America. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(15), e2022GL098364. doi: 10.1029/2022GL098364 (Link)
37. Sebok, E., et al., 2022: Use of expert elicitation to assign weights to climate and hydrological models in climate impact studies, Hydrology and Earth System Science, 26, 5605–5625, doi: 10.5194/hess-26-5605-2022 (Link)
2021
36. Lucas-Picher, P., D. Argüeso, E. Brisson, Y. Tramblay, P. Berg, A. Lemonsu, S. Kotlarski, and C. Caillaud, 2021: Convection-permitting modelling with regional climate models: Latest developments and further steps, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, 12(6), e731. doi: 10.1002/wcc.731 (Link)
35. Martel, J.-L., F.P. Brissette, M. Troin, P. Lucas-Picher, and R. Arsenault, 2021: Climate change and precipitation IDF (Intensity, Duration, Frequency) curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation, ASCE Journal of Hydrological Engineering, 26(10), 03121001. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002122 (Link)
34. Brisson, E., U. Blahak, P. Lucas-Picher, C. Purr, and B. Ahrens, 2021: Contrasting lightning projection using the lightning potential index adapted in a convection-permitting regional climate model, Climate Dynamics, 57, 2037-2051. doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05791-z (Link)
33. Tramblay, Y., A. Ribes, S. Somot, L. Neppel, P. Lucas-Picher, F. Vinet, and E. Sauquet, 2021: Impacts du changement climatique sur les pluies intenses et les crues en méditerannée, La Houille Blanche, 107(1), 1-5. doi: 10.1080/00186368.2021.1912971 (Link)
32. Lucas-Picher, P., S. Lachance-Cloutier, R. Arsenault, A. Poulin, S. Ricard, R. Turcotte, and F. Brissette, 2021: Will evolving climate conditions increase the risk of floods of the large U.S.-Canada transboundary Richelieu River basin?, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57, 32-56. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12891 (Link)
2020
31. Lucas-Picher, P., R. Arsenault, A. Poulin, S. Lachance-Cloutier, S. Ricard, and R. Turcotte, 2020: Application of a high‐resolution distributed hydrological model on a U.S.‐Canada transboundary basin: Simulation of the multiyear mean annual hydrograph and 2011 flood of the Richelieu River basin, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12, e2019MS001709. doi: 10.1029/2019MS001709 (Link)
2019
30. Glisan, J.M., R. Jones, C. Lennard, N.I. Castillo Pérez, P. Lucas-Picher, A. Rinke, S. Solman, and W.J. Gutowski, 2019: A metrics-based analysis of seasonal daily precipitation and near-surface temperature within seven Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment domains, Atmospheric Science Letters, doi: 10.1002/asl.897 (Link)
2018
29. Takhsha, M., O. Nikiéma, P. Lucas-Picher, R. Laprise, L. Hernández-Díaz, and K. Winger, 2018: Dynamical downscaling with the fifth-generation Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5) over the CORDEX Arctic domain: Effect of large-scale spectral nudging and of empirical correction of sea-surface temperature, Climate Dynamics, 51, 161–186. doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3912-6 (Link)
2017
28. Chen, J., F. Brissette, P. Lucas-Picher, and D. Caya, 2017: Impacts of weighting climate models for hydro-meteorological climate change studies, Journal of Hydrology, 549, 534–546. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.04.025 (Link)
27. Essou, G., F. Brissette, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2017: Impacts of combining reanalyses and weather station data on the accuracy of discharge modeling, Journal of Hydrology, 545, 120–131. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.021 (Link)
26. Essou, G., F. Brissette, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2017: The use of reanalyses and gridded observations as weather input data for a hydrological model: comparison of performances of simulated river flows based on the density of weather stations, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18, 497–513. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-16-0088.1 (Link)
25. Matte, D., R. Laprise, J.M. Thériault, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2017: Spatial spin‑up of fine scales in a regional climate model simulation driven by low‑resolution boundary conditions, Climate Dynamics, 49, 563–574. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3358-2. (Link)
24. Lucas-Picher, P., R. Laprise, and K. Winger, 2017: Evidence of added value in North American regional climate model simulations using ever-increasing horizontal resolutions, Climate Dynamics, 48, 2611–2633. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3227-z. (Link)
2016
23. Chen, J., B. Gauvin St-Denis, F. Brissette, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2016: Using natural variability as a baseline to evaluate the performance of bias correction methods in hydrological climate change impact studies, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, 2155–2174. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0099.1. (Link)
