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Lucien Froidevaux's Picture
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
M/S 183-701
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
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818.354.8301
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818.393.5065
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Lucien Froidevaux

Education
  • B.S.in Physics (magna cum laude), UCLA (1976)
  • M.S. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Caltech (1981)
  • Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Caltech (1984)
Research Interests
  • Earth's atmospheric composition and chemistry (e.g., ozone and chlorine issues).
  • Applications of microwave limb sounding to atmospheric composition measurements.
  • Retrievals and validation of atmospheric composition from satellite measurements.
Projects

MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder Icon MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder
The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) experiments measure naturally-occurring microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's atmosphere to remotely sense vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice.

Professional Experience
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Principal Scientist, Microwave Atmospheric Science Group
  • Earth Observing System (EOS) Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Deputy Principal Investigator - experiment launched in 2004
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) MLS co-investigator - experiment launched in 1991
  • National Research Council Resident Research Associate (1983-1985)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Group Achievement Awards (Aura and MLS teams) 2005
  • Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmos.) (2004, 1990)
  • NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal (1997)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (MLS Data Processing /Analysis Team) (1993)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (UARS MLS Team) (1992)
Selected Publications
  1. Temporal decrease in upper atmospheric chlorine, L. Froidevaux, N.J. Livesey, W.G. Read, R.J. Salawitch, J.W. Waters, B. Drouin, I.A. MacKenzie, H.C. Pumphrey, P. Bernath, C. Boone, R. Nassar, S. Montzka, J. Elkins, D. Cunold, and D. Waugh, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2006GL027600, 2006.
  2. Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the Aura satellite, L. Froidevaux, N. J. Livesey, W. G. Read, Y. B. Jiang, C. Jimenez, M. J. Filipiak, M. J. Schwartz, M. L. Santee, H. C. Pumphrey, J. H. Jiang, D. L. Wu, G. L. Manney, B. J. Drouin, J. W. Waters, E. J. Fetzer, P. F. Bernath, C. D. Boone, K. A. Walker, K. W. Jucks, G. C. Toon, J. J. Margitan, B. Sen, C. R. Webster, L. E. Christensen, J. W. Elkins, E. Atlas, R. A. Lueb, and R. Hendershot, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 2006.
  3. The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura satellite, J. W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, R. S. Harwood, R. F. Jarnot, H. M. Pickett, W. G. Read, P. H. Siegel, R. E. Cofield, M. J. Filipiak, D. A. Flower, J. R. Holden, G. K. Lau, N. J. Livesey, G. L. Manney, H. C. Pumphrey, M. L. Santee, D. L. Wu, D. T. Cuddy, R. R. Lay, M. S. Loo, V. S. Perun, M. J. Schwartz, P. C. Stek, R. P. Thurstans, M. A. Boyles, K. M. Chandra, M. C. Chavez, C.-S. Chen, B. V. Chudasama, R. Dodge, R. A. Fuller, M. A. Girard, J. H. Jiang, Y. Jiang, B. W. Knosp, R. C. LaBelle, J. C. Lam, K. A. Lee, D. Miller, J. E. Oswald, N. C. Patel, D. M. Pukala, O. Quintero, D. M. Scaff, W. Van Snyder, M. C. Tope, P. A. Wagner, and M. J. Walch, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 2006.
  4. EOS MLS observations of ozone loss in the 2004-2005 Arctic winter, G. L. Manney, M. L. Santee, L. Froidevaux, K. Hoppel, N. J. Livesey, and J. W. Waters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04892,doi:10.1029/2005GL024494, 16 Feb. 2006.
  5. A global inventory of stratospheric chlorine in 2004 based on measurements by the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS), R. Nassar, P.F. bernath, C. D. Boone, C. Clerbaux, G. Dufour, L. Froidevaux, E. Mahieu, J.C. McConnell, S.D. McLeod, D.P. Murtagh, C.P. Rinsland, K. Semeniuk, R. Skelton, K. A. Walker, and R. Zander, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2006.
  6. Simultaneous lidar and MLS measurements, and modeling, of a rare polar ozone filament event over Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, T. Leblanc, O.P. Tripathi, I.S. McDermid, L. Froidevaux, N.J. Livesey, W.G. Read, and J.W. Waters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16801, doi:10.1029/2006GL026257, 2006.
  7. Chemical Observations of a Polar Vortex Intrusion, M.R. Schoeberl, S. R. Kawa, A. R. Douglass, T.J. McGee, E.V. Browell, J.W. Waters, N.J. Livesey, W.G. Read,L. Froidevaux, M.L. Santee, H.C. Pumphrey, L.R. lait, and L. Twigg, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D20306, doi:10.1029/2006JD007134, 2006.
