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Place Louis Pasteur 3/L4.03.08
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Patricia DeRepentigny
Boursière UCL
Education
2017-2021 University of Colorado Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (USA)
Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Alexandra Jahn
PhD Thesis: Assessing the Future of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: Processes, Variability and Implications2013-2016 McGill University (Canada)
Master of Science in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Bruno Tremblay
Master's Thesis: Patterns of Sea-Ice Retreat in the Transition to a Seasonally Ice-Free Arctic2010-2013 Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
Bachelor of Science in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences with honorable mention
Major: MeteorologyResearch Experience
2023-Present Postdoctoral Researcher at the Earth & Life Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium
ArcticWATCH - developing enhanced predictive capacity for the probability of occurrence of rapid ice loss events in the Arctic2021-2023 ASP Postdoctoral Fellow at the Climate & Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
Investigate the influence of forcing uncertainty on Arctic sea ice in past, historical and future climates2018-2021 Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
(1) Investigate how declining sea ice cover affects trans-border ice exchange between the different Arctic states; (2) Understand sea ice loss contributions from dynamic and thermodynamic sources in CMIP6 modelsSummers 2016 & 2017 Casual Research Assistant at McGill University, Canada
Use a Lagrangian tracking system to analyze increases in transnational ice exchange between the Arctic states over the recent years using satellite observations and until the end of the 21st century using climate models2013-2015 Graduate Research Assistant at McGill University, Canada
Development of a Lagrangian ice tracking system to assess the patterns of sea-ice retreat by analyzing wind-driven sea-ice divergence and its connection to the winter mean sea-level pressure field over the Arctic OceanSummers 2011-2012 & Fall 2012 Intern in Meteorology at the Canadian Meteorological Center, Environment Canada, Canada
(1) Optimization of an experimental sea ice model with a 5km resolution centered on the Arctic using buoy data; (2) Test the performance of the GEM Regional model with an increased 10km resolution for different projectsHonors & Awards
National
2021: Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoctoral Fellowship - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
2021: Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF) - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
2018: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Program (CGS D) - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
2018: The Weather Research House NSERC Scholarship Supplement - Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
2018: Doctoral Research Scholarship (B2X) - Fonds de recherche du Québec Nature et technologies (FRQNT)
2014: Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Program (CGS M) - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
2014: Master's Research Scholarship (B1) - Fonds de recherche du Québec Nature et technologies (FRQNT)
Institutional
2021: CESM Graduate Student Award - National Center for Atmospheric Research
2019: Outstanding Service Award - Department of Atmopsheric & Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2013: Canada Steamship Lines Award - McGill University
2012: Undergraduate Scholarship - Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
2010: Entry Scholarship - Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Foundation
Meetings
2021: 1st Place Outstanding Student Oral Presentation Award - 16th AMS Conference on Polar Meteorology & Oceanography
2019: Honorable Mention for Student Presentation - 2019 IGS Sea Ice Symposium
2019: Outstanding Student Presentation Award - 15th AMS Conference on Polar Meteorology & Oceanography
2018: Best Overall Poster - 12th Annual Earth System and Space Science Poster Conference
- Diploma
Year Label Educational Organization 2016 Msc in Atmospheric and oceanic Sciences McGill University 2021 Phd in atmospheric and oceanic sciences University of Colorado
Patricia DeRepentigny is interested in future projections of Arctic sea ice in earth system models, with the goal of improving our understanding of the multiple drivers of sea ice retreat on seasonal to century time scales in the context of forcing uncertainty and the internal variability of the climate system.
Derepentigny, Patricia ; Jahn, Alexandra ; Holland, Marika M. ; Kay, Jennifer E. ; Fasullo, John ; Lamarque, Jean-François ; Tilmes, Simone ; Hannay, Cécile ; Mills, Michael J. ; Bailey, David A. ; Barrett, Andrew P.. Enhanced simulated early 21st century Arctic sea ice loss due to CMIP6 biomass burning emissions. In: Science Advances, Vol. 8, no.30, p. eabo2405 (2022). doi:10.1126/sciadv.abo2405.
Heyblom, Kyle B. ; Singh, Hansi A. ; Rasch, Philip J. ; Derepentigny, Patricia. Increased Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions in CMIP6 Amplifies Hydrologic Cycle in the CESM2 Large Ensemble. In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 49, no.5, p. e2021GL096868 (2022). doi:10.1029/2021gl096868.
Kay, Jennifer E. ; Derepentigny, Patricia ; Holland, Marika M. ; Bailey, David A. ; DuVivier, Alice K. ; Blanchard‐Wrigglesworth, Ed ; Deser, Clara ; Jahn, Alexandra ; Singh, Hansi ; Smith, Madison M. ; Webster, Melinda A. ; Edwards, Jim ; Lee, Sun‐Seon ; Rodgers, Keith B. ; Rosenbloom, Nan. Less Surface Sea Ice Melt in the CESM2 Improves Arctic Sea Ice Simulation With Minimal Non‐Polar Climate Impacts. In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Vol. 14, no.4, p. e2021MS002679 (2022). doi:10.1029/2021ms002679.
