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David Jessop
physicien-adjoint |
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Research Topics :
- Turbulence and particle dynamics in volcanic plumes
- Granular flows
- Hydrothermal volcanic systems
- Gas dispersion modelling

Typical dispersion pattern of CO2 from La Soufrière, Guadeloupe, modified from Rave-Bonilla et al. (2023)
Software :
Scientific and administrative responsibilities:
- 2026– Représentant CNRS,Volcano Observations Thematic Core Service (VOLC-TCS), EPOS
- 2026– Responsable Services d’Observation OPGC – Services National des Observations en Volcanlogie (SNOV)
- 2022– Conseil Administrative de l’OPGC
- 2022– Committee d’Experts en Volcanologie, IPGP
- 2017– Thermal monitoring of La Soufrière Volcano, Guadeloupe (OVSG-IPGP)
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Diplomas:
- Habilitation à diriger des recherches, 2024, Université Clermont-Auvergne, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, « On volcanological plumes and volcanic hydrothermal systems »
- PhD, 2009, University of Bristol, Department of Mathematics, « On flows of fluidised particles down slopes »
Academic positions:
- 2017– : Physicien-Adjoint
- 2021– Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont-Auvergne
- 2021– Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismique de la Guadeloupe, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université de Paris
- 2017–2018 Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Clermont-Auvergne — avec détachement à l’Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismique de la Guadeloupe
- 2014–2016 : Post-doctoral researcher, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand & Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- 2012–2014 : Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- 2010–2011 : Attaché Temporaire de l’Enseignement et de Recherche, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
- 2009–2010 : Post-doctoral researcher, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand
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Teaching (since 2021):
L1 (SPLS) – Outils Informatiques S1 – Programmation en Python
L3 (EOPGC) – Informatique pour Géologues 2
M1 (EOPGC) – Surveillance Volcanique
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Publications :
Articles scientifiques
25 publication(s) | Article scientifique au 15/10/2026- Mendieta A., Rosas-Carbajal M.,
Jessop D.
, Komorowski J.C., Deroussi S.,
Vlastélic I.
, Villeneuve M., Violay M., Esposti Ongaro T., Kushnir A., Beauducel F., de Chabalier J.B., Bajou R., Baud P., Heap M.
(2026)
. Geophysics-assisted imaging of shallow gas pockets and hydrothermal alteration at the summit of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (Eastern Caribbean). BULLVOLC
(Bulletin of Volcanology)
. vol.88, p.48,
DOI
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Eychenne J.
,
Paris R.
, Borbon A.,
Jessop D.
,
Gouhier M.
, Gisbert Pinto G., Calafat A., Colomb A., Fernandez-Turiel J.L., Gaussen V., Gorce C.,
Moune S.
, Navarrete W., Nedelec J.M., Rodriguez-Gonzalez A.,
Tomasek I.
, Vilches J., Perez-Torrado F.J.
(2026)
. Impact of volcanic emissions on the air quality during the 2021 volcanic eruption of tajogaite, la palma: implications for population exposure to volcanic pollutants. SCIENCE ENV
(Science of the Total Environment)
. vol.1019, p.181551,
DOI
- Heap M., Alizada G.,
Jessop D.
, Kennedy B., Wadsworth F.
(2025)
. The influence of temperature (up to 120 °c) on the thermal conductivity of variably porous andesite. JVGR
(Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
. vol.452, p.108140,
DOI
- Fontaine F., Komorowski J.-C., Corbeau J., Burtin A., de Chabalier J.-B., Grandin R., Saurel J., Agrinier P.,
Moune S.
, Jadelus F., Melezan D., Gabriel J.-G., Vidal C., Zimmermann B., Vaton D., Koziol J., Lavenaire J., Moretti R., Lemarchand A., Labasque T., Blard P.-H., Tibari B., Zimmermann L., Aubaud C., Vergne J., Andrieu A., Filliaert A., Chilin-Eusebe E., Wahlgren S., Inostroza M., Métaxian J.P., Potier A., Fernandez I., Robert V., Deroussi S., Carazzo G., Tait S.,
Vlastélic I.