  8. Polar processing and development of the 2004 Antarctic ozone hole: First results from Aura MLS, M. L. Santee, G.L. Manney, N.J. Livesey, L. Froidevaux, H.C Pumphrey, W.G. Read, M.J. Schwartz, and J.W. Waters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12817, doi:1029/2005GL022582, 28 June 2005.
  9. EOS Microwave Limb Sounder Observations of the Antarctic Polar Vortex Breakup in 2004, G.L. Manney, M.L. Santee, N.J. Livesey, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, H.C. Pumphrey, J.W. Waters, and S. Pawson, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12811, doi:10.1029/2005GL022823, 28 June 2005.
  10. Variability of ozone loss during Arctic winter (1991 to 2000) estimated from UARS MLS measurements, G. L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, M. L. Santee, N. J. Livesey, J. L. Sabutis, and J.W. Waters, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JD002634, Feb. 2003.
  11. The UARS MLS Version 5 dataset: Theory, characterization and validation, N. J. Livesey, W. G. Read, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, H. C. Pumphrey, D. L. Wu, M. L. Santee, Z. Shippony and R. F. Jarnot, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JD002273, 2003.
  12. Trajectory hunting as an effective technique to validate multi-platform measurements: Analysis of the MLS, HALOE, SAGE-II, ILAS, and POAM-II data in October-November 1996, M. Y. Danilin, M. K. W. Ko, L. Froidevaux, M. L. Santee, L. V. Lyjak, R. M. Bevilacqua, J. M. Zawodny, Y. Sasano, H. Irie, Y. Kondo, J. M. Russell III, C. J. Scott, W. G. Read, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD002012, 2002.
  13. Variations in the free chlorine content of the stratosphere (1991-1997): Anthropogenic, volcanic, and methane influences, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, W.G. Read, P.S. Connell, D.E. Kinnison, and J.M. Russell III, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 4471-4481, 2000.
  14. Uncertainties in upper stratospheric ozone trends from 1979 to 1996, D.M. Cunnold, M.J. Newchurch, L.E. Floyd, H.J. Wang, J.M. Russell, R. McPeters, J. Zawodny, and L. Froidevaux, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 4427-4444, 2000.
  15. Six years of UARS Microwave Limb Sounder HNO3 observations: Seasonal, interhemispheric, interannual variations in the lower stratosphere, M.L. Santee, G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, W.G. Read, J.W. Waters, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 8225-8246, 1999.
  16. Implications of upper stratospheric trace constituent changes observed by HALOE for O3 and ClO from 1992 -1995, D.E. Siskind, L. Froidevaux, J.M. Russell,J. Lean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3513-3516, 1998.
  17. Validation of UARS MLS ozone measurements, L. Froidevaux, W. G. Read, T. A. Lungu, R. E. Cofield, E.F. Fishbein, D. A. Flower, R. F. Jarnot, B.P. Ridenoure, Z. Shippony, J.W. Waters, J.J. Margitan, I.S. McDermid, R.A. Stachnik, G.E. Peckham, G. Braathen, T. Deshler, J. Fishman, D.J. Hofmann, and S.J. Oltmans, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 10017-10060, 1996.
  18. Evidence for arctic ozone depletion in late February and early March 1994, G.L. Manney, R.W. Zurek, L. Froidevaux, and J.W. Waters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2941-2944, 1995.
  19. Global Ozone Observations from UARS MLS: An Overview of Zonal Mean Results, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, W.G. Read, L.S. Elson, D.A. Flower, and R.F. Jarnot, J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 51, No. 20, 2846-2866, 1994.
  20. Chemical Depletion of Lower Stratospheric Ozone in 1992-1993 Northern Winter Vortex, G.L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, R.W. Zurek, W.G. Read, L.S. Elson, J.B. Kumer, J.L. Mergenthaler, A.E. Roche, A. O'Neill, and R. Swinbank, Nature, 370, 429-434, 1994.
  21. Stratospheric ClO and Ozone from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, J.W. Waters, L. Froidevaux, W.G.Read, G.L.Manney, L.S.Elson, D.A.Flower, R.F.Jarnot, and R.S.Harwood, Nature, 362, 597-602, 1993.
  22. Analysis of LIMS observations in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere. I. The mean O3 profile and its temperature sensitivity at mid-latitudes in May, 1979, L. Froidevaux, M. Allen, S. Berman, and A. Daughton, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 6389-6417, 1989.
  23. A critical analysis of ClO and O3 in the mid-latitude stratosphere, L. Froidevaux, M. Allen, and Y.L. Yung, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 12999-13029, 1985.
  24. Radiation and chemistry in the stratosphere: Sensitivity to O2 absorption cross sections in the Herzberg continuum, L. Froidevaux and Y.L. Yung, Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 854-857, 1982.

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