Publications

In journals

F. Gibert, N. Arnault, J. Cuesta, R. Plougonven and P.H. Flamant (2011)
Internal gravity waves convectively forced in the atmospherc residual layer during the morning transition
in press for Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.

R. Plougonven and J. Vanneste (2010)
Quasi-geostrophic dynamics of a finite-thickness tropopause
J. Atmos. Sci. 67(10), p3149-3163

R. Plougonven, A. Arsac, A. Hertzog, L. Guez and F. Vial (2010)
Sensitivity study for mesoscale simulations of gravity waves above Antarctica during Vorcore
Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 136, July, Part A, p1371-1377.

F. Lott, R. Plougonven and J. Vanneste (2010)
Gravity waves generated by sheared potential-vorticity anomalies
J. Atmos. Sci. 67(1), p157-170.

C. Snyder, R. Plougonven and D.J. Muraki (2009)
Mechanisms for spontaneous gravity wave generation within a dipole vortex
J. Atmos. Sci. 66(11), p3464-3478.

R. Plougonven and V. Zeitlin (2009)
Nonlinear development of inertial instability in a barotropic shear
Physics of Fluids 21, 106601, doi:10.1063/1.3242283.

R. Plougonven, C. Snyder and F. Zhang (2009)
Comments on 'Application of the Lighthill-Ford Theory of Spontaneous Imbalance to Clear-Air Turbulence Forecasting'
J. Atmos. Sci. 66, 2506-2510.

J. Gula, V. Zeitlin and R. Plougonven (2009)
Instabilities of two-layer shallow-water flows with vertical shear in the rotating annulus
J. Fluid Mech. 638, p27-47.

J. Gula, R. Plougonven and V. Zeitlin (2009)
Ageostrophic instabilities of fronts in a channel in the stratified rotating fluid
J. Fluid Mech. 627, p485-507.

R. Plougonven, A. Hertzog and H. Teitelbaum (2008)
Observations and simulations of a large-amplitude wave breaking over the Antarctic Peninsula
J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009739.

C. Snyder, D. Muraki, R. Plougonven and F. Zhang (2007)
Inertia-gravity waves generated within a dipole vortex
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, p4417-4431.

R. Plougonven and C. Snyder (2007)
Inertia-gravity waves spontaneously generated by jets and fronts. Part I: Different baroclinic life cycles.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, p2502-2520.

R. Plougonven and F. Zhang (2007)
On the forcing of inertia-gravity waves by synoptic scale flows.
J. Atmos. Sci., 64, p1737-1742.

R. Plougonven and C. Snyder (2005)
Gravity waves excited by jets: propagation versus generation.
Geophysical Research Letters. 32, L18802.

R. Plougonven, D.J. Muraki and C. Snyder (2005)
A baroclinic instability that couples balanced motions and gravity waves.
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62, Number 5, p1545-1559.
Corrigendum (2006)
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63, p1672-1673.

R. Plougonven and V. Zeitlin (2005)
Lagrangian approach to the geostrophic adjustment of frontal anomalies in a stratified fluid. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 99, Number 2, p101-135, DOI: 10.1080/03091920512331328080.

T.P. Lane, J.D. Doyle, R. Plougonven, M.A. Shapiro and R.D. Sharman (2004)
Observations and numerical simulations of inertia-gravity waves and shearing instabilities in the vicinity of a jet stream. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61,p2692-2706.

F. Zhang, S. Wang, and R. Plougonven (2004)
Uncertainties in using the hodograph method to retrieve gravity wave characteristics from individual soundings. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L11110, doi:10.1029/2004GL019841.

R. Plougonven, H. Teitelbaum and V. Zeitlin (2003)
Inertia-gravity wave generation by the tropospheric mid-latitude jet as given by the FASTEX radiosoundings. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D21), 4686.

R. Plougonven and H. Teitelbaum (2003)
Comparison of a large-scale inertia-gravity wave as seen in the ECMWF analyses and from radiosondes. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(18), 1954.

R. Plougonven and V. Zeitlin (2003)
On periodic inertia-gravity waves of finite amplitude propagating without change of form at sharp density-gradient interfaces in the rotating fluid. Physics Letters A 314, p140-149.

J. LeSommer, S. Medvedev, R. Plougonven, and V. Zeitlin (2003)
Singularity formation during the relaxation of jets and fronts toward the state of geostrophic equilibrium. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 8, p415-442

V. Zeitlin, S. Medvedev, and R. Plougonven (2003)
Frontal geostrophic adjustment, slow manifold and nonlinear wave phenomena in one-dimensional rotating shallow water. Part 1: Theory. J. Fluid Mech. 481, p269-290.

R. Plougonven and V. Zeitlin (2002)
Internal gravity wave emission from a pancake vortex: an example of wave-vortex interaction in strongly stratified flows. Phys. Fluids 14(3), p1259-1268.

In proceedings

J. Gula, R. Plougonven and V. Zeitlin (2007)
Ageostrophic instabilities of a front in a stratified rotating fluid
18ème Congrès Francais de Mécanique. Genoble, France, August 27-31, 2007.

R. Plougonven and C. Snyder (2006)
The spontaneous generation of inertia-gravity waves in idealized baroclinic life cycles
Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Oberwolfach Reports, 39/2006.
Oberwolfach, Germany, August 20-26, 2006.

R. Plougonven and C. Snyder (2005)
On the spontaneous emission of gravity waves by vortical motions
International Conference on High Reynolds Number Vortex Interactions, Toulouse, France, August 29-31, 2005.

R. Plougonven and C. Snyder (2004)
Excitation d'ondes de gravité dans des cycles de vie d'intabilité barocline.
Ateliers de Modélisation de l'Atmosphère, Toulouse, France, November 2004.

R. Plougonven, H. Teitelbaum and V. Zeitlin (2003)
Generation of inerti-gravity waves by the midlatitude tropospheric jet.
AMS 10th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Portland, Oregon, June 2003.

Habilitation

R. Plougonven (2010)
Emission d'ondes de gravité par les jets atmosphériques
Soutenue le 19 mars 2010-Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique.

Thesis

R. Plougonven (2002)
Jets, vortex et ondes d'inertie-gravité: séparation dynamique et émission
PHD thesis - Directeur de thèse Vladimir Zeitlin,
Soutenue le 7 octobre 2002-Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique.