MALLET Marc



Marc MALLET

CNRM (UMR 3589 CNRS & Météo-France)

GMGEC/MOSCA

Groupe de Modélisation de Grande Echelle et Climat

MOdélisation du Système Climatique régionAl

42, Av. G. Coriolis

31057 Toulouse Cedex 1, France

Tél. +33 (0) 5 61 07 93 73

courriel : marc [dot] mallet [at] meteo [dot] fr


 Research Interests

  • Role of aerosols on regional climate (West Africa & Mediterranean),
  • Aerosol-Monsoon Interactions,
  • Model evaluation/bias detection,

 Encadrements

a) Post-Doctorats

  • 2024 -.R. Lenoble (PEPR TRAACS),
  • 2021 -. T. Druge (ESM2025),
  • 2019 - 2020 T. Druge (CAMS43), H. Fréville (CNES)
  • 2019 - 2020 B. Foucart (H2020 CONSTRAIN),
  • 2014 - 2015 J. Nicolas et A. Shalaby (ANR ADRIMED),
  • 2011 - 2012 J.C Péré (CITIZEN),

b) Doctorats

  • 2023 -. H. Rougier (co-direction with B. Decharme, CNRM), Modélisation des feux de biomasse à l’échelle globale et analyse des impacts climatiques associés,
  • 2021 -. T. Vescovini (co-direction avec P. Nabat, CNRM), Impact radiatif et climatique des feux de biomasse extrême,
  • 2016 - 2019 T. Druge (co-direction avec P. Nabat, CNRM), Contribution des aérosols aux scénarios climatiques en Méditerranée pour le XXIème siècle,
  • 2013 - 2018 O. Astudillo (co-direction avec B. Dewitte, LEGOS), Rôle des interactions air-mer-continent sur la dynamique de la couche limite atmosphérique dans la région d’up- welling du Chili,
  • 2013 - 2016 M. Claeys (co-direction avec G. Roberts, CNRM), Modélisation des aérosols marins primaires et de leur impact radiatif direct sur le bassin Méditerranéen (ChArMEx),
  • 2011 - 2014 P. Nabat (co-direction avec S. Somot, CNRM), Interactions aérosols-rayonnement-nuages et variabilité climatique en Méditerranée : approche par la modélisation régionale couplée,
  • 2008 - 2011 F. Malavelle (co-direction avec V. Pont, LA), Impact radiatif direct et semi-direct du mélange d’aérosols en Afrique de l’Ouest,
  • 2007 - 2010 J-C. Péré (co-direction avec V. Pont, LA), Simulation de l’impact climatique des aérosols en Europe,

 Recent Publications (2020-.)


In Prep. or In Revision

 M. Mallet, P. Nabat, S. Borton, F. Solmon, A. Dobracki, B. Johnson, H.Wu, P. Zuidema, J. Haywood and J. Redeman, How do CMIP6 models represent the vertical structure and chemical properties of biomass-burning aerosols (BBA) emitted over the Central Africa ?, submitted in GRL, 2025.

 Salignat, R., S. Banson, S. Berthet, L. Aurelia, J. Uitz, M. Mallet, R. Seferian, M. Rocco, A. Colomb, E. Dunne, C.S. Law, K. Sellegri1, C. Rose, Sensitivity study of oceanic DMS concentrations on simulated atmospheric DMS in WRF-Chem over the Southern Ocean, in revision in JGR-Atmosphere, 2025.

 Drugé, T., P. Nabat, M. Michou and M. Mallet, Radiative and climatic impacts of coarse aerosols scattering in the long-wave spectrum, in revision in APCD, 2025.



Published

[102] M. Ventura, F. Waquet, I. Chiapello, G. Brogniez, F. Parol, F. Auriol, R. Loisil, C. Delegove, L. Blarel, O. Dubovik, M. Mallet, C. Flamant and P. Formenti, Synergy of active and passive airborne observations for heating rates calculation during the AEROCLO-SA field campaign in Namibia , accepted in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2025.
— 2024—

Mallet M., A. Voldoire, F. Solmon, P. Nabat, T. Drugé and R. Roehrig, Impact of Biomass Burning Aerosols (BBA) on the tropical African climate in an ocean-atmosphere-aerosols coupled climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 12509–12535, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12509-2024, 2024.