,
Jessop D.
, Bonaimé S., Le Friant A., Chaussidon M.,
Michaud-Dubuy A.
, Retailleau L., Di Muro A., Allard P., Satriano C.
(2025)
. Ongoing multiparameter unrest at the montagne pelée volcano on martinique from 2019 to 2024. SCREPORT
(Scientific Reports)
. vol.15,
DOI
- Fourgassie L., Cristo Rodríguez-Pérez M., Fuentes, Zwirner E., Borbon A., Colomb A., Perez F.J., Torrado F.J.,
Jessop D.
,
Moune S.
,
Paris R.
,
Sauzéat L.
,
Tomasek I.
, Damby D., Dezecache G.,
Eychenne J.
(2025)
. Post traumatic stress disorder in adult population of la palma (spain) after the 2021 tajogaite eruption: environmental and sociodemographic predictors. INTRISK
(International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)
. vol.127, p.105680,
DOI
- Klein A.,
Jessop D.
,
Donnadieu F.
, Pierre J., Moretti R.
(2024)
. Dome permeability and fluid circulation at la soufrière de guadeloupe implied from soil co2 degassing, thermal flux and self potential. BULLVOLC
(Bulletin of Volcanology)
. vol.86, p.26,
DOI
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RAVE BONILA Y.
,
Jessop D.
,
Moune S.
, Garbin C., Moretti R.
(2023)
. Numerical modelling of the volcanic plume dispersion from the hydrothermal system of la soufrière de guadeloupe. VOLCANICA
(Volcanica)
. vol.6, p.459-477,
DOI
- Aubry T.J., Engwell S.L., Bonadonna C., Mastin L.G., Carazzo G., Van Eaton A.R.,
Jessop D.
, Grainger R.G., Scollo S., Taylor I.A., Jellinek A.M., Schmidt A., Biass S.,
Gouhier M.
(2023)
. New insights into the relationship between mass eruption rate and volcanic column height based on the ivespa data set. GRL
(Geophysical Research Letters)
. vol.50,
DOI
- Heap M.J., Wadsworth F.B.,
Jessop D.
(2023)
. The thermal conductivity of unlithified granular volcanic materials: the influence of hydrothermal alteration and degree of water saturation. JVGR
(Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
. vol.435, p.107775,
DOI
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Moune S.
, Moretti R., Burtin A.,
Jessop D.
, Didier T., Robert V., Bonifacie M., Tamburello G., Komorowski J.C., Allard P., Buscetti M.
(2022)
. Gas monitoring of volcanic hydrothermal plumes in a tropical environment: the case of la soufrière de guadeloupe unrest volcano (lesser antilles). FRONTEARTSC
(Frontiers in Earth Science)
. vol.10,
DOI
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Sauzéat L.
,
Eychenne J.
,
Gurioli L.
,
Boyet M.
,
Jessop D.
, Moretti R., Monrose M., Holota H., Beaudoin C., Volle D.H.
(2022)
. Metallome deregulation and health related impacts due to long term exposure to recent volcanic ash deposits: new chemical and isotopic insights. SCIENCE ENV
(Science of the Total Environment)
. p.154383,
DOI
- Heap M.J., Jessop D. , Wadsworth F.B., Rosas-Carbajal M., Komorowski J.C., Gilg H.A., Aron N., Buscetti M., Gential L., Goupil M., Masson M., Hervieu L., Kushnir A.R.L., Baud P., Carbillet L., Ryan A.G., Moretti R. (2022) . The thermal properties of hydrothermally altered andesites from la soufrière de guadeloupe (eastern caribbean). JVGR (Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research) . vol.421, p.107444, DOI
- Moretti R.,
Moune S.
,
Jessop D.
, Glynn C., Robert V., Deroussi S.
(2021)
. The basse terre island of guadeloupe (eastern caribbean, france) and its volcanic hydrothermal geodiversity: a case study of challenges, perspectives, and new paradigms for resilience and sustainabili. GEOSCIENCES
(Geosciences)
. vol.11, p.454,
DOI
- Metcalfe A.,
Moune S.
