Publications

Published/Accepted

21. Bobryshev O., S. Buehler, V. John, M. Brath and H. Brogniez, 2018 : Is there really a closure gap between 183.31GHz satellite passive microwave and in-situ radiosonde water vapor measurements ? IEEE Trans. Geosc. Rem. Sens..
20. Stevens B., H. Brogniez, C. Kiemle, J-L Lacour, C. Crevoisier and J. Killiani, 2017 : Structure and dynamical influence of water vapor in the lower tropical troposphere. Surveys in Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s10712-017-9420-8.
19. Garot T., H. Brogniez, R. Fallourd and N. Viltard, 2017 : Evolution of the distribution of Upper Tropospheric Humidity over the Indian Ocean: connection with large-scale advection and local cloudiness.J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0193.1
18. Brogniez H., S. English, J-F Mahfouf, A. Behrendt, W. Berg, S. Boukabara, S. A. Buehler, P. Chambon, A. Gambacorta, A. Geer, W. Ingram, E. R. Kursinski, M. Matricardi, T. Odintsova, V. H. Payne, P. Thorne, M. Tretyakov and J. Wang, 2016 : A review of sources of systematic errors and uncertainties in water vapor information derived from observations at 183GHz. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 2207-2221, doi :10.5194/amt-9-2207-2016.
17. Brogniez H., R. Fallourd, C. Mallet, R. Sivira and C. Dufour, 2016 : Estimating confidence intervals around relative humidity profiles from satellite observations: application to the SAPHIR sounder. J. Atmos. Oc. Techn., 33 (5), 1005-1022, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0237.1
16. Roca R., H. Brogniez, P. Chambon, O. Chomette, S. Cloché, M. Gosset, J-F. Mahfouf,P. Raberanto and N. Viltard, 2015 : The Megha-Tropiques mission: a review after three years in orbit. Front. Earth Sci., 3:17, doi:10.3389/feart.2015.00017.
15. Sivira R., H. Brogniez, C. Mallet and Y. Oussar, 2015 : A layer-averaged relative humidity profile retrieval for microwave observations : design and results for the from Megha-Tropiques payload. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 1055-1071, doi:10.5194/amt-8-1055-2015.
14. Brogniez H., G. Clain and R. Roca, 2015 : Validation of Upper Tropospheric Humidity from SAPHIR onboard Megha-Tropiques using tropical soundings. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climat., 54, 896-908, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0096.1
13. Clain G., H. Brogniez, V. Payne, V. John and M. Luo, 2015 : An assessment of SAPHIR calibration using quality tropical soundings. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32 (1), pp.61-78, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00054.1
12. Schroder M., R. Roca, L. Picon, A. Kniffka and H. Brogniez, 2014 : Climatology of free tropospheric humidity: extension to the SEVIRI era, evaluation and exemplary analysis. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 11,129-11,148, doi:10.5194/acp-14-11129-2014.
11. Brogniez H., P.E. Kirstetter and L. Eymard, 2013 : Expected improvements in the atmospheric humidity profile retrieval using the Megha-Tropiques microwave payload.QJRMS : Special Issue on the Megha-Tropiques mission, doi:10.1002/qj.1869 (pdf)
10. Roca R., R. Guzman, J. Lemond, J. Meijers, L. Picon and H. Brogniez, 2012 : Tropical and extra-tropical influences on the distribution of free tropospheric humidity over the intertropical belt. Survey in Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s10712-011-9169-4 (pdf)
9. Aires F., F. Bernardo, H. Brogniez and C. Prigent, 2011 : An innovative calibration method for the inversion of satellite observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 49, 2458–2473, 2010, doi: 10.1175/2010JAMC2435.1 (pdf)
8. Montoux N., P. Keckhut, A. Hauchecorne, J. Jumelet, H. Brogniez and C. David, 2010 : Isentropic modeling of a cirrus cloud event observed in the mid-latitude UTLS. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D2, doi:10.1029/2009JD011981 (pdf)
7. Roca R., J-C Bergès, H. Brogniez , M. Capderou, P. Chambon P, O. Chomette, S. Cloché, T. Fiolleau, I. Jobard, J. Lémond, M. Ly, L. Picon, P. Raberanto, A. Szantai and M. Viollier, 2010 : On the water and energy cycle in the Tropics. Comptes Rendus Géosciences "Atmosphère vue de l'espace", 342, 390-402.  (pdf)
6. Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon, 2009 : A study of the free tropospheric humidity interannual variability using Meteosat data and an advection-condensation transport model. J. Clim., 22, 6773-6787, doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2963.1 (pdf).