Vescovini, T., P. Nabat, M. Mallet and F. Solmon, Aerosol direct radiative effects from extreme fire events in Australia, California and Siberia occurring in 2019-2020, accepted for publication in Journal of Geophys. Atmosphere, 2024.

Nabat, P., S. Somot, L. Corre, E. Katragkou, S. Li, M. Mallet, E. van Meijgaard, V. Pavlidis, J.-P. Pietikainen, S. Soerland and F. Solmon, Assessing the role of anthropogenic aerosols in GCM-RCM conflicting messages for European Summertime climate change, accepted for publication in Geophys. Res. Letters, 2024.

G. Chesnoiu, I. Chiapello, N. Ferlay, P. Nabat, M. Mallet, V. Riffault, and J. de Brito, Recent variability and future evolution of surface solar radiation over Northern France and Benelux : a regional climate model approach, accepted for publication in ACP, 2024.
— 2023—

Chang, I., L. Gao, C. J. Flynn, Y. Shinozuka, S.J. Doherty, M.S. Diamond, K. M. Longo, G.A. Ferrada, G.R. Carmichael, P. Castellanos, A.M. da Silva, P. E. Saide, C. Howes, Z. Xue, M. Mallet et al., On the differences in the vertical distribution of modeled aerosol optical depth over the southeast Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 4283–4309, 2023.
— 2022—

Drugé, T., P. Nabat, M. Mallet, M. Michou, S. Rémy, and O. Dubovik, Modeling radiative and climatic effects of brown carbon aerosols with the ARPEGE-Climat global climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 12167–12205, 2022.

Doherty, S., P. E. Saide, P. Zuidema, Y. Shinozuka, G.A. Ferrada, H. Gordon, M. Mallet, K. Meyer, D. Painemal, S.G. Howell, S. Freitag, A. Dobracki, J.R. Podolske, S. P. Burton, R. Ferrare, C. Howes, P. Nabat, G.R. Carmichael, A. da Silva, K. Pistone, I. Y. Chang, L. Gao, R. Wood and J. Redemann, Modeled and observed properties related to the direct aerosol radiative effect of biomass burning aerosol over the Southeast Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 1–46, 2022.

Cochrane, S.P., K. S. Schmidt, H. Chen, P. Pilewskie, S. Kittleman, J. Redemann, S. LeBlanc, K. Pistone, M.S. Rozenhaimer, M. Kacenelenbogen, Y. Shinozuka, C. Flynn, R. Ferrare, S. Burton, C. Hostetler, M. Mallet and P. Zuidema, Biomass burning aerosol heating rates from the ORACLES 2016 and 2017 experiments, Atmos. Meas. Techn., 15, 61–77, 2022.
— 2021—

Mallet, M., P. Nabat, B. Johnson, M. Michou, J. M. Haywood, C. Chen and O. Dubovik, Climate models generally underrepresent the warming by Central Africa biomass-burning aerosols over the Southeast Atlantic., Sci. Adv., 7, eabg9998, 2021.

Solmon, F., Elguindi, N., Mallet M., C. Flamant and P. Formenti, Modulation of West African Monsson Precipitation by Central and Southern African Biomass Aerosol Emissions, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4:54, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00210-w, 2021.

Redemann, J., R. Wood, P. Zuidema, S. J. Doherty, B. Luna, S.E. LeBlanc, M. S. Diamond, Y. Shinozuka, I. Y. Chang, R. Ueyama, L. Pfister, J. Ryoo, A.N. Dobracki, A.M. da Silva, K.M. Longo, M.S. Kacenelenbogen, C.J. Flynn, K. Pistone, N.M. Knox, S.J. Piketh, J.M. Haywood, P. Formenti, M. Mallet, et al., An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project : aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the Southeast Atlantic basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1507–1563, 2021.

Drugé, T., Nabat, P., Mallet, M., and Somot, S., Future evolution of aerosols and implications for climate change in the Euro-Mediterranean region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 7639-7669, 2021.

Chauvigné, A., F. Waquet, F. Auriol, L. Blarel, C. Delegove, O. Dubovik, C. Flamant, M. Gaetani, P. Goloub, R. Loisil, M. Mallet et al., Aerosol and cloud properties in the Namibian region during AEROCLO-sA field campaign : 3MI airborne simulator and sun-photometer measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 8233-8253, 2021.

