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Damien Lafont

Education
  • B.S., Physics and Chemistry, Blaise Pascal University, France, (1998)
  • M.S., Climate – Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Blaise Pascal University, France, (2000)
  • Ph.D, Atmospheric Physics, Blaise Pascal University, France, (2005)

Research Interests
  • Satellite multispectral studies of clouds
  • Satellite rainfall estimation using visible, infrared and microwave
  • Radiative transfer
  • Radiative effects of cloud inhomogeneity and variability
  • Cloud classification

Selected Publications
  1. Lafont, D., and B. Guillemet, “Subpixel cloud fraction and inhomogeneity effects on microwave beam filling error”, Atmos. Res., 72, 149-168, 2004.
  2. Lafont, D., and B. Guillemet, “Beam-filling effect correction with sub-pixel cloud fraction using a neural network”, IEEE Trans, Geosc. Rem. Sens., 43(5), 1070-1077, 2005.
  3. Lafont, D., Jourdan, O., and B. Guillemet, “Mesoscale cloud patterns classification with a neural network using a new index of cloud variability”, Int. J. Rem. Sens., 27(16), 3533-3552, 2006.

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