Jan Polcher
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
Jan Polcher is a Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL). His research interests include understanding and modelling land-surface/atmosphere interactions, the influence of land-surface changes on the mean climate and its variability. In particular how climate change and human water usage affect the continental branch of the water cycle. He is currently co-chair of the WCRP GEWEX Scientific Steering Committee and the Grand Challenge on Water for the Foodbaskets of the World.