Jouanno, J., Benshila, R., Berline, L., Soulié, A., Radenac, M.-H., Morvan, G., Diaz, F., Sheinbaum, J., Chevalier, C., Thibaut, T., Changeux, T., Menard, F., Berthet, S., Aumont, O., Ethé, C., Nabat, P., and Mallet, M., A NEMO-based model of Sargassum distribution in the Tropical Atlantic : description of the model and sensitivity analysis (NEMO-Sarg1.0), Geosci. Model Dev., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2020-383, 14, 4069–4086, 2021.
— 2020—

Mallet, M., F. Solmon, P. Nabat, N. Elguindi, F. Waquet, D. Bouniol, A.M. Sayer, K. Meyer, R. Roehrig, M. Michou, P. Zuidema , C. Flamant, J. Redemann and Formenti, P., Direct and semi-direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols over the Southeast Atlantic (SEA) and its sensitivity to absorbing properties : a regional climate modeling study., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 13191–13216, 2020.

Denjean, C., J. Brito, Q. Libois, M. Mallet, T. Bourrianne, F. Burnet, A. Colomb, R. Dupuy, C. Flamant, P. Knippertz and A. Schwarzenboeck, Unexpected strong absorption of biomass burning aerosol explained by black carbon mixing state, Geophys. Res. Letters, 47, e2020GL089055, 2020a.

Denjean, C., Bourrianne, T., Burnet, F., Mallet, M., Maury, N., Colomb, A., Dominutti, P., Brito, J., Dupuy, R., Sellegri, K., Schwarzenboeck, A., Flamant, C., and Knippertz, P., Light absorption properties of aerosols over Southern West Africa, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4735–4756, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4735-2020, 2020b.

Shinozuka, Y., Saide, P. E., Ferrada, G. A., Burton, S. P., Ferrare, R., Doherty, S. J., Gordon, H., Longo, K., Mallet, M., Feng, Y., Wang, Q., Cheng, Y., Dobracki, A., Freitag, S., Howell, S. G., LeBlanc, S., Flynn, C., Segal-Rosenhaimer, M., Pistone, K., Podolske, J. R., Stith, E. J., Bennett, J. R., Carmichael, G. R., da Silva, A., Govindaraju, R., Leung, R., Zhang, Y., Pfister, L., Ryoo, J.-M., Redemann, J., Wood, R., and Zuidema, P., Modeling the smoky troposphere of the southeast Atlantic : a comparison to ORACLES airborne observations from September of 2016, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 11491-11526, 2020.

Nabat, P., Somot, S., Cassou, C., Mallet, M., Michou, M., Bouniol, D., Decharme, B., Drugé, T., Roehrig, R., and Saint-Martin, D., Modulation of radiative aerosols effects by atmospheric circulation over the Euro-Mediterranean region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 8315-8349, 2020.

Fréville, H., M. Chami, M. Mallet, Analysis of the transport of aerosols over the North Tropical Atlantic Ocean using time series of POLDER/PARASOL satellite data, Remote Sensing, 12, 757, doi:10.3390/rs12050757, 2020.

Gutierrez, C., S. Somot, P. Nabat, M. Mallet, L. Corre, et al., Future evolution of surface solar radiation and photovoltaic potential in Europe : investigating the role of aerosols, Environ. Res. Lett., 15, 034035, 2020.

M. Michou, P. Nabat, D. Saint-Martin, J. Bock, B. Decharme, M. Mallet, R. Roehrig, R. Séférian, S. Sénési and Voldoire, A., Present-day and historical aerosol and ozone characteristics in CNRM CMIP6 simulations, James, 12, e2019MS001816, 2020.

Guieu, C., F. Dortenzio, F. Dulac, V. Taillandier, A. Doglioli, A. Petrenko, S. Barrillon, M. Mallet, P. Nabat and K. Desboeufs, Process studies at the air-sea interface after atmospheric deposition in the Mediterranean Sea : objectives and strategy of the PEACETIME oceanographic campaign (May-June 2017), , Biogeosciences, 17, 5563–5585, 2020.


