The iFROG project will be implemented in close collaboration with a strong team from IGE and Météo France:

Delphine Six (IGE, UGA) and Marion Réveillet (IGE, IRD) for action 3 and Martin Ménégoz (IGE, CNRS) for action 2 will be major collaborators of the project.

Delphine SIX (IGE, UGA) has a strong expertise in glacier surface energy balance modeling and is head of the GLACIOCLIM observatory, which is a key data provider for this project. D. Six is also co-head of IGE and supervised many masters’ students and PhD students over the last years.

Martin MENEGOZ (IGE, CNRS) is an expert of climate variability. He develops global and regional climate models in particular for applications in mountainous areas and was hired in 2019 by the CNRS. He was PI of the VOLCADEC project (2016- 2018, Spanish MINECO, 168k€), responsible of a WP in the TRAJECTORIES initiative and supervised 1 PhD student, 6 masters students and 2 postdocs over the 5 past years.

Marion REVEILLET (IGE, IRD) is an expert of surface mass balance and surface energy balance of Andean Glaciers. She is a specialist of the snow model Crocus adapted on glaciers, deployed in action 3. She was hired in 2021 by IRD.

Isabelle GOUTTEVIN (IPEF, CNRM/CEN) is a mountain meteorologist, head of a research team dedicated to the observation of snow and its interfaces. In the recent past she has participated in the development of a machine-learning based model of glacier mass-balance within the PhD of Jordi Bolibar. She is currently supervising the PhD of Louis LeToumelin (started in 2020) on the downscaling of wind fields using convolutional neuronal networks. She will provide expertise on the downscaling strategy deployed in action 2.

Marie DUMONT (ICPEF, CNRM/CEN) is a snow researcher, head of the snow modelling research team. She will provide expertise on the use of the physical SMB model deployed in action 3.

Brice BOUDEVILLAIN (IGE, UGA) has an extended knowledge and experience of precipitation radar systems. He will provide guidance for the installation and maintenance of the MRR, and for the interpretation and analysis of the data (action 1).

Hereafter is a summary table of persons involved in the project:

Updated on 23 June 2022