B. Legrésy

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

B. Legrésy is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Legrésy has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Oceanography and 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in B. Legrésy's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (57 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (33 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (23 papers). B. Legrésy is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (57 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (33 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (23 papers). B. Legrésy collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and United States. B. Legrésy's co-authors include Frédérique Rémy, Matt A. King, Christopher Watson, John Church, Fabrice Papa, Didier P. Monselesan, F. Rémy, Christopher Harig, Xuebin Zhang and Xianyao Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

B. Legrésy

78 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The increasing rate of global mean sea-level rise during 1993–2014

2017 292 citations Christopher Watson, Matt A. King et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. Legrésy France	29	1.8k	768	504	504	326	81	2.5k
Frédérique Rémy France	33	2.8k 1.5×	811 1.1×	772 1.5×	437 0.9×	490 1.5×	130	3.5k
E. Frederick United States	19	1.9k 1.0×	340 0.4×	517 1.0×	305 0.6×	376 1.2×	27	2.5k
Seymour W. Laxon United Kingdom	29	3.7k 2.0×	1.0k 1.3×	214 0.4×	828 1.6×	93 0.3×	53	4.3k
S. Manizade United States	18	1.7k 0.9×	304 0.4×	418 0.8×	292 0.6×	317 1.0×	30	2.2k
G. S. Hamilton United States	33	3.8k 2.1×	290 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	442 0.9×	746 2.3×	92	4.2k
Fanny Brun France	23	2.0k 1.1×	166 0.2×	583 1.2×	414 0.8×	540 1.7×	55	2.6k
Jan‐Gunnar Winther Norway	32	2.5k 1.4×	309 0.4×	388 0.8×	560 1.1×	345 1.1×	77	3.0k
Fiammetta Straneo United States	43	5.1k 2.8×	1.6k 2.1×	801 1.6×	1.1k 2.3×	198 0.6×	129	5.7k
L. A. Stearns United States	31	3.3k 1.8×	246 0.3×	1.1k 2.2×	246 0.5×	522 1.6×	86	3.6k
Stefan Ligtenberg Netherlands	31	4.0k 2.2×	507 0.7×	1.6k 3.1×	623 1.2×	948 2.9×	56	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by B. Legrésy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Legrésy

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Watson, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Small Scale Variability in the Wet Troposphere Impacts the Interpretation of SWOT Satellite Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(4). 3 indexed citations

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Legrésy, B., et al.. (2025). SWOT Reveals Fine‐Scale Balanced Motions Driving Near‐Surface Currents and Dispersion in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Earth and Space Science. 12(8). 2 indexed citations

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Watson, Christopher, et al.. (2023). In Situ Validation of Altimetry and CFOSAT SWIM Measurements in a High Wave Environment. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 40(10). 1137–1152. 2 indexed citations

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Moreau, Sébastien, Delphine Lannuzel, Eva A. Cougnon, et al.. (2019). Sea Ice Meltwater and Circumpolar Deep Water Drive Contrasting Productivity in Three Antarctic Polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(5). 2943–2968. 35 indexed citations

5.

Blankenship, D. D., Jamin S. Greenbaum, D. A. Young, et al.. (2014). Increasing Ocean Access to Totten Glacier, East Antarctica. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Blarel, Fabien & B. Legrésy. (2013). Investigations On The EnviSAT RA2 Tropospheric Correction. 722. 234. 1 indexed citations

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Blarel, Fabien & B. Legrésy. (2013). Investigations on the Envisat RA2 Doppler Slope Correction for Ice Sheets. 710. 103. 2 indexed citations

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Legrésy, B., et al.. (2010). Tidal rifting of the Mertz glacier tongue. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9856. 4 indexed citations

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Horwath, Martin, B. Legrésy, Fabien Blarel, Frédérique Rémy, & Jean‐Michel Lemoine. (2010). Consistent patterns of Antarctic ice sheet interannual variations from ENVISAT radar altimetry and GRACE. EGUGA. 4972. 1 indexed citations

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Blarel, Fabien, B. Legrésy, & Frédérique Rémy. (2010). Validation of Envisat Radar Altimetry within the OSCAR Project. 686. 292. 2 indexed citations

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Ommen, T. D. van, Jason L. Roberts, A. Wright, et al.. (2010). New constraints on the structure and dynamics of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from the joint IPY/Ice Bridge ICECAP aerogeophysical project. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 2 indexed citations

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Young, N. W., B. Legrésy, Richard Coleman, & Robert A. Massom. (2010). Mertz Glacier Tongue Unhinged by Giant Iceberg. 19. 25 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, M. N. Shimaraev, М. А. Науменко, et al.. (2008). Ice and Snow Cover of Continental Water Bodies from Simultaneous Radar Altimetry and Radiometry Observations. Surveys in Geophysics. 29(4-5). 271–295. 27 indexed citations

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Maraldi, Claire, Benjamin K. Galton‐Fenzi, Florent Lyard, et al.. (2007). Barotropic Tides in the Southern Indian Ocean. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Kouraev, Alexei, et al.. (2006). Ice and Snow Cover on Lakes from Radar Altimetry and Radiometry: Case of the Lake Baikal. ESA Special Publication. 614. 72. 1 indexed citations

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Legrésy, B., et al.. (2006). Along Track Repeat Altimetry for Ice Sheets and Continental Surface Studies. ESASP. 614. 53. 25 indexed citations

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Pace, O., et al.. (2002). Global Survey of The Earth Surfaces With Ers Radar Altimetry. EGSGA. 3704. 1 indexed citations

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Legrésy, B., Eric Rignot, & Ignazio Tabacco. (2000). Constraining ice dynamics at Dome C, Antarctica, using remotely sensed measurements. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(21). 3493–3496. 9 indexed citations

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Legrésy, B. & Frédérique Rémy. (1998). Using the temporal variability of satellite radar altimetric observations to map surface properties of the Antarctic ice sheet. Journal of Glaciology. 44(147). 197–206. 50 indexed citations

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Legrésy, B., et al.. (1997). Antarctic ice sheet snow properties derived from ERS altimeter data. 414. 887–890. 2 indexed citations

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