Independent Commission on the Verifiability of the CTBT: Dr Elisabeth Blanc: CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr Elisabeth Blanc
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France

Education:
Ph.D. in geophysics in 1977, University P. Sabatier, Toulouse and in 1989, University P. and M. Curie, Paris.

Career History:
1978 onwards: Staff member of the Laboratory Detection and Geophysics, Department Analysis, Monitoring and Environment of the French Atomic Energy Commission.
1996 onwards: Senior Expert, Atomic Energy Commission.

Professional Accomplishments:
1994-1996: Member of the infrasound expert group, mandated for the definition of the International Monitoring System dedicated to the control of the CTBT.
Many years of experience in electromagnetism and infrasound monitoring.
Research interests include the study of natural and man-made disturbances and the effects of powerful atmospheric explosions.
Methodologies are HF radar, electromagnetic measurements, microbarographs and satellites.
Principal investigator of experiments for the study of infrasounds from explosions and lightning in the US, Ivory Coast and France.

Professional Affiliations:
Member of the European Geophysical Society
Member of the Acoustical Society of America
Member of the Geomagnetism and Geodesy Committee
Member of the International Research Group of Geophysics in Europe-Africa

Publications:
More than 20 papers in international geophysics journals. Papers concerning infrasound studies are listed below.
Elisabeth Blanc, 'Infrasound detection in the atmosphere', DASE Report, DASE/COM/002A97, 1997.
Elisabeth Blanc, 'Observations in the upper atmosphere of infrasonic waves from natural or artificial sources: a summary' Ann. Geophysicae, vol. 3, no. 6, 1985, pp. 673-687.
Elisabeth Blanc and Abraham Jacobson , 'Observations of ionospheric disturbances produced by powerful chemical explosions', Agard Conference Proceedings, n°485, 1990.
Elisabeth Blanc and Abraham R. Jacobson , 'Observation of ionospheric disturbance following a 5 KT chemical explosion: Stratifications and long term anomalies in the lower ionosphere after shock passage', Radio Science, vol. 24, no. 6, 1989, pp. 739-746. Christophe Besset and Elisabeth Blanc, 'Propagation of vertical shock waves in the atmosphere', Journal of Acoustical Society of America, vol. 95, no. 4, 1993, pp. 1830-1839.
C. Delclos, E. Blanc, P. Broche, F. Glangeaud and J.L. Lacoume , 'Processing and interpretation of microbarograph signals generated by the explosion of Mount St. Helens', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 95, D5, 1990, pp. 5485-5494.