, Komorowski J.C., Kilgour G.,
Jessop D.
, Moretti R., Legendre Y.
(2021)
. Corrigendum: magmatic processes at la soufrière de guadeloupe: insights from crystal studies and diffusion timescales for eruption onset. FRONTEARTSC
(Frontiers in Earth Science)
. vol.9, p.723763,
DOI
- Aubry T.J., Engwell S., Bonadonna C., Carazzo G., Scollo S., Van Eaton A.R., Taylor I.A.,
Jessop D.
,
Eychenne J.
,
Gouhier M.
, Mastin L.G., Wallace K.L., Biass S., Bursik M., Grainger R.G., Jellinek A.M., Schmidt A.
(2021)
. The independent volcanic eruption source parameter archive (ivespa, version 1.0): a newobservational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development. JVGR
(Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
. vol.417, p.107295,
DOI
- Massaro S., Dioguardi F., Sandri L., Tamburello G., Selva J.,
Moune S.
,
Jessop D.
, Moretti R., Komorowski J.C., Costa A.
(2021)
. Testing gas dispersion modelling: a case study at la soufrière volcano (guadeloupe, lesser antilles). JVGR
(Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
. vol.417, p.107312,
DOI
- Metcalfe A.,
Moune S.
, Komorowski J.C., Kilgour G.,
Jessop D.
, Moretti R., Legendre Y.
(2021)
. Magmatic processes at la soufrière de guadeloupe: insights from crystal studies and diffusion timescales for eruption onset. FRONTEARTSC
(Frontiers in Earth Science)
. vol.9, p.617294,
DOI
- Jessop D. , Moune S. , Moretti R., Gibert D., Komorowski J.C., Robert V., Heap M.J., Bosson A., Bonifacie M., Deroussi S., Dessert C., Rosas-Carbajal M., Lemarchand A., Burtin A. (2021) . A multi decadal view of the heat and mass budget of a volcano in unrest: la soufrière de guadeloupe (french west indies). BULLVOLC (Bulletin of Volcanology) . vol.83, DOI
- Moretti R., Komorowski J.C., Ucciani G.,
Moune S.
,
Jessop D.
, Chabalier de J.B., Beauducel F., Bonifacie M., Burtin A., Vallée M., Deroussi S., Robert V., Gibert D., Didier T., Kitou T., Feuillet N., Allard P., Tamburello G., Shreve T., Saurel J.M., Lemarchand A., Rosas-Carbajal M., Agrinier P., Le Friant A., Chaussidon M.
(2020)
. The 2018 unrest phase at la soufrière of guadeloupe (french west indies) andesitic volcano: scrutiny of a failed but prodromal phreatic eruption. JVGR
(Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
. vol.393, p.106769,
DOI
- Moretti R., Moune S. , Robert V., Jessop D. , Didier T., Bonifacie M., Komorowski J.C. (2020) . Intercomparison of geochemical techniques at la soufrière de guadeloupe (fwi) volcano: their advantages and their limits over a long standing unrest. ITAL.J.GEOS (Italian Journal of Geosciences) . vol.139, p.398-412, DOI
- Mannini S. , Harris A. , Jessop D. , Chevrel O. , Ramsey M.S. (2019) . Combining ground and aster based thermal measurements to constrain fumarole field heat budgets: the case of vulcano fossa 2000 2019. GRL (Geophysical Research Letters) . vol.46, p.1, DOI
- Bombrun M. , Jessop D. , Harris A. , Barra V. (2018) . An algorithm for the detection and characterisation of volcanic plumes using thermal camera imagery. JVGR (Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research) . vol.352, p.26-37, DOI
- Jessop D. , Hogg A.J., Gilbertson M.A., Schoof C. (2017) . Steady and unsteady fluidised granular flows down slopes. JOURNFLUIDMECH (Journal of Fluid Mechanics) . vol.827, p.67-120, DOI
- Jessop D. , Gilchrist J., Jellinek A.M., Roche O. (2016) . Are eruptions from linear fissures and caldera ring dykes more likely to produce pyroclastic flows?. EPSL (Earth and Planetary Science Letters) . vol.454, p.142-153, DOI
- Jessop D. , Kelfoun K. , Labazuy P. , Mangeney A., Roche O. , Tillier J.L., Trouillet M., Thibault G. (2012) . Lidar derived morphology of the 1993 lascar pyroclastic flow deposits, and implication for flow dynamics and rheology. journal of volcanology and geothermal research 245 246, 81 97,. DOI
- Jessop, D. E. and A. M. Jellinek (2014). Effects of particle mixtures and nozzle geometry on entrainment into volcanic jets ». Geophys. Res. Lett. 41, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1002/2014GL60059.
