Louis Rivoire

Louis Rivoire

Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

Satellite nadir-viewing geometry affects the magnitude and detectability of long-term trends in stratospheric ozone

Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2025

This paper shows how uncertainties in downward-looking spaceborne retrievals (for instance SBUV) affect the degree of confidence placed in long-term trends in lower stratospheric ozone, with important implications for the longest historical records about the ozone hole and its recovery.

Recommended citation: Rivoire, L., Linz, M., Neu, J.L., Lin, P. and Santee, M.L., 2024. Detectability of forced trends in stratospheric ozone. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2025, pp.1-32. https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/25/2269/2025/

Age of Stratospheric Air: Progress on Processes, Observations, and Long-Term Trends

Published in Reviews of Geophysics, 2024

This review provides an overview of the scientific community’s progress on the tracer quantity known as ‘age of air’ in the stratosphere.

Recommended citation: H. Garny, co-authors including L. Rivoire, 2024. Age of Stratospheric Air: Progress on Processes, Observations, and Long-Term Trends. Reviews of Geophysics, 62(4) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023RG000832

Quantifying the radiative impact of clouds on tropopause layer cooling in tropical cyclones

Published in Journal of Climate, 2020

This paper discusses cloud radiative processes in the UTLS above tropical cyclones

Recommended citation: Rivoire, L., Birner, T., Knaff, J.A. and Tourville, N., 2020. Quantifying the radiative impact of clouds on tropopause layer cooling in tropical cyclones. Journal of Climate, (2020). https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/33/15/JCLI-D-19-0813.1.xml?tab_body=pdf

Dry layers in the tropical troposphere observed during CONTRAST and global behavior from GFS analyses

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2016

This paper discusses air masses with stratospheric properties found in the tropical troposphere

Recommended citation: Randel WJ, Rivoire L, Pan LL, Honomichl SB. Dry layers in the tropical troposphere observed during CONTRAST and global behavior from GFS analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2016 Nov 11;121(23):14-2. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016JD025841