Alexis Chaigneau

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alexis Chaigneau is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexis Chaigneau has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Oceanography, 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Alexis Chaigneau's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (54 papers), Climate variability and models (25 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (20 papers). Alexis Chaigneau is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (54 papers), Climate variability and models (25 papers) and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (20 papers). Alexis Chaigneau collaborates with scholars based in France, Benin and Peru. Alexis Chaigneau's co-authors include Carmen Grados, Óscar Pizarro, Gérard Eldin, Arnaud Bertrand, Rosemary Morrow, Cori Pegliasco, Boris Dewitte, Vincent Échevin, Emilio Beier and M. F. Lavín and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexis Chaigneau

72 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mesoscale eddies off Peru in altimeter records: Identification algorithms and eddy spatio-temporal patterns

2008 434 citations Alexis Chaigneau, Carmen Grados et al. Progress In Oceanography profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexis Chaigneau France	31	2.7k	1.8k	997	712	124	75	3.4k
Matthias Münnich Switzerland	27	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	344 0.5×	91 0.7×	51	3.2k
Peter Gaube United States	23	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	659 0.7×	540 0.8×	243 2.0×	48	2.5k
R. R. Leben United States	31	4.0k 1.5×	3.2k 1.7×	2.5k 2.5×	631 0.9×	90 0.7×	100	5.1k
Ricardo P. Matano United States	31	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	707 1.0×	148 1.2×	66	3.2k
Keith R. Thompson Canada	32	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	536 0.8×	279 2.3×	122	3.1k
Sen Jan Taiwan	34	2.6k 1.0×	949 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	631 0.9×	82 0.7×	111	3.2k
P. Ted Strub United States	42	4.0k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	259 2.1×	92	4.8k
Bernard Bourlès France	28	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	982 1.0×	267 0.4×	84 0.7×	76	2.5k
Simona Masina Italy	35	2.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	2.3k 2.3×	307 0.4×	64 0.5×	149	3.9k
Bruno Blanke France	36	3.2k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.9×	440 0.6×	191 1.5×	76	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chaigneau, Alexis, et al.. (2025). Spatio-temporal variability of flooded areas in the Ouémé floodplain (Benin, West Africa) from 2015 to 2023. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 62. 102965–102965.

Chaigneau, Alexis, Yves Morel, Thomas Duhaut, et al.. (2024). Water mass circulation and residence time using Eulerian approach in a large coastal lagoon (Nokoué Lagoon, Benin, West Africa). Ocean Modelling. 190. 102388–102388.

Chaigneau, Alexis, Yves Morel, Thomas Duhaut, et al.. (2024). Seasonal and interannual variations of suspended particulate matter in a West-African lagoon (Nokoué lagoon, Benin): Impact of rivers and wind. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 304. 108821–108821. 4 indexed citations

Chaigneau, Alexis, et al.. (2023). Imprint of Mesoscale Eddies on Air-Sea Interaction in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Remote Sensing. 15(12). 3087–3087. 7 indexed citations

Chaigneau, Alexis, et al.. (2023). Physicochemical Drivers of Zooplankton Seasonal Variability in a West African Lagoon (Nokoué Lagoon, Benin). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(3). 556–556. 8 indexed citations

Chaigneau, Alexis, Yves Morel, Thomas Duhaut, et al.. (2023). Modeling seasonal salinity variations in a large West African lagoon (Nokoué, Benin): Major drivers and mechanisms. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 69. 103330–103330. 1 indexed citations

Morel, Yves, et al.. (2022). Terrestrial or oceanic forcing? Water level variations in coastal lagoons constrained by river inflow and ocean tides. Advances in Water Resources. 169. 104309–104309. 13 indexed citations

Silva, Alex Costa da, et al.. (2022). Mesoscale eddies in the southwestern tropical Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 3 indexed citations

Chaigneau, Alexis, Isabelle Dadou, Yves Morel, et al.. (2021). What Can We Learn From Observed Temperature and Salinity Isopycnal Anomalies at Eddy Generation Sites? Application in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(11). 11 indexed citations

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Pallàs‐Sanz, Enric, et al.. (2020). Erosion of the Subsurface Salinity Maximum of the Loop Current Eddies From Glider Observations and a Numerical Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(7). 16 indexed citations

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Morel, Yves, Julien Jouanno, Sophie Cravatte, et al.. (2020). From Mixing to the Large Scale Circulation: How the Inverse Cascade Is Involved in the Formation of the Subsurface Currents in the Gulf of Guinea. Fluids. 5(3). 147–147. 9 indexed citations

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Stegner, Alexandre, Briac Le Vu, Cori Pegliasco, et al.. (2019). The dynamical evolution of long lived eddies and the characterization of their 3D structure in the Mediterranean Sea (2000-2017).. EGUGA. 13339. 1 indexed citations

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Keppler, Lydia, Sophie Cravatte, Alexis Chaigneau, et al.. (2018). Observed Characteristics and Vertical Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Southwest Tropical Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(4). 2731–2756. 46 indexed citations

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Laxenaire, Rémi, Sabrina Speich, Bruno Blanke, et al.. (2018). Anticyclonic Eddies Connecting the Western Boundaries of Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(11). 7651–7677. 93 indexed citations

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Grados, Carmen, et al.. (2018). Upper ocean hydrology of the Northern Humboldt Current System at seasonal, interannual and interdecadal scales. Progress In Oceanography. 165. 123–144. 32 indexed citations

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Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas, Pierre Testor, Alban Lazar, et al.. (2018). Subsurface Fine‐Scale Patterns in an Anticyclonic Eddy Off Cap‐Vert Peninsula Observed From Glider Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(9). 6312–6329. 6 indexed citations

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Barbraud, Christophe, Arnaud Bertrand, Marilú Bouchón, et al.. (2017). Density dependence, prey accessibility and prey depletion by fisheries drive Peruvian seabird population dynamics. Ecography. 41(7). 1092–1102. 45 indexed citations

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Barbraud, Christophe, Alexis Chaigneau, Hervé Demarcq, et al.. (2016). Seasonality in marine ecosystems: Peruvian seabirds, anchovy, and oceanographic conditions. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Chaigneau, Alexis, Gérard Eldin, Luís Vásquez, et al.. (2013). Near-coastal circulation in the Northern Humboldt Current System from shipboard ADCP data. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 118(10). 5251–5266. 86 indexed citations

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Cotté, Cédric, Francesco d’Ovidio, Alexis Chaigneau, et al.. (2010). Scale‐dependent interactions of Mediterranean whales with marine dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography. 56(1). 219–232. 92 indexed citations

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