- Gilbertson, M. A., D. E. Jessop, and A. J. Hogg (2008). “The effects of gas flow on granular currents”. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 366.1873, pp. 2191–2203. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2007.0021.
- Jessop, D. E., M. A. Gilbertson, and A. J. Hogg (2007). “On the motion of fluidised granular currents: motion along horizontal surfaces”. Fluidization XII. Ed. by X. Bi, F. Berruti, and T. Pugsley. ECI Symposium Series, pp. 86On volcanological plumes and volcanic hydrothermal systems3–871
Congrès :
11 publication(s) | congrès au 15/10/2026- Eychenne J. , Paris R. , Borbon A., Gisbert Pinto G., Rodríguez-Pérez M.C., Fuentes Ferrer M.E., Jessop D. , Colomb A., Perez-Torrado F.J., Moune S. , Damby D. (2025) . Development of a health relevant exposure index for volcanic emissions: example from the 2021 tajogaite eruption, la palma, canary islands..
- Rave Bonilla Y.P., Jessop D. , Moune S. (2023) . Numerical modelling of the volcanic plume dispersion from la soufrière de guadeloupe. p.EGU23-251, DOI
- Moretti R., Komorowski J.C., Burtin A., Ucciani G., Jessop D. , Moune S. , Bonifacie M., Robert V., Deroussi S., Didier T., Kitou T., de Chabalier J.B., Shreve T., Venugopal S. , Saurel J.M., Lemarchand A., Tamburello G., Gibert D., Allard P., Le Friant A., Chaussidon M. (2018) . The 2018 february april unrest phase at la soufrière of guadeloupe (french west indies) andesitic volcano: deep magmatic fluid transfer into the hydrothermal system and dome structure modulation. DOI
- Jessop D. , Dufek J., Jellinek M., Roche O. , Gilchrist J. (2017) . Particle plume coupling and vent shape effects on volcanic plume stability.
- Jessop D. , Jellinek A.M., Dufek J. (2017) . Stretching the truth: how do particles and eddies interact to modify turbulent entrainment into volcanic jets?.
- Jessop D. (2017) . Controls on stability of volcanic jets from vent shape and particle size distribution (invited).
- Jessop D. , Jellinek A.M. (2015) . The effect of inertial particles on turbulent entrainment in buoyant plumes.
- Bombrun M., Jessop D. , Harris A. , Barra V. (2015) . Plume tracking algorithm: parameterisation of strombolian plume dynamics.
- Jessop D. , Jellinek M. (2015) . The effect of inertial particles on turbulent entrainment in volcanic plumes.
- Jessop D. , Jellinek M., Roche O. (2015) . The role of inertial particles and vent geometries in the rise and collapse of volcanic jets.
- Mendieta A., Rosas-Carbajal M.,
Jessop D.
, Komorowski J.C., Deroussi S.,
Vlastélic I.
, Villeneuve M., Violay M., Esposti Ongaro T., Kushnir A., Beauducel F., de Chabalier J.B., Bajou R., Baud P., Heap M.
(2026)
. Geophysics-assisted imaging of shallow gas pockets and hydrothermal alteration at the summit of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (Eastern Caribbean). BULLVOLC
(Bulletin of Volcanology)
. vol.88, p.48,
DOI

