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climate change, agronomy, africa, climate model, hydrology
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Employment (6)

The Climate Data Factory: Montpellier, FR

2020-09-14 to present | Climatologist Engineer
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Dimitri Defrance

Institut de recherche pour le développement France-Sud: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2020-03 to 2020-09-13 | Post-doc (Eco&Sols)
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Dimitri Defrance

INRA Centre de Montpellier: Montpellier, Occitanie, FR

2018-11-19 to 2019-11-18 | Chercheur (UMR SYSTEM)
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Dimitri Defrance

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement: Montpellier, Occitanie, FR

2018-09-01 to 2018-11-16 | Chercheur (Espace-Dev)
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Dimitri Defrance

Institut de recherche pour le développement France-Nord: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2016-06 to 2017-08-31 (LOCEAN/UPMC-CNRS-IRD-MNHN)
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Dimitri Defrance

CEA Saclay: Gif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France, FR

2014-05-05 to 2016-05-04 | Post-Doc (LSCE/IPSL)
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Dimitri Defrance

Education and qualifications (4)

Université Pierre et Marie Curie: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2010-09-20 to 2014-03-17 | PhD
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Dimitri Defrance

François Rabelais University: Tours, Centre, FR

2009-09 to 2010-09 | Master 2 pro en ingénierie des bassins versants (Sciences de la Terre)
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Dimitri Defrance

Université Libre de Bruxelles: Bruxelles, BE

2007-09-01 to 2009-09-01 | Master Approfondi Géographie Physique (Géographie)
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Dimitri Defrance

Université Grenoble Alpes: Saint-Martin-d'Heres, Rhône-Alpes, FR

2007-09 to 2008-06 | ERASMUS: Master 1 en Géologie spécialisation EAU (OSUG)
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Dimitri Defrance

Works (24)

Comparison of gridded precipitation estimates for regional hydrological modeling in West and Central Africa

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
2023-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-5818
Contributors: Christopher Kouakou; Jean-Emmanuel Paturel; Frédéric Satgé; Yves Tramblay; Dimitri Defrance; Nathalie Rouché
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Dimitri Defrance

Change in Climate Indices Using Bias-Adjusted CMIP5 Models: The Case Study of the Fatick Region, Senegal

American Journal of Climate Change
2022 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2167-9495
Part of ISSN: 2167-9509
Contributors: Ibrahima Camara; Quentin Lejeune; Dimitri Defrance; Mame Diarra Bousso Dieng; Issa Sakho; Youssouph Sane; Mélinda Noblet; Moussa Diakhaté; Benjamen Sultan; Saidou Moustapha Sall et al.
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Dimitri Defrance

Framing the future of the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture from science-based evidence. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
2022-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1774-0746
Contributors: Nandrianina Ramifehiarivo; Tiphaine Chevallier; Dimitri Defrance; Michel Brossard; Jean-Luc Chotte
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Dimitri Defrance via Crossref Metadata Search

Version 2 - Extending the global high-resolution downscaled projections dataset to include CMIP6 projections at increased resolution coherent with the ERA5-Land reanalysis.

Data in Brief
2022-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-3409
Contributors: Thomas Noël; Harilaos Loukos; Dimitri Defrance; Mathieu Vrac; Guillaume Levavasseur
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Dimitri Defrance via Crossref Metadata Search

Evaluation of animal and plant diversity suggests Greenland’s thaw hastens the biodiversity crisis

Communications Biology
2022-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2399-3642
Contributors: Carolina Ureta; Santiago Ramírez-Barahona; Óscar Calderón-Bustamante; Pedro Cruz-Santiago; Carlos Gay-García; Didier Swingedouw; Dimitri Defrance; Angela P. Cuervo-Robayo
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Impact of an acceleration of ice sheet melting on monsoon systems

Earth System Dynamics
2022-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2190-4987
Contributors: Alizée Chemison; Dimitri Defrance; Gilles Ramstein; Cyril Caminade
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Migration response to drought in Mali. An analysis using panel data on Malian localities over the 1987-2009 period

Environment and Development Economics
2022-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1355-770X
Contributors: Dimitri Defrance; Esther Delesalle; Flore Gubert
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Millet and sorghum yield simulations under climate change scenarios in Senegal

Regional Environmental Change
2022-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-3798
Contributors: Adama Faye; Ibrahima Camara; Mbaye Diop; Amadou OuryDiallo; Bassirou Sine; Mélinda Noblet; Babacar Faye; Dimitri Defrance; Benjamin Sultan; Ndeye Yacine Badiane Ndour
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Impact of an accelerated melting of Greenland on malaria distribution over Africa.