5. Brogniez H. and R.T. Pierrehumbert, 2007 : Intercomparison of tropical tropospheric humidity in GCMs with AMSU-B water vapor data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L17706, doi:10.1029/2006GL029118 (abstract) (pdf)
4. Brogniez H. and R.T. Pierrehumbert, 2006 : Using microwave observations to assess large-scale control of the free tropospheric water vapor in the mid-latitudes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L14801, doi:10.1029/2006GL026240  (abstract) (pdf)
3. Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon, 2006 : A clear sky radiances archive from METEOSAT "water vapor" observations. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D21109, doi:10.1029/2006JD007238  (abstract) (pdf)
2. Pierrehumbert R.T., H. Brogniez, and R. Roca, 2006 : On the relative humidity of the Earth's atmosphere. In The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere, T. Schneider and A. Sodel Eds. Princeton University Press. (pdf) (pdf)
1. Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon, 2005 : Evaluation of the tropical free tropospheric Humidity in AMIP-2 simulations using METEOSAT Water Vapor channel data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL024341.  (abstract) (pdf)

Submitted/In revision

• Prasad A., S. Sherwood and H. Brogniez: Using Megha-Tropiques and radiosonde data to constrain simulations of convective environments: a Northern Australian case. Subm to Surveys in Geophysics.

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International and National Conferences

2018 (in the pipeline)
• Schroder M., H. Brogniez, S-P Ho and L. Shi: The GEWEX water vapor assessment (G-VAP): final results from first phase and the future of G-VAP. The 8th GEWEX Science Conference, Canmore, Canada, 6-11 May 2018
• Wirth M, and coauthors: Qsat: a mission proposal for profiling water vapour from space The EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 8 - 13 April 2018
• Stevens B., S. Bony, H. Brogniez, L. Hentgen, C. Hohenegger, C. Kiemle, T. L'Ecuyer, A-K Naumann, C. Schär, P. Siebesma, J. Vial, D. Winker and P. Zuidema :The mesoscale organization of shallow convection The EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 8 - 13 April 2018
2017
• Brogniez H. and H. Chepfer: Merging Megha-Tropiques and A-Train observations. Another way to look at the cloud-environment interactions The 5th annual meeting EECLAT, St Valery-sur-Somme, France, 23-25 January 2017
• Brogniez H., H. Chepfer, D. Bouniol and PE Kirstetter: Cycle of water vapor associated to the development of clouds: Merging Megha-Tropiques, A-Train & ADM-Aeolus ISSI workshop on 'Shallow clouds, water vapor, circulation and climate sensitivity', Bern, Switzerland, 27 Feb - 3 March 2017
• Stevens B., H. Brogniez,C. Kiemle and J. Killiani : Structure and dynamical influence of water vapor in the lower tropical troposphere. The 1st HALO Symposium, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 14 - 16 March 2017.
• Stevens B., H. Brogniez,C. Kiemle and J. Killiani : Observations of water vapour in the lower tropical troposphere and their implication for a preferred mode of cloudiness near the triple point. The EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 28 April 2017.
• Brogniez H.: Space-borne observations of humidity: state-of-the-art and future challenges. Gordon Research Conference on Radiation & Climate, Lewiston (ME), USA, 16-21 July 2017
• Picon L. H. Brogniez,R. Roca and P. Sinigoj : Representation of the tropical free tropospheric humidity and its variability in large scale models. The 2017 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-6 October 2017.