Liste complète des publications ()


 Ouvrages de Livre / Vulgarisation

Mallet, M., et al., Mediterranean Aerosol Optical Properties. In F. Dulac, S. Sauvage, & E. Hamonou (Eds.), Atmospheric chemistry in the Mediterranean – Vol. 2, from air pollutant sources to impacts. Springer, 2022.

Mallet, M., et al., Aerosol and Tropospheric Ozone Direct Radiative Impacts. In F. Dulac, S. Sauvage, & E. Hamonou (Eds.), Atmospheric chemistry in the Mediterranean – Vol. 2, from air pollutant sources to impacts. Springer, 2022.

Dulac, F., et al., Summary of Recent Progress and Recommendations for Future Research Regarding Air Pollution Sources, Processes, and Impacts in the Mediterranean Region. In F. Dulac, S. Sauvage, & E. Hamonou (Eds.), Atmospheric chemistry in the Mediterranean – Vol. 2, from air pollutant sources to impacts. Springer, 2022.

Nabat, P., Kanji, Z., Mallet, M., Denjean, C. and F. Solmon, Aerosol-cloud interactions and impact on the regional climate. In F. Dulac, S. Sauvage, & E. Hamonou (Eds.), Atmospheric chemistry in the Mediterranean – Vol. 2, from air pollutant sources to impacts. Springer, 2022.

Article vulgarisation MISTRALS : Impact de l’aérosol sur le bilan radiatif et le climat Méditerranéen : https://www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/impact-de-laerosol-sur-le-bilan-radiatif-et-le-climat-mediterraneen.

Brève INSU : https://www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/transport-des-aerosols-de-feux-de-biomasse-sur-latlantique-sud-est-des-effets-radiatifs

Brève INSU : https://www.insu.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/limpact-radiatif-et-climatique-des-aerosols-de-feux-de-biomasse-en-afrique-tropicale

Menut, L., J.L Attie, M. Beekmann, B. Bessagnet, C. Clerbaux, J. Cuesta, G. Dufour, G. Forêt, L.ElAmraoui, M. Mallet, F. Meleux, P. Ricaud, D. Tanre, S.Turquety, Apport de l’observation satellite à l’analyse et à la prévision de la qualité de l’air, La Météorologie, 2017.

Nabat, P., Somot, S., Mallet, M., Les aérosols, composants essentiels du système climatique régional : illustrations pour le climat méditerranéen (prix Prud’homme 2015) La Météorologie, 94, août 2016, 19-26, 2016.

Nabat, P., Kiki, S. Somot, M. Mallet, M. Michou, Impact of Aerosols in Regional Climate Projections Over the Mediterranean Area, 73-78 Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXIV, Springer, 2016.

Basart, S., F. Dulac, J. M. Baldasano, P. Nabat, M. Mallet, F. Solmon et al., Extensive Comparison Between a Set of European Dust Regional Models and Observations in the Western Mediterranean for the Summer 2012 Pre-ChArMEx/TRAQA Campaign, 79-83 Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXIV, Springer, 2016.

Nabat, P., S. Somot, M. Mallet, F. Sevault, M. Michou, Aerosol Variability and Weather Regimes over the Mediterranean Region, 91-95 Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXIV, Springer, 2016.

Mallet, M., et al., Interactions aérosols-rayonnement-climat en région méditerranéenne : Impact de l’effet radiatif direct sur le cycle de l’eau, La Météorologie, 91, 2015.


 Conferences/Presentations

2023
 "Impact of BBA on the radiative budget, cloud properties and climate over the tropical Africa.", Workshop Lille 2023 meeting, Lille (invited speaker).

2022
 "Climate models underrepresent SE-Atlantic ‘warming’ from Central Africa biomass-burning", AEROCOM meeting, Oslo.
 "Air Quality in the Mediterranean", LA MÉDITÉRRANÉE DEMAIN meeting, La Seyne sur Mer

2021
 "The AEROCLIM project", Aerosol-cloud interactions" workshop, Lille.

2020
 "The semi-direct effect as a function of SSA in ALADIN-Climate & AEROCLO-sA modeling activites update", virtual CLARIFY/ORACLES/AEROCLO-SA/LASIC meeting.