Dr. Appolinaire Vondou Derbetini

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsAtmospheric Physics
KeywordsLarge-scale circulation, Extremes, western equatorial Africa, Tropical waves, Heavy rainfall

Current contact address

CountryCameroon
CityYaounde
InstitutionUniversite de Yaounde I
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter KnippertzInstitut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK) Forschungsbereich Troposphäre (IMK-TRO), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2026Kammalac Jores, Taguemfo and Appolinaire, Vondou Derbetini and Pascal, Igri Moudi and Honoré, Kamsu Tamo Pierre: Improving Numerical Weather Forecasts of Rainfall Over Central Africa Using a Three‐Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation Technique and the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. In: Meteorological Applications, 33, 2026,