LAURENT METIVIER, PhD

Chargé de Recherche

Institut Géographique National (IGN), LAREG

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)

Université Paris-Diderot (P7)

Bâtiment Lamarck, case 7011, 35 rue Hélène Brion

75013 Paris, France

Ph: (+33) 1 57 27 84 87

fax: (+33) 1 57 27 84 82

laurent.metivier@ign.fr

lalmetiv@ipgp.jussieu.fr

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-today Research Scientist at IGN/LAREG - IPGP (Paris, France).

2007-2008 Blaustein Post-doctoral Scholar at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD, USA).

2006 Visiting Research Associate at University of Maryland Baltimore County and at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD, USA) (9 months).

2006 Research Associate at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (Bruxelles), Descartes prize fellow (3 months).

2005 CNES (French spatial agency) postdoctoral situation at the Royal Observatory of Belgium ( ROB, Bruxelles) and at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, Paris).

2004 Temporary researcher and teacher (ATER) at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, Paris).

2000-2003 Research allocatee (PhD preparation) at Paris VII University and Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

RESEARCH INTERESTS

· International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) determination.

· Body tides of the Earth, modeling, links between tides and Seismicity.

· Impact of the heterogeneous mantle/crust structure and asphericity on elasto-gravitational deformations.

· Surface loading deformation of Mars and Earth induced by atmosphere, polar ice caps, oceans (Earth only) and continental hydrology (Earth only).

· Gravity field. Spatial and temporal variations.

· Numerical modeling (parallel spectral element method)

PUBLICATIONS

In peer reviewed Jounals

Jiang, Z., Becker, M., Francis, O., Germak, A., Palinkas, V., Jousset, P., Kostelecky, J., Dupont, T., Lee, C., Tsai, C.-L., Falk, R., Wilmes, H., Kopaev, A., Ruess, D., Ullrich, C., Meurers, B., Mrlina, J., Deroussi, S., Métivier, L., Pajot, G., Pereira Dos Santos, F., van Ruymbeke, M., Naslin, S., & Ferry, M., 2009. Relative Gravity Measurement Campaign during the 7th International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (2005), Metrologia, in presse.

Métivier, L., de Viron, O., Conrad, C. P., Renault, S., Diament, M., & Patau, G., 2009. Evidence of Earthquake triggering by the solid Earth tides, Earth and Planet. Sc. Lett., 278, 370-375, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.024.

[Reprint] [Highlight in NewScientist]

Métivier, L., & Conrad, C. P., 2008. Body tides of a convecting, laterally heterogeneous, and aspherical Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B11405, doi:10.1029/2007JB005448.

[Reprint] [Suppl. Readme] [Suppl. File 1] [Suppl. File 2] [Suppl. File 3]

Métivier, L., Karatekin, Ö., & Dehant, V., 2008. The effect of the internal structure of Mars on its seasonal loading deformations, Icarus, 194, 476-486, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.001.

[Reprint]

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2007. Mantle lateral variations and elasto-gravitational deformations - II. Possible effects of a superplume on body tides, Geophys. J. Int., 168 , 897-903, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03309.x.

[Reprint]

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2006. Mantle lateral variations and elasto-gravitational deformations - I. Numerical modeling, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 1060-1076, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03159.x.

[Reprint]

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2005. A new approach to compute accurate gravity time variations for a realistic Earth model with lateral heterogeneities, Geophys. J. Int., 162, 570–574.

[Reprint]

Greff-Lefftz, M., Métivier, L., & Legros, H., 2005. Analytical solutions of Love numbers for an hydrostatic ellipsoidal incompressible homogeneous Earth, using Lagrangian formulation, Celest. Mech. and Dyn. Astron., 93, 113–146.

[Reprint]

PhD thesis (in french)

Influence des variations latérales de densité et de paramètres rhéologiques sur la déformation de la Terre.

Presented december 7th 2004, at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, with the best distinction. [PDF]

Jury :

· François Guyot ................ président du jury

· Véronique Dehant ............. rapporteur

· Hilaire Legros ................... rapporteur

· Georges Balmino .............. examinateur

· Marianne Greff-Lefftz ........ co-directrice de thèse

· Michel Diament ................ co-directeur de thèse

Communications

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., Z. Altamimi, Besse, J., 2009. Secular motions of the geocenter, EGU 2009, Vienna, April 19-24 2009, Abstract EGU09-9542.

Greff-Lefftz, M., Métivier, L., 2009. Mantle dynamics and Geocenter variations, EGU 2009, Vienna, April 19-24 2009, Abstract EGU2009-7125.

Altamimi, Z., Collilieux, X., Métivier, L., 2009. Preliminary Analysis in view of ITRF2008, EGU 2009, Vienna, April 19-24 2009, Abstract EGU2009-3071.

Collilieux, X., van Dam, T., Métivier, L., Altamimi, Z., Ray, J., 2009. Comparison of GPS station position and loading displacement model time series. What can we learn?, EGU 2009, Vienna, April 19-24 2009, Abstract EGU2009-7157.

Collilieux, X., Métivier, L., Altamimi, Z., van Dam, T., Wu, X., Ray, J., 2009. Geocenter motion from space geodesy. What precision could be expected from current estimations? , EGU 2009, Vienna, April 19-24 2009, Abstract EGU2009-7436.

Métivier, L., Conrad, C. P., de Viron, O., Diament, M., 2008. Evidence of Earthquakes triggering by the solid Earth tides, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S23C-02.

Van Camp, M., Métivier, L., de Viron, O., Williams, S., Meurers, B., 2008. Hydrology and Noise affecting land-based gravity measurements, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G33A-0672.

Van Camp, M., Métivier, L., Williams, S., Vanclooster, Dassargues & de Viron, O., 2008. De l’influence des phénomènes hydrologiques sur les mesures gravimétriques, Colloque 2008 du Groupement de Recherche G2, Paris, UNESCO, 17-19 novembre 2008

Métivier, L., & Conrad, C. P., 2007. The Effect of Mantle Heterogeneity on Tidal Gravity and Surface Deformations, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G32A-05.

Métivier, L., & Kuang, W., 2006. Earth's geocenter motion induced by the internal dynamical processes, in Eos. Trans. AGU 2006, San Francisco, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP51A-0943.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2006. The impact of Mantle convection on body tides, in EGU 2006, Vienna. Invited Talk, EGU06-A-04619.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2005. Body tides of a realistic Earth, in Eos. Trans. AGU 2005, San Francisco, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G33A-0031.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2004. Influence of Mantle heterogeneities on Earth tides, in IAG Grav. Geoi. and Sp. Mis., Porto, August 30 – September 3.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2003. Mantle lateral variations and elastic deformations, in IUGG, Sapporo, July.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2003. Mantle lateral variations and Earth tides, in Eos. Trans. AGU, San Francisco, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G31C–08.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2002. Role of density lateral variations on Earth response to low frequency forcings, in EGS, Nice, Poster G024; EGS02–A–01875.

Métivier, L., Greff-Lefftz, M., & Diament, M., 2002. Role of density and of lateral variation of rheology on Earth tides: a numerical approach, in Eos. Trans. AGU, San Francisco, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G52A–965.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Contacts

Clinton P. Conrad (University at Hawaii at Manoa, HW, USA)

Marianne Greff-Lefftz (Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France)

Organizations

Laboratoire de Recherche en Géodésie, IGN (LAREG)

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)

UFR STEP, Paris-Diderot University

International Terrestrial Earth Frame (ITRF)

International Earth Rotation and Reference systems (IERS)

International Association of Geodesy (IAG)

International Center for Earth Tides (ICET)

TEACHING

2004 Co-advisor of Florence Levy training (Licence 3 student at École Normale Supérieure in Paris) during 1 month.

2003-2004 Temporary researcher and teacher (ATER, 96h) at IPGP. Teachings:

· Gravimetry and geomagnetism (Master 2 professional)

· Initiation to Geosoft software in applied geophysics (Master 2 professional)

· Geology and cartography field training (3 weeks) (Master 2 professional).

May 2001 Vacations (30h). Field training in applied geophysics in Garchy for Claude Bernard University (Lyon, France) (Licence 3).

EDUCATION

2000-2004 PhD thesis in geophysics Paris VII University and IPGP.

1998-2000 Master degree in IPGP.

1995-1998 Licence degree in IPGP (Graduation).

1995 “Baccalauréat scientifique” in France (mathematics specialty).