Fasullo, J. T. ; Lamarque, Jean‐Francois ; Hannay, Cecile ; Rosenbloom, Nan ; Tilmes, Simone ; Derepentigny, Patricia ; Jahn, Alexandra ; Deser, Clara. Spurious Late Historical‐Era Warming in CESM2 Driven by Prescribed Biomass Burning Emissions. In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 49, no.2, p. e2021GL097420 (2022). doi:10.1029/2021gl097420.
Newton, Robert ; Pfirman, Stephanie ; Tremblay, L. Bruno ; Derepentigny, Patricia. Defining the “Ice Shed” of the Arctic Ocean's Last Ice Area and Its Future Evolution. In: Earth's Future, Vol. 9, no.9, p. e2021EF001988 (2021). doi:10.1029/2021ef001988.
Notz, Dirk ; Dörr, Jakob ; Holmes, C. ; Massonnet, François ; Derepentigny, Patricia. Arctic Sea Ice in CMIP6. In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 47, no.10, p. 1 (2020). doi:10.1029/2019gl086749.
Derepentigny, Patricia ; Jahn, Alexandra ; Holland, Marika M. ; Smith, Abigail. Arctic Sea Ice in Two Configurations of the CESM2 During the 20th and 21st Centuries. In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Vol. 125, no.9, p. e2020JC016133 (2020). doi:10.1029/2020jc016133.
Meehl, Gerald A. ; Arblaster, Julie M. ; Bates, Susan ; Richter, Jadwiga H. ; Tebaldi, Claudia ; Gettelman, Andrew ; Medeiros, Brian ; Bacmeister, Julio ; Derepentigny, Patricia ; Rosenbloom, Nan ; Shields, Christine ; Hu, Aixue ; Teng, Haiyan ; Mills, Michael J. ; Strand, Gary. Characteristics of Future Warmer Base States in CESM2. In: Earth and Space Science, Vol. 7, no.9, p. e2020EA001296 (2020). doi:10.1029/2020ea001296.
DuVivier, Alice K. ; Derepentigny, Patricia ; Holland, Marika M. ; Webster, Melinda ; Kay, Jennifer E. ; Perovich, Donald. Going with the floe: tracking CESM Large Ensemble sea ice in the Arctic provides context for ship-based observations. In: The Cryosphere, Vol. 14, no.4, p. 1259-1271 (2020). doi:10.5194/tc-14-1259-2020.
Derepentigny, Patricia ; Jahn, Alexandra ; Tremblay, L. Bruno ; Newton, Robert ; Pfirman, Stephanie. Increased Transnational Sea Ice Transport Between Neighboring Arctic States in the 21st Century. In: Earth's Future, Vol. 8, no.3, p. e2019EF001284 (2020). doi:10.1029/2019ef001284.
Newton, Robert ; Pfirman, Stephanie ; Tremblay, Bruno ; Derepentigny, Patricia. Increasing transnational sea‐ice exchange in a changing Arctic Ocean. In: Earth's Future, Vol. 5, no.6, p. 633-647 (2017). doi:10.1002/2016ef000500.
Derepentigny, Patricia ; Tremblay, L. Bruno ; Newton, Robert ; Pfirman, Stephanie. Patterns of Sea Ice Retreat in the Transition to a Seasonally Ice-Free Arctic. In: Journal of Climate, Vol. 29, no.19, p. 6993-7008 (2016). doi:10.1175/jcli-d-15-0733.1.
Tremblay, L. B. ; Schmidt, G. A. ; Pfirman, S. ; Newton, R. ; Derepentigny, Patricia. Is ice-rafted sediment in a North Pole marine record evidence for perennial sea-ice cover?. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 373, no.2052, p. 20140168 (2015). doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0168.
Lemieux, Jean‐François ; Beaudoin, Christiane ; Dupont, Frédéric ; Roy, François ; Smith, Gregory C. ; Shlyaeva, Anna ; Buehner, Mark ; Caya, Alain ; Chen, Jack ; Carrieres, Tom ; Pogson, Lynn ; Derepentigny, Patricia ; Plante, André ; Pestieau, Paul ; Pellerin, Pierre ; Ritchie, Hal ; Garric, Gilles ; Ferry, Nicolas. The Regional Ice Prediction System (RIPS): verification of forecast sea ice concentration. In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. 142, no.695, p. 632-643 (2015). doi:10.1002/qj.2526.