Subtelomere organization in the genome of the microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi: patterns of repeated sequences and physicochemical signatures

International audienceThe microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi is an obligate intracellular eukaryotic pathogen with a small nuclear genome (2.9 Mbp) consisting of 11 chromosomes. Although each chromosome end is known to contain a single rDNA unit, the incomplete assembly of subtelomeric regions following sequencing of the genome identified only 3 of the 22 expected rDNA units. While chromosome end assembly remains a difficult process in most eukaryotic genomes, it is of significant importance for pathogens because these regions encode factors important for virulence and host evasion

Une nouvelle méthode de traitement des images d'hydrométéores données par les sondes bidimensionnelles

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Mécanismes de glaciation secondaire dans les stratocumulus : importance du "splintering" dans les zones de mélange des régions convectives

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Modélisation de la croissance du givre de faible intensité

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Influence de la rugosité du givre sur la croissance par la captation des gouttes d'eau surfondue : application au givrage des câbles électriques

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Analyse des hétérogénéités spatiales des stratocumulus et cumulus

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Airbone microphysical measurements and radar reflectivity observations near a cold frontal rainband observes during the FRONTS-87 experiment

International audienceAirborne microphysical measurements and ground-based radar-reflectivity observations, collected at the near of a narrow cold frontal rainband during the FRONTS 87 experiment, are used to infer some characteristics of the precipitation: size-distribution, liquid or ice-water content, mass-weighted fallspeed, radar-reflectivity and relationships between pairs of these quantities. In the ice phase region, two different methods are proposed to calculate the radar reflectivity from the aircraft data. The influence of the choice of the ice particle type on the calculated quantities is discussed from the results of the first method. The second method is new: it is based upon the use of a roughness parameter estimated from the analysis of the two-dimensional particle images of ice precipitation. Although this method is tentative, it gives conclusive results for the two different flight levels studied here

Investigation of the links between water vapor field evolution and rain rate based on 5 years of measurements at a midlatitude site

International audienceBased on 5 years of measurements of integrated water vapor (IWV), surface mixing ratio (MR), and rain rate, we investigate the relationship between the water vapor field evolution and the precipitation lifecycle. We show that in 76% of the cases the IWV reaches a maximum before the peak of precipitation, with the precipitation peak occurring on average 20 min after the IWV maximum. This delay can be related to the fall time of the precipitation. We also show that the moister the atmosphere, the greater the precipitation rates and the longer the delay. Unlike the IWV, the MR reaches a maximum after the precipitation peak in 60% of the cases, highlighting the interest of IWV compared to surface MR only. This paper and the discussions within it open a pathway to complementary studies and applications for heavy precipitation prediction