I obtained an M.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) in 1992. From then on, I worked at the University as a research associate under the supervision of Dr. Peter Zwack.  The project was funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and performed in close collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory. The aim the project was the development of forecasting tools to improve terminal area weather forecasts. For a while, I worked on the development of a weather analysis/forecast component for the Aircraft Vortex Spacing System (AVOSS), then being developed at NASA Langley. Then, the focus of my work moved on toward the development/adaptation of a 1D atmospheric boundary layer model to provide numerical forecasts of ceilings & visibility for the San Francisco Intl' Airport. 

Downtown Montréal, from belvedere on Mount-Royal.
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Boulder & Foothills, @ Parkway & Valmont (R. Tardif, 2001)
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After feeling the urge for adventure, I moved to Boulder Colorado in late summer 2001 to pursue my graduate studies. I'm currently enrolled in the Program for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (PAOS) at the University of Colorado in Boulder (CU-Boulder). My research/assistantship is being performed at NCAR/RAP under the supervision of Dr. Roy Rasmussen, head of the Applied Science Group at NCAR. I have been more recently involved on a project to bring increased understanding of the variability within the boundary layer in response to radiative stochastic forcing and how numerical models represent this variability. This work is performed under the supervision of Dr. Josh Hacker. For someone interested in atmospheric sciences, CU, NCAR and Boulder represent a tremendously stimulating experience.