22. Essou, G., F. Sabarly, P. Lucas-Picher, F. Brissette, and A. Poulin, 2016: Can precipitation and temperature from meteorological reanalyses be used for hydrological modeling? Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, 1929–1950. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0138.1. (Link)
21. Sabarly, F., G. Essou, P. Lucas-Picher, A. Poulin, and F. Brissette, 2016: Use of four reanalysis datasets to assess the terrestrial branch of the water cycle over Quebec, Canada, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17, 1447–1466. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0093.1. (Link)
20. Chen, J., F. Brissette, P. Lucas-Picher, and D. Caya, 2016: Transferability of optimally-selected climate models in the quantification of climate change impacts on hydrology, Climate Dynamics, 47, pp. 3359–3372, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3030-x. (Link)
19. Lucas-Picher, P., J. Cattiaux, A. Bougie, and R. Laprise, 2016: How does large-scale nudging in a regional climate model contribute to improving the simulation of weather regimes and seasonal extremes over North America?, Climate Dynamics, 46, 929–948, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2623-0. (Link)
2015
18. Chen, J., F. P. Brissette, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2015: Assessing the limits of bias-correcting climate model outputs for climate change impact studies, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 1123–1136, doi:10.1002/2014JD022635. (Link)
17. Lucas-Picher, P., P. Riboust, S. Somot, and R. Laprise, 2015: Reconstruction of the spring 2011 Richelieu River flood by two regional climate models and a hydrological model. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16, 36–54, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0116.1 (Link)
2014
16. Tuinenburg, O.A., R.W.A. Hutjes, T. Stacke, A. Wiltshire, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2014: Effects of Irrigation in India on the Atmospheric Water Budget. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, 1028–1050, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-078.1. (Link)
15. Adalgeirsdottir, G., A. Aschwanden, C. Khroulev, F. Boberg, R. Mottram, P. Lucas-Picher, and J.H. Christensen, 2014: Role of model initialization for projections of 21st-century Greenland ice sheet mass loss. J. of Glaciology, 60, 782-794, doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J202. (Link)
2013
14. Kumar, P., A. Wiltshire, C. Mathison, S. Asharaf, B. Ahrens, P. Lucas-Picher, J.H. Christensen, A. Gobiet, F. Saeed, S. Hagemann, and D. Jacob, 2013: Downscaled climate change projections with uncertainty assessment over India using a high resolution multi-model approach. Science of the Total Environment, Volumes 468–469, Supplement, Pages S18–S30, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.051. (Link)
13. Lucas-Picher, P., F. Boberg, J. Christensen, and P. Berg, 2013: Dynamical downscaling with reinitializations: a method to generate fine-scale climate data sets suitable for impact studies. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, 1159–1174 , doi:10.1175/JHM-D-12-063.1. (Link)
12. Lucas-Picher, P., S. Somot, M. Déqué, B. Decharme, and A. Alias, 2013: Evaluation of the regional climate model ALADIN to simulate the climate over North America in the CORDEX framework. Climate Dynamics, 41, 1117-1137, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1613-8. (Link)
11. Simonsen, S., L. Stenseng, G. Adalgeirsdottir, R. Fausto, C. Hvidberg, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2013: Assessing a multi-layered dynamic firn-compaction model for Greenland with ASIRAS radar measurements. Journal of Glaciology, 59 (215), 545-558, doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J158. (Link)
2012
10. Laprise, R., D. Kornic, M. Rapaić, L. Separovic, M. Leduc, O. Nikiema, A. Di Luca, E. Diaconescu, A. Alexandru, P. Lucas-Picher, R. de Elía, D. Caya and S. Biner, 2012: Considerations of domain size and large-scale driving for nested regional climate models: impact on internal variability and ability at developing small-scale details. Climate Change, Part 4, 181-199, doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-0973-1_14. (Link)
9. Lucas-Picher, P., M. Wulff-Nielsen, J. H. Christensen, G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, R. Mottram, and S. B. Simonsen, 2012: Very high resolution regional climate model simulations over Greenland: Identifying added value. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D02108, doi:10.1029/2011JD016267. (Link)
8. Rae, J.G.L, G. Adalgeirsdottir, T.L. Edwards, X. Fettweis, J.M. Gregory, H.H. Hewitt, J.A. Lowe, P. Lucas-Picher, R.H. Mottram, A.J. Payne, J.K. Ridley, S.R. Shannon, W.J. van de Berg, R.S.W. van de Wal, and M.R. van den Broeke, 2012: Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance: evaluating simulations and making projections with regional climate models. The Cryosphere, 6, 1275-1294, doi:10.5194/tc-6-1275-2012. (Link)
