Sylvain Heilliette

Current research and/or projects
Contributing to Environment Canada’s mandate to improve meteorological forecasts
Assimilation of cloud affected infrared AIRS radiances
Education and awards
Ph. D. (Physics), Universite Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, France)
Key publications
Heilliette, S. and L. Garand. 2007. A practical approach for the assimilation of cloudy infrared radiances: methodology and impact evaluation using AIRS simulated observations. Atmosphere Ocean. (In press).
Garand L., S. Heilliette and M. Buhner. 2006. Inter-channel error correlation associated with AIRS radiance observations: inference and impact in data assimilation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 46:714-725, doi: 10.1175/JAM2496.1.
Saunders R., P. Brunel, A. Von Engeln, N. Bormann, L. Strow, S. Hannon, S. Heilliette, X. Liu, F. Miskolczi, Y. Han, G. Masiello, J.-L. Moncet, G. Uymin, V. Sherlock, D.S. Turner. 2007. A comparison of radiative transfer models for simulating AIRS radiances J. Geophys. Res. 112, D01S90, doi:10.1029/2006JD007088
Crevoisier, C., S. Heilliette, A. Chédin, S. Serrar, R. Armante and N.A. Scott. 2004. Midtropospheric CO2 concentration retrieval from AIRS observations in the tropics. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L17106, doi:10.1029/2004GL020141
Heilliette, S., N.A. Scott, A. Chédin and R. Armante. 2004. Parametrization of the effect of surface reflection on spectral infrared radiance measurements. Application to IASI. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer. 86(2):201-214, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2003.08.002