Dr. Stéphane Goyette

Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche (MER)
Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer
Research and Interests
- Climate modelling and analysis (regional and local), development and application of subgrid-scales numerical schemes (windgust, snow, lake, etc.)
- Development of user-friendly climate model interfaces for teaching & learning purposes
- Lectures: Atmospheric and Climate sciences, basics of numerical modelling
- Measuring and analysing atmospheric conditions in vegetable greenhouses
Simple models
- Energy balance model (0D) "Java applet": EBM 0D interactif
- Energy balance model (1D) "Java applet": EBM 1D interactif
Both are available at:
Updated versions for smatphones/tablets are available on the
Teaching Activities (
Master Universitaire en Sciences de l'Environnement (MUSE)
Thématique Climat (notes et exercices sur :
- Science de l'atmosphère
- Introduction à la météorologie et à la climatologie (avec M. Brunetti)
- Modélisation environnementale et climatique avancée (avec M. Brunetti)
- Physique et Chimie de l'atmosphère (avec S. Stoll)
- Space Climate (avec G. Giuliani)
- Modélisation quantitative (avec H. Dao)
Additional information
- - former commitee member in charge of Environmental Physics
- Reviewer for JGR, GRL, Clim. Change, Clim. Dyn., Tellus, Glob. Plan. Change, J. Hydrometeorology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Boreal Environment Research, NHESS, European Journal of Forest Research, Regional Env Change, PAGEOPH, Theor. Appl. Climatol., GRANA, GEOFIZIKA, STOTEN, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, International Journal of Climatology
Selected Publications
- Cohen, S., M. Decrey, (illustrations de M. Berthod, chroniques scientifiques de S. Goyette): "". Ed. Slatkine Helvetica, 2012, Genève, 160 pp.
- Simulation of multi-annual thermal profiles in deep Lake Geneva: a one-dimensional lake-model intercomparison study. Perroud, M., S. Goyette, A. Martynov, M. Beniston, O. Anneville, 2009: Limnol. Oceanogr. 54, 1574-1594.
- Sensitivity of the snow energy balance to climate changes: implications for the evolution of snowpack in the Pyrenees in the 21st century. López- Moreno, J. I., S. Goyette, M. Beniston, and B. Alvera, 2008: Climate Research 36, 203-217.
- Development of user-friendly didactic climate models for teaching and learning purposes. Goyette, S., H. Platteaux, F. Jimenez, 2007: IPSI BGD Trans. Adv. Res. 3, 32-38.
- Climate risks and their impact on agriculture and forests in Switzerland. Fuhrer, J., M. Beniston, A. Fischlin, Ch. Frei, S. Goyette, K. Jasper, Ch. Pfister, 2009: Clim. Change 79, 79-102.
- Application of a new wind gust parameterisation. Multi-scale studies performed with the Canadian RCM. Goyette S., O. Brasseur, M. Beniston, 2003: J. Geophys. Res. 108, 4374.