Benedicte Dousset, Ph.D.Urban climatology and remote sensing |
 With Io and Mael, Ile du Loch, 2001 |
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 1992
M.A., E.N.S.B.A, Paris, 1980
Research interests
Urban climatology and its relationship to land uses.
Land surface energy balance; remote sensing of the surface energy fluxes, using visible and infrared radiometers, and microwave radars.
Publications
Dousset, B., F. Gourmelon, and E. Mauri, "Application of satellite Remote Sensing for Urban Risk Analysis: a case study of the 2003 extreme heat wave in Paris", in "Proceedings of the 2007 Urban Remote Sensing Joint Event", I.E.E.E., Paris (2007)
P. G. Mestayer, P. Durand, P. Augustin, S. Bastin, J.-M. Bonnefond, B. Benech, B. Campistron, A. Coppalle, H. Delbarre, B. Dousset, P. Drobinski, A. Druilhet, E. Frejafon, C. S. B. Grimmond, D. Groleau, M. Irvine, C. Kergomard, S. Kermadi, J.-P. Lagouarde, A. Lemonsu, F. Lohou, N. Long, V. Masson, C. Moppert, J. Noilhan, B. Offerle, T. R. Oke, G. Pigeon, V. Puygrenier, S. Roberts, J.-M. Rosant, F. Said, J. Salmond, M. Talbaut, J. Voogt, "The urban boundary-layer field campaign in marseille (ubl/clu-escompte): set-up and first results", Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 114 (2), pp. 315-365 (2005).
Dousset, B., and F. Gourmelon, "Satellite multi-sensor data analysis of urban surface temperatures and landcover", J. Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol .58, pp. 43-54 (2003).
Dousset, B., and S. Kermadi, "Satellites observation over the Marseille-Berre Area, during the UBL/CLU ESCOMPTE experiment", in Proceedings of the 5th Int. Conference on Urban Climate, Lodz (2003).
Dousset, B., and F. Gourmelon, "Surface temperatures of the Paris basin during summertime, using satellite remote sensing data", in Proceedings of the 5th Int. Conference on Urban Climate, Lodz (2003).
Chavanne, C., P. Flament, R. Lumpkin, B. Dousset, and Bentamy, "Scatterometer observations of wind variations induced by oceanic islands: implications for wind-driven ocean circulation," Can. J. Remote Sensing, vo 28, pp. 466-474 (2002).
Dousset, B., and F. Gourmelon, "Remote sensing applications to the analysis of urban microclimates", in: Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas, I.E.E.E./ISPRS Joint Workshop, Rome, pp. 168-172 (2001).
Dousset, B., "Interpretation of ERS-SAR images over urban surfaces", in Proceedings of the Third ERS symposium, European Space Agency (1997).
Dousset, B., "Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging of urban surfaces: a case study", in Proceedings of IGARSS-95, pp. 2092-2096, I.E.E.E. (1995).
Dousset, B., P. Flament, and R. Bernstein, "Los Angeles fires seen from space", EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, vol. 74, no. 3 (1993).
Dousset, B., "Surface temperature statistics over Los Angeles: the influence of land use", in Proceedings of IGARSS-91, pp. 367-371, I.E.E.E. (1991).
Dousset, B., "AVHRR-derived cloudiness and surface temperature patterns over the Los Angeles area and their relationship to land use", in Proceedings of IGARSS-89, pp. 2132-2137, I.E.E.E. (1989).