Philippe Chambon

Dr. Philippe Chambon is a researcher in the “Observation” team in the NWP research division (GMAP) of the CNRM (Météo-France/CNRS). He received his Ph.D. degree in 2011 during which he contributed to designing the precipitation estimation Level-4 product for the joined ISRO-CNES satellite mission Megha-Tropiques. He was with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center within the science team of the GPM satellite mission as a postdoctoral fellow in 2012. Since 2013, he is working at Météo-France on data assimilation of satellite observations and his main research interest is on the use of microwave satellite observations for improving predictions of components of the water cycle through several space programs. Philippe Chambon is co-Chair of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) since November 2018.