2016
• Brogniez H.: Opportunities offered by Megha-Tropiques. Humidity profiles from SAPHIR : what are the possibilities ? ISSI workshop on 'Shallow clouds, water vapor, circulation and climate sensitivity', Bern, Switzerland, 8-12 Feb. 2016
• Brogniez H., R. Roca, P. Chambon, T. Garot, R. Fallourd and PE Pirstetter : Quelles contraintes peut apporter Megha-Tropiques Annual workshop DEPHY-2, Paris, France, 13-14 June 2016.
• Garot T., Brogniez H. , R. Fallourd, N. Viltard and C. Dufour: Relations humidité-convection pendantla MJO: exploitation des observations SAPHIR. IPSL Science meeting on space-borne observations, Guyancourt, France, July 4th 2016
• Sinigoj P., L. Picon, and H. Brogniez : Representation of the tropical free tropospheric humidity and its variability in large scale models. The EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016.
• Fallourd R., J-F Rysman, H. Brogniez, C. Claud, J. Delanoe and C. Dufour: SAPHIR pour la détection de la convection. Megha-Tropiques meeting, Montpellier, France, 10-12 October 2016
2015
• T. Garot, H. Brogniez , V.O. John, V.H. Payne and M. Luo : Evaluation of SAPHIR/Megha-Tropiques observations - CINDY/DYNAMO campaign. The EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April - 2 May 2015.
• Brogniez H.,V. Payne, S. English, C. Crevoisier, R. Fallourd and M. Luo : An interesting bias in spaceborne observations in the 183GHz line: some clues to understand it. The 2015 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, France, 21-25 September 2015.
• H. Brogniez, A. Gambacorta and C. Dufour : Relative Humidity of the tropical atmosphere monitored by the recent microwave sounders ATMS and SAPHIR. The 2015 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, France, 21-25 September 2015.
• T. Wilheit, W. Berg, H. Brogniez, S. Datta, V. Payne and J. Wang : Use of MHS and SAPHIR for validation og GMI. The 2015 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, France, 21-25 September 2015.
• R. Roca,H. Brogniez, P. Chambon, ... the french MT science Team: The Megha-Tropiques Mission: status after 4 years in orbit ESA Conference, Frascatti, Italy, 20-22 October 2015
2014
• T. Garot, H. Brogniez and N. Viltard : Impact of tropical mesoscale convective systems on upper tropospheric humidity : exploitation of Megha-Tropiques data. The 2014 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014.
• H. Brogniez, R. Sivira, C. Mallet and G. Clain : Evaluation of the atmospheric humidity as seen by SAPHIR/Megha-Tropiques: accounting for uncertainties. The 2014 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014.
• V. Payne, T. Wilheit, J. Wang, W. Jones, S. Datta, A. Santos-Garcia, H. Brogniez, G. Clain, M. Luo, JL Moncet and E. Mlawer : Use of SAPHIR and GMI for intercalibration of polar orbiting passive microwave water vapor sounders. The 2014 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014.
• G. Clain, H. Brogniez , V.O. John, V.H. Payne and M. Luo : Evaluation of SAPHIR/Megha-Tropiques observations - CINDY/DYNAMO campaign. The EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April - 2 May 2014.
• H. Brogniez and R. Roca : First sight of the Upper Tropospheric Humidity variability during CINDY-DYNAMO: Exploitation of the SAPHIR measurements. The 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, California, USA, 31 March - 4 April 2014.
2013
• T. Wilheit, H. Brogniez, S. Datta, W.L. Jones, V. Payne, E. Stocker and J. Wang: The use of SAPHIR on Megha-Tropiques for intercalibration of polar-orbiting microwave water vapor sounders. The 2013 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Vienna, Austria, 16-20 September 2013.
• G. Clain and H. Brogniez : Validation of Brightness Temperatures observed by SAPHIR instrument onboard Megha-Tropiques Satellite. The 2013 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Vienna, Austria, 16-20 September 2013.
2012
• H. Brogniez, G. Clain, R. Sivira and C. Dufour : Overview of the French effort around Megha-Tropiques data: the atmospheric water vapor. 1st Indo-French Megha-Tropiques Scientific Workshop, Bangalore, India, 17-19 December 2012.
• Picon L., R. Roca, H. Brogniez and M. Schroder : Recent climate variability in West Africa from long series of METEOSAT data. 4th AMMA Conference, Toulouse, France, 2-6 july 2012.
