Overview
The Generic Planetary Climate Model is General Climate Model (GCM) developed at LMD/IPSL to model the temporal evolution of planetary atmospheres based on 3D hydrodynamics and realsitic radiatve transfer. As a part of this project, I am working on parametrisation of small scale processes that are not resolved by the grid of the model, such as convection and gravity waves, in the atmospheres of giant planets. I am also aiming to study, from a theoretical and numerical point of view, large-scale gravity waves in the deep atmosphere of Venus.
Scientific goals
- Model large-scale atmospheric circulation in ice giants using the Generic PCM.
- Understand the role of convection in driving jets and vortices.
- Compare simulation results with Voyager 2 observations and future ice giant mission targets.
Related publications
- Milcareck, G., Leconte, J., Guerlet, S., Le Saux, A., et al. (2026). Moist thermal wind balance between zonal jets and the latitudinal methane gradient on Uranus and Neptune, Europlanet Science Congress 2026
- Le Saux, A., Guerlet, S., Spiga, A., Milcareck, G., Clément, N., and Leconte, J. (2024). Exploring the atmospheric dynamics of the Ice Giants: A General Circulation Model Approach with a Parametrization of Convection, Europlanet Science Congress 2024