Laboratoire Mixte International - GREAT ICE

Antoine Rabatel, 20/09/1978, France

Information

Grade: Physicist, University of Grenoble

Fonction : Coordinator of the GLACIOCLIM Observatory

Fonction in the LMI : Coordinator of Axe 1

Address : Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, 54, rue Molière, 38400 Saint Martin d’Heres, France. Tel. (00 33) 4 76 82 42 71 antoine.rabatel@lgge.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr

Page personelle : http://www-lgge.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/personnels/rabatel_antoine/

Diplomas :

• Ph. D. Thesis (2005) : Chronologie et interprétation paléoclimatique des fluctuations des glaciers dans les Andes de Bolivie depuis le maximum du Petit Age Glaciaire. University of Grenoble, France

Scientific activities related to the LMI Great Ice :

Glaciological processes: mass-balance, surface energy balance

• Glaciology: mass balance measurements (ablation stakes, accumulation pits/drilled cores) and surface energy balance (automatic weather station on the glacier surface).
• Topography: lenght, surface area and volume variations using terrestrial measurements (DGPS, LIDAR) and aerial measurements (photogrammetry), and glacier thickness measurement using GPR.
• Dating using lichenometry: moraines dating to reconstruct Little Ice Age glacier fluctuations.

Optical remote-sensing and glaciology

• Glacier retreat since the mid 20th century.
• Mass balance reconstruction from the equilibrium line altitude.

Impact of glaciers on the hydrological regime of high-mountain watersheds

Activities in education and edition :

• Direction of PhDs, classes, lectures at University of Grenoble since 2004
• More than 30 peer reviewed publications since 2005, book chapters, TV documentaries.

Awards :

• 2011, Medal of Honor of Merit of the University Santiago Antumez de Mayolo (Huaraz, Peru).
• 2009, Top Reviewer for the journal “Remote Sensing of Environment”, Elsevier.
• 2006, Prix La Recherche. Mention “Prize of French Research Ministry”.