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Babette Christelle Tchonang

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4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

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Member of:

Ocean Circulation And Air Sea Interaction

JPL Postdoctoral Fellow

Employed By

Caltech/JPL

Biography

I am a physical oceanographer in the Ocean Circulation and Air-Sea Interaction group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), working with Dr Lee-Lueng Fu on NASA's upcoming SWOT satellite mission. My research focuses on mesoscale and submesoscale ocean variability. I moved to JPL in February 7, 2022 from Mercator Ocean international (MOi) at Toulouse France. I obtained my PhD from Université Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier, France. During my PhD I worked with MOi’s data assimilation system to quantify the impact of Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite on ocean analysis and forcasting.

Education

  • PhD in Physical Oceanography, Université Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier, France (2017-2021)
  • Post-Master in observational oceanography Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helgoland and Sylt islands, Germany (2016-2017)
  • Master of Sciences in Physical Oceanography and Applications Université Toulouse 3, Paul Sabatier (2015 – 2016)

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA (Feb 2022 – present)
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Mercator Ocean international, Toulouse, France (Aug 2021 - Dec 2021)
  • Doctoral researcher at CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) & Mercator Ocean, Toulouse, France international (Nov 2017 - June 2021)
  • Post-Master researcher at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany (May 2017 - July 2017)

Research Interests

  • Submesoscale and mesoscale ocean variability
  • Satellite altimetry data analysis
  • In-situ data analysis
  • Data assimilation and model evaluation
  • Observing system simulation experiments
  • Observing System Evaluation

Selected Publications

  1. Tchonang, B. C., Benkiran, M., Le Traon, P. Y., Jan Van Gennip, S., Lellouche, J. M., & Ruggiero, G. (2021). Assessing the impact of the assimilation of SWOT observations in a global high-resolution analysis and forecasting system. Part 2: Results. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.687414
  2. Benkiran, M., Ruggiero, G., Greiner, E., Le Traon, P. Y., Rémy, E., Lellouche, J. M., ... & Tchonang, B. (2021). Assessing the Impact of the Assimilation of SWOT Observations in a Global High-Resolution Analysis and Forecasting System Part 1: Methods. Frontiers in Marine Science, 947.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.691955

Projects

SWOT