2011
7. Lucas-Picher, P., J.H. Christensen, F. Saeed, P. Kumar, S. Asharaf, B. Ahrens, A. Wiltshire, S. Hagemann, and D. Jacob, 2011: Can regional climate models represent the Indian monsoon? Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12, 849–868. doi: 10.1175/2011JHM1327.1 (Link)
6. Sørensen L.S., S.B. Simonsen, K. Nielsen, P. Lucas-Picher, G. Spada, G. Adalgeirsdottir, R. Forsberg, and C.S. Hvidberg, 2011: Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003–2008) from ICESat data – the impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density. The Cryosphere, 5, 173-186, doi:10.5194/tc-5-173-2011. (Link)
2008
5. Christensen, J. H., F. Boberg, O. B. Christensen, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2008: On the need for bias correction of regional climate change projections of temperature and precipitation. Geo. Res. Lett., 35, L20709, doi:10.1029/2008GL035694. (Link)
4. Laprise, R., R de Elía, D. Caya, S. Biner, P. Lucas-Picher, E. Diaconescu, M. Leduc, A. Alexandru, and L. Separovic, 2008: Challenging some tenets of Regional Climate Modelling. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 100, 3–22, doi: 10.1007/s00703-008-0292-9. (Link)
3. Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, S. Biner, and R. Laprise, 2008: Quantification of the lateral boundary forcing of a regional climate model using an ageing tracer. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 4980-4996, doi: 10.1175/2008MWR2448.1. (Link)
2. Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, R. de Elía, and R. Laprise, 2008: Investigation of regional climate models’ internal variability with a ten-member ensemble of ten years over a large domain. Climate Dynamics, 31, 927-940, doi: 10.1007/s00382-008-0384-8. (Link)
2003
1. Lucas-Picher, P., V.K. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2003: Implementation of a large-scale variable velocity flow routing algorithm in the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM). Atmosphère-Ocean, 41, 139-153, doi: 10.3137/ao.410203. (Link)
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M. Sc. and Ph. D. theses
Lucas-Picher, P., 2008: La caractérisation de la variabilité interne des modèles régionaux de climat. Ph.D. Thesis in Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, 129 p. (Link)
Lucas-Picher, P., 2003: Implémentation d’un schéma de routage de rivière dans le Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat. M.Sc. Thesis in Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, 71 p. (Link)
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Papers without peer review
Rae, J., G. Aðalgeirsdóttir, T. Edwards, X. Fettweis, J. Gregory, H. Hewitt, J. Lowe, P. Lucas-Picher, R. Mottram, T. Payne, J. Ridley, S. Shannon, W. Jan van de Berg, R. van de Wal and M. van den Broeke, 2011: Twenty-first century climate change in Greenland: A comparative analysis of three Regional Climate Models. Hadley Centre Technical Note 89, November 2011, 41 p. (Link)
MacKellar, N., J.H. Christensen, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2010: An introduction for researchers and decision makers, Climate Change and Development: Adapting by Reducing Vulnerability (CCDARE), Workshop on climate modelling and uncertainties, 10-14 May, 2010, Niamey, Niger, UNDP, UNEP Risø Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development (URC) and UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment (UDC), 24 p. (Link)
Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., M. Stendel, J.H. Christensen, J. Cappelen, F. Vejen, H.A. Kjær, R. Mottram, and P. Lucas-Picher, 2009: Assessment of the temperature, precipitation and snow in the RCM HIRHAM4 at 25 km resolution. Danish Climate Centre Report 09-08. (Link)
Berg, P., and P. Lucas-Picher, 2008: Implementation of spectral nudging in the HIRHAM5 Regional Climate Model. Danish Climate Centre Report 08-08. (Link)
Lucas-Picher, P., 2006: Revue des principales méthodes quantitatives d'analyse du climat. Rapport de synthèse environnementale pour le doctorat en Sciences de l’environnement, 46 p. (Link)
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2006: Relation between RCM’s internal variability and residency time of the atmospheric parcels into the limited area domain. Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, WMO/TD, edited by J. Côté, April 2006. (Link). Username: science, Password: science
Lucas-Picher, P., D. Caya, and S. Biner, 2004: RCM’s internal variability as function of domain size. Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, WMO/TD, edited by J. Côté, April 2004, 7.25-7.26. (Link). Username: science, Password: science
Lucas-Picher, P., V. Arora, D. Caya, and R. Laprise, 2002: Incorporating river routing in the Canadian Regional Climate Model. Research activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, edited by H. Ritchie, WMO/TD - No 1105, Report No. 32: 7.29-7.30. (Link). Username: science, Password: science