Christophe Genthon

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Christophe Genthon is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christophe Genthon has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Atmospheric Science, 61 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christophe Genthon's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (90 papers), Climate variability and models (40 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers). Christophe Genthon is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (90 papers), Climate variability and models (40 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (33 papers). Christophe Genthon collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Christophe Genthon's co-authors include Gerhard Krinner, C. Lorius, N. I. Barkov, V. M. Kotlyakov, J. R. Petit, J. Jouzel, V. M. Petrov, Hubert Gallée, Étienne Vignon and Cyril Palerme and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Christophe Genthon

112 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Vostok ice core: a continuous isotope temperature record over the last climatic cycle (160,000 years)

1987 644 citations J. Jouzel, C. Lorius et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christophe Genthon France	41	4.7k	2.1k	739	433	391	115	5.3k
Hubert Gallée France	40	4.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	394 0.5×	224 0.5×	547 1.4×	120	5.2k
Dietmar Wagenbach Germany	42	4.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	940 1.3×	224 0.5×	167 0.4×	113	4.9k
Christopher A. Shuman United States	34	5.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	872 1.2×	369 0.9×	1.2k 3.1×	73	6.0k
Massimo Frezzotti Italy	39	3.8k 0.8×	779 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	236 0.5×	671 1.7×	117	4.4k
Thomas Laepple Germany	31	3.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	584 0.8×	195 0.5×	71 0.2×	86	3.9k
Grant R. Bigg United Kingdom	38	3.9k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	718 1.0×	731 1.7×	144 0.4×	161	5.1k
Gary D. Clow United States	33	4.6k 1.0×	612 0.3×	1.6k 2.2×	376 0.9×	286 0.7×	89	5.7k
R. L. Armstrong United States	51	5.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	420 0.6×	441 1.0×	347 0.9×	198	10.0k
J. Oerlemans Netherlands	59	9.9k 2.1×	2.6k 1.2×	902 1.2×	428 1.0×	1.6k 4.0×	257	10.6k
Lev Tarasov Canada	36	3.8k 0.8×	428 0.2×	497 0.7×	608 1.4×	213 0.5×	123	4.4k

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Vignon, Étienne, Thomas Caton Harrison, Christophe Genthon, et al.. (2025). An extensive investigation of the ability of the ICOLMDZ model to simulate a katabatic wind event in Antarctica. Weather and Climate Dynamics. 6(4). 1605–1627. 1 indexed citations

Steen‐Larsen, Hans Christian, Barbara Stenni, Laurent Arnaud, et al.. (2025). Surface processes and drivers of the snow water stable isotopic composition at Dome C, East Antarctica – a multi-dataset and modelling analysis. The cryosphere. 19(1). 173–200. 1 indexed citations

Agosta, Cécile, Mathieu Casado, Élise Fourré, et al.. (2025). Time series of the summertime atmospheric water vapour isotopic composition at Concordia station, East Antarctica. Earth system science data. 17(10). 5655–5674.

Genthon, Christophe, et al.. (2024). A 7-year record of vertical profiles of radar measurements and precipitation estimates at Dumont d'Urville, Adélie Land, East Antarctica. Earth system science data. 16(2). 821–836. 1 indexed citations

Genthon, Christophe, Étienne Vignon, Éric Bazile, et al.. (2023). Assessing the simulation of snowfall at Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica, during the YOPP‐SH special observing campaign. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 149(753). 1391–1406. 2 indexed citations

Petenko, Igor, Giampietro Casasanta, M. A. Kallistratova, et al.. (2023). Kelvin–Helmholtz Billows in the Rising Turbulent Layer During Morning Evolution of the ABL at Dome C, Antarctica. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 187(1-2). 163–192. 1 indexed citations

Genthon, Christophe, Dana E. Veron, Étienne Vignon, et al.. (2021). 10 years of temperature and wind observation on a 45 m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau. Earth system science data. 13(12). 5731–5746. 16 indexed citations

Casado, Mathieu, Amaëlle Landais, Ghislain Picard, et al.. (2018). Archival processes of the water stable isotope signal in East Antarctic ice cores. The cryosphere. 12(5). 1745–1766. 59 indexed citations

Vignon, Étienne, F. Hourdin, Christophe Genthon, et al.. (2017). Modeling the Dynamics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over the Antarctic Plateau With a General Circulation Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 10(1). 98–125. 37 indexed citations

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Genthon, Christophe, Luc Piard, Étienne Vignon, et al.. (2017). Atmospheric moisture supersaturation in the near-surface atmosphere at Dome C, Antarctic Plateau. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(1). 691–704. 27 indexed citations

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Vignon, Étienne, F. Hourdin, Christophe Genthon, et al.. (2017). Antarctic boundary layer parametrization in a general circulation model: 1‐D simulations facing summer observations at Dome C. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(13). 6818–6843. 23 indexed citations

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Casado, Mathieu, Amaëlle Landais, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, et al.. (2016). Continuous measurements of isotopic composition of water vapour on the EastAntarctic Plateau. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(13). 8521–8538. 65 indexed citations

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Casado, Mathieu, Amaëlle Landais, Ghislain Picard, et al.. (2016). Archival of the water stable isotope signal in East Antarctic ice cores. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 12 indexed citations

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Amory, Charles, A. Trouvilliez, Hubert Gallée, et al.. (2015). Comparison between observed and simulated aeolian snow mass fluxes in Adélie Land, East Antarctica. The cryosphere. 9(4). 1373–1383. 48 indexed citations

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Morin, Samuel, Yves Lejeune, Bernard Lesaffre, et al.. (2013). Long-term (climatological) to short-term (intensive campaigns) field investigations of meteorological and snow conditions at the experimental site Col de Porte. 1402–1405. 1 indexed citations

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Naaim-Bouvet, Florence, Hervé Bellot, Kouichi Nishimura, et al.. (2012). How to Detect Snow Fall Occurrence During Blowing Snow Event. 976–982.

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Krinner, Gerhard & Christophe Genthon. (1997). The Antarctic surface mass balance in a stretched grid general circulation model. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 73–78. 10 indexed citations

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Krinner, Gerhard & Christophe Genthon. (1997). The Antarctic surface mass balance in a stretched grid general circulation model. Annals of Glaciology. 25. 73–78. 12 indexed citations

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Jouzel, J., C. Lorius, Jean‐Robert Petit, et al.. (1988). Climatic Interpretation of a Continuous Deuterium Profile Obtained from the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica (160 000 Years) (Abstract). Annals of Glaciology. 10. 206–207. 1 indexed citations

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Barnola, Jean-Marc, Christophe Genthon, Dominique Raynaud, et al.. (1988). Atmospheric CO2 Variations over the Last Climatic Cycle (160 000 Years), Deduced from the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica (Abstract). Annals of Glaciology. 10. 199–200. 1 indexed citations

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