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Diana BOU KARAM

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CV and Diplomas :

2008 – PhD in Environmental Sciences, specialty: Atmospheric Sciences, University Pierre & Marie Curie-Paris VI, LATMOS/IPSL/CNRS, Paris, France. Mention: very honourable.

2005 – Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences, University Paris VII, Paris, France.

PhD Defense presentation
PhD Thesis Manuscript

Peer re-viewed journal publications:

2010

Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, J. Cuesta, J. Pelon, E. Williams (2010): Dust emission and transport associated with a Saharan depression: The February 2007 case , J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JD012390.

Bou Karam D., E. Williams, M. McGraw-Herdeg, M. Janiga, J. Cuesta, A. Auby, C. Flamant and C. Thorncroft (2010): Dusty gust fronts at synoptic scale, initiated and maintained by moist convection over the Sahara desert, in preparation.

2009

Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, P. Tulet, M. C. Todd, J. Pelon and E. Williams (2009a): Dry cyclogenesis and dust mobilization in the Inter Tropical Discontinuity of the West African Monsoon: a case study , J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05115, doi:10.1029/2008JD010952.

Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, P. Tulet, J-P. Chaboureau, A. Dabas, M. C. Todd (2009b): Estimate of Sahelian dust emissions in the Intertropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon , J. Geophys. Res., 114, D13106, doi:10.1029/2008JD011444.

Pospichal B., D. Bou Karam, S. Crewell, C. Flamant A. Hünerbein, O. Bock, F. Saïd (2009): Diurnal cycle of the inter-tropical discontinuity over West Africa analysed by remote sensing and mesoscale modelling, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. DOI: 10.1002/qj. 435.

2008

Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, O. Reitebuch, J. Pelon, M. Chong, A. Dabas (2008): Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity region: a representative case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 134: 621–634.

Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, O. Reitebuch, M. Chong, A. Dabas, J. Pelon (2008): A newly identified mechanism for dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity, 24^th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), 23-27 June 2008, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Todd M.C., D. Bou Karam, C. Cavazos, C. Bouet, B. Heinold, G. Cautenet, P. Tulet, C. Perez, I. Tegen, and R. Washington (2008): Quantifying uncertainty in estimates of mineral dust flux: an inter-comparison of model performance over the Bodélé Depression, Northern Chad , J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24107, 2008, doi:10.1029/2008JD010476.

Pelon, J., M. Mallet, A. Mariscal, P. Goloub, D. Tanré, D. Bou Karam, C. Flamant, J. Haywood, B. Pospichal, S. Victori (2008): Characterisation of biomass burning aerosol from microlidar observations at Djougou (Benin) during AMMA-SOP0/DABEX, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00C18, doi:10.1029/2008JD009976.