Nature communications
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Chemison A; Ramstein G; Tompkins AM; Defrance D; Camus G; Charra M; Caminade C
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Dimitri Defrance via Europe PubMed Central

A high-resolution downscaled CMIP5 projections dataset of essential surface climate variables over the globe coherent with the ERA5 reanalysis for climate change impact assessments.

Data in brief
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Noël T; Loukos H; Defrance D; Vrac M; Levavasseur G
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Dimitri Defrance via Europe PubMed Central

Synergistic impacts of global warming and thermohaline circulation collapse on amphibians.

Communications biology
2021-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Velasco JA; Estrada F; Calderón-Bustamante O; Swingedouw D; Ureta C; Gay C; Defrance D
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Dimitri Defrance via Europe PubMed Central

Pearl millet genomic vulnerability to climate change in West Africa highlights the need for regional collaboration

Nature Communications
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Dimitri Defrance

Impact of Climate Change in West Africa on Cereal Production Per Capita in 2050

Sustainability
2020-09-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2071-1050
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Dimitri Defrance
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Impacts of Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheet melt on future Köppen climate zone changes simulated by an atmospheric and oceanic general circulation model

Applied Geography
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0143-6228
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Dimitri Defrance

Evaluation of 23 gridded precipitation datasets across West Africa

Journal of Hydrology
2020-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-1694
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Dimitri Defrance
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Dataset of global extreme climatic indices due to an acceleration of ice sheet melting during the 21st century

Data in Brief
2019-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-3409
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Dimitri Defrance
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Evidence of crop production losses in West Africa due to historical global warming in two crop models

Scientific Reports
2019-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Dimitri Defrance
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Decline in Atlantic Primary Production Accelerated by Greenland Ice Sheet Melt

Geophysical Research Letters
2019-10-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
Part of ISSN: 1944-8007
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Dimitri Defrance
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A bias-corrected CMIP5 dataset for Africa using the CDF-t method - A contribution to agricultural impact studies

Earth System Dynamics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85044731293

Contributors: Famien, A.M.; Janicot, S.; Delfin Ochou, A.; Vrac, M.; Defrance, D.; Sultan, B.; Noël, T.
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Dimitri Defrance via Scopus - Elsevier

Projected changes in crop yield mean and variability over West Africa in a world 1.5K warmer than the pre-industrial era

Earth System Dynamics
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85042436823

Contributors: Parkes, B.; Defrance, D.; Sultan, B.; Ciais, P.; Wang, X.
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Dimitri Defrance via Scopus - Elsevier

Consequences of rapid ice sheet melting on the Sahelian population vulnerability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85021163523

Contributors: Defrance, D.; Ramstein, G.; Charbit, S.; Vrac, M.; Famien, A.M.; Sultan, B.; Swingedouw, D.; Dumas, C.; Gemenne, F.; Alvarez-Solas, J. et al.
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Dimitri Defrance via Scopus - Elsevier

A wavelet-based approach to detect climate change on the coherent and turbulent component of the atmospheric circulation

Earth System Dynamics
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84976272292

Contributors: Faranda, D.; Defrance, D.
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Dimitri Defrance via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluating flash-flood warnings at ungauged locations using post-event surveys: A case study with the AIGA warning system,Evaluation des avertissements de crue éclair sur des bassins non-jaugés en utilisant des relevés post-événement: Application avec le système d'avertissement AIGA

Hydrological Sciences Journal
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84903816575

Contributors: Javelle, P.; Demargne, J.; Defrance, D.; Pansu, J.; Arnaud, P.
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Dimitri Defrance via Scopus - Elsevier

Using damage reports to assess different versions of a hydrological early warning system

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions
2014-04-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1812-2116
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Dimitri Defrance

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Geophysical research letters. (2)