• R. Sivira, H. Brogniez and C. Mallet : Retrieval of relative humidity profiles and its associated error from Megha-Tropiques measurements. International Radiation Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 6-10 aug 2012.
• R. Sivira, H. Brogniez, C. Mallet and Y. Oussar : Tropospheric Relative Humidity Profile Statistical Retrievals and their Confidence Interval from Megha-Tropiques Measurement. 9th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, L'Aquila, Italy, 3-7 sept 2012.
• N. Viltard, R. Roca, H. Brogniez and M. Gosset : Megha-Tropiques mission status. 6th International Precipitation Working Group workshop, Sao Jose dos Campos, 15-19 oct 2012.
2011
• Brogniez H., R. Sivira, P-E Kirstetter, F. Marquisseau and C. Mallet : The Megha-Tropiques payload : a contribution to the monitoring of the tropical water vapor. Final COST workshop on the Atmospheric Water Vapour in the Climate System, Paris, France, 26-28 sept 2011.
• Picon L., R. Roca, J. Meijer, H. Brogniez, M. Schroder and A. Kniffka: Climate short term evolution of the free tropospheric humidity from METEOSAT data. Final COST workshop on the Atmospheric Water Vapour in the Climate System, Paris, France, 26-28 sept 2011.
• Roca R., L. Picon and H. Brogniez : Free Tropospheric Humidity from GEO platforms: A long time series perspective. GEWEX/ESA/ESRIN GlobVapour Workshop on Long Term Water Vapor Data Sets and Their Quality Assessment, Frascati, Italy ,8-10 March 2010.
2010
• Lémond J., L. Picon, R. Roca, H. Brogniez and R. Guzman : Humidité de la troposphère libre tropicale. Colloque "Satellites Grand Champ", Clermont-Ferrand, France, 21-22 jan 2010.
• Brogniez H., P. Fanise and J-C Dupont : Le radiomètre bi-fréquences DRAKKAR. Journées SIRTA, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 31 mars 2012.
2009
• Schulz J., H. Brogniez, V. John, R. Roca, M. Schroder and L. Shi: Towards improved global data sets for upper tropospheric humidity: a pilot activity of the global network of R/SSC-CMS. The 2009 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Bath, England, September 2009.
• Montoux N., P. Keckhut, A. Hauchecorne, H. Brogniez and C. David: Modelling the cirrus occurrence at mid-latitudes through the isentropic transport. IAMAS-IAPSO-IACS Joint Assembly (MOCA), Montréal, Canada, 19-29 July 2009.
• Brogniez H., R. Roca, T. Fiolleau and L. Picon: Moisture environment of a mesoscale cloud system: a case study from the 2006 AMMA campaign. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009.
• Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon: An interpretation of the Free Tropospheric Humidity interannual variability observed from METEOSAT using a transport model. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April 2009.
• Aires F., H. Brogniez, F. Bernardo and C. Prigent: Combined SAPHIR/MADRAS retrievals under clear and non-precipitating situations. International conference on Megha-Tropiques Science and Applications, Bangalore, India, 23-25 March 2009.
• Brogniez H., E. Rivière, F. Aires, N. Amarouche, L. Eymard and G. Durry: A validation scheme for the Megha-Tropiques SAPHIR water vapor profiles. International conference on Megha-Tropiques Science and Applications, Bangalore, India, 23-25 March 2009.
• Gosset M., R. Roca, H. Brogniez, O. Chomette, L. Eymard, E. Rivière, N. Viltard and M. Viollier: Megha-Tropiques CALibration/VALidation: a proposal from the French Mission Group. International conference on Megha-Tropiques Science and Applications, Bangalore, India, 23-25 March 2009.
2008
• Picon L., R. Roca, H. Brogniez and J. Lémond: Surveillance et analyse climatique de l'humidité de la troposphère libre depuis l'espace: exemple des données METEOSAT. Colloque CNFGG, UNESCO, Paris, France, 17-19 November 2008.
• Brogniez H., R. Roca, and L. Picon and: Free Tropospheric Humidity from METEOSAT: Link to large-scale dynamic . AGU Chapman Conference on Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Role in Climate, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA, 20–24 October 2008.
• Roca R., J. Lémond, L. Picon and H. Brogniez : On the distribution of the Free Tropospheric Humidity in the intertropical belt. AGU Chapman Conference on Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Role in Climate, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA, 20–24 October 2008.
• Brogniez H., R. Roca, L. Picon, M. Schroder and J. Schultz: Long-term Measurements of Water Vapor in the Troposphere From Space: Where do we Stand? AGU Chapman Conference on Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Role in Climate, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA, 20–24 October 2008.
• Roca R., H. Brogniez , J. Lémond and L. Picon: On the distribution of the Free Tropospheric Humidity from METEOSAT. The 2008 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Darmstadt, Germany, 8-12 September 2008. (abstract)
• Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon: Variability of the free tropospheric water vapor over the Eastern Mediterranean from 22 years of METEOSAT observationsThe 2nd HyMex International workshop, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2–4 June 2008.
• Aires F., H. Brogniez , F. Bernardo and C. Prigent: Retrieval of atmospheric water vapor profile using the Megha-Tropiques platform. International TOVS Study Conference XVI, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, 7-13 May 2008.
• Aires F., H. Brogniez , F. Bernardo and C. Prigent: Retrieval of atmospheric water vapor profile using Megha-Tropiques platform. 10th specialist meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Florence, Italy, 11-14 March 2008. (abstract)
2007
• Brogniez H., R. Roca, C. Lemaître and L. Picon: A study of the relationship between Free Tropospheric Humidity and cloudiness during AMMA using Meteosat Second Generation. 2nd International AMMA Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany, 26-30 November 2007. (abstract)
• Keckhut P., N. Montoux, S. Bekki, H. Brogniez, C. David and J. Jumelet: Cirrus climatology at mid-latitude observed with lidar. SPARC/SCOUT-O3/NDACC/CNRS Reunion Island Symposium, Tropical Stratosphere - Upper Troposphere, Saint-Gilles les Bains, 5-9 November 2007. (abstract)
• Brogniez H., R. Roca, J. Lemond and L. Picon: Variability of 22 years of METEOSAT First Generation Water Vapor observations. Joint EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference and the 15th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Satellite Meteorology & Oceanography Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-28 September 2007. (abstract) (proc.)
• Lemond. J, L. Picon, R. Roca and H. Brogniez: Variabilité interanuelle de la vapeur d'eau tropicale en haute troposphère. METEOSAT SECONDE GENERATION colloquium: un nouvel instrument de suivi de l'environnement, Dijon, France, 13-14 September 2007.
• Brogniez H., C. Lemaître, T. Fiolleau, R. Roca and L. Picon: Liens entre la vapeur d'eau troposphérique et la couverture nuageuse: Etude de la campagne AMMA 2006. METEOSAT SECONDE GENERATION colloquium: un nouvel instrument de suivi de l'environnement, Dijon, France, 13-14 September 2007.
2005
• Roca R., H. Brogniez and L. Picon: A 14-years METEOSAT Water Vapor database for the evaluation of general circulation models over tropical areas. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 5-9 December 2005.
• Brogniez H. and RT Pierrehumbert: Analysis of the influence of a climate change on the free tropospheric water vapor distribution over mid-latitudes areas in GCMs. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 5-9 December 2005.
• Roca R., H. Brogniez and L. Picon: METEOSAT observations of the Free Tropospheric Humidity: large-scale dynamical interpretation and GCMs performances. 3rd Indo-French workshop on Megha-Tropiques under ISRO-CNES Programme on Atmosphere, Climate and Oceanography, Ahmedabad, India, 17-20 October 2005.
• Roca R., H. Brogniez and L. Picon: Free Tropospheric Humidity in the tropics: METEOSAT observations and large-scale dynamics interpretation. Keynote presentation, 2nd CM-SAF User and Training Workshop, Nurenberg, Germany, 28-31 August 2005.
2004
• Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon: Evaluation de l'humidité de la troposphère libre tropicale dans les MCGs avec METEOSAT: Méthodologie et application à AMIP-2. Ateliers de Modélisation de l'Atmosphère "Contrôle et vérification des modèles", Toulouse, France, 29-30 November 2004.  (proc.)
• Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon: Interannual and intraseasonal variabilities of the Free Tropospheric Humidity using METEOSAT Water Vapor channel over the Tropics. The 2004 Eumetsat Meteorological Satellite Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 31 May-4 June 2004. (proc.)
2003
• Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon: Interannual variability of the Free Tropospheric Humidity over Tropical Atlantic and Africa. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 6-11 April 2003.  (abstract)
• Roca R., H. Brogniez, L. Picon and M. Desbois: Free Tropospheric Humidity observations from METEOSAT water vapor data. The AMS Conference, Long Beach, USA, February 2003.  (proc.)
2002
• Brogniez H., R. Roca and L. Picon: First results of the AMIP2 GCMs evaluation using METEOSAT Water Vapor data. The AMIP Workshop: towards innovative Model Diagnostics. Report of the World Climate Research Program. Toulouse, France, 12-15 November 2002. (proc.)
2001
• Roca R., H. Brogniez, TF Yang, L. Picon and M. Desbois: Multi-scale observation of upper tropospheric humidity over the Indian Ocean. Global Energy and Water cycle EXperiment Conference, Paris France, 10-14 September 2001. (abstract)
• Roca R., H. Brogniez, L. Picon and M. Desbois, 2001: High resolution of Free Tropospheric Humidity from METEOSAT over the Indian Ocean. The MEGHA-TROPIQUES 2nd Scientific Workshop, Paris, France, 2-6 July 2001. (proc.)

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National / International Seminars

• 8 June 2012, Séminaire Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : Distribution de la vapeur d'eau de la troposphère tropicale: Moyens d'observations et variabilité, H. Brogniez.
• 14-16 March 2012, Colloque Megha-Tropiques, Bordeaux, France : La vapeur d'eau atmosphérique avec Megha-Tropiques, H. Brogniez, R. Sivira, P-E Kirstetter, F. Marquisseau.
• 10-14 January 2011, ISSI Workshop on Observing and Modelling Earth's Energy Flows : Variability of the humidity of the free troposphere over the intertropical belt, by R. Roca, L. Picon, H. Brogniez and co-authors.
• 6 October 2010, GdR Radiométrie Microonde pour l'etude de l'atmosphère : Humidité de la troposphère libre à partir des canaux vapeur d'eau dans l'IR, by L. Picon, R. Roca, H. Brogniez, R. Guzman and J. Lemond.
• 11-13 June 2008, Megha-Tropiques Workshop, La Rochelle, France : Combined Saphir/Madras retrievals under clear and non-precipitating situations, by Aires F., F. Bernardo and H. Brogniez.
• 29 June 2006, CM-SAF, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany : Some tropical water cycle climatic studies from operational met satellites, by Roca R., H. Brogniez, F. Chopin, A. Deme, M. Desbois, T. Fiolleau, I. Jobard, J-P Lafore, A. Le Morvan, L. Picon, K. Ramage, B. Six and M. Tomassini.
• 10 March 2006, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA : Effect of a climate change on the free tropospheric water vapor in the tropics.
• 12 Sept. 2005, Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Lille, France : Distribution et variabilité de la vapeur d'eau troposphérique: observations et simulations.
• 23 Feb. 2005, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA : A Free Troposheric Humidity archive for climate studies over Africa.
• 17 Oct. 2002, LMD/Jussieu, Paris, France : Premiers résultats des évaluations de MCGs participant à AMIP2 à l'aide des données du canal Vapeur d'Eau des satellites METEOSAT.
• Workshop of the AMMA Project (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis):
• 3-5 July 2007, IPSL/Jussieu, Paris, France:Analysis of the links between Free Tropospheric Humidity and cloudiness.
• 23-24 June 2003, LMD/ENS, Paris, France : La base de données Free Tropospheric Humidity: Bilan et Utilisation.
• 10-11 June 2002, CNRM, Toulouse, France : Construction d'une série climatique (1983-1994) de FTH ciel clair (8 fois par jour, 0.625deg).