Florence Rabier

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

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Florence Rabier is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Florence Rabier has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Atmospheric Science, 62 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Florence Rabier's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (71 papers), Climate variability and models (54 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (12 papers). Florence Rabier is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (71 papers), Climate variability and models (54 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (12 papers). Florence Rabier collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Florence Rabier's co-authors include Philippe Courtier, E. Klinker, A. J. Simmons, Heikki Järvinen, A. Hollingsworth, J.‐F. Mahfouf, Nadia Fourrié, Erik Andersson, Jean‐François Mahfouf and Fatima Karbou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Florence Rabier

78 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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 ECMWF operational implementation of four‐dimensional variational assimilation. I: Experimental results with simplified physics

2000 675 citations Florence Rabier, Heikki Järvinen et al. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →
The Rise of Data-Driven Weather Forecasting: A First Statistical Assessment of Machine Learning–Based Weather Forecasts in an Operational-Like Context

2024 70 citations Zied Ben Bouallègue, Mariana Clare et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Florence Rabier France	31	4.0k	3.5k	655	647	260	79	4.4k
A. Hollingsworth United Kingdom	30	4.6k 1.2×	4.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	751 1.2×	163 0.6×	66	5.2k
John Derber United States	30	5.7k 1.4×	5.1k 1.5×	1.3k 2.1×	948 1.5×	307 1.2×	60	6.5k
Jennifer Delamere United States	14	5.7k 1.4×	5.2k 1.5×	342 0.5×	679 1.0×	265 1.0×	28	6.3k
Andrew C. Lorenc United Kingdom	32	5.4k 1.4×	4.8k 1.4×	1.4k 2.1×	1.0k 1.6×	175 0.7×	63	6.2k
Erik Andersson United Kingdom	24	2.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	464 0.7×	365 0.6×	204 0.8×	45	2.7k
J. Teixeira United States	33	2.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	412 0.6×	514 0.8×	144 0.6×	82	3.0k
Stephen E. Cohn United States	22	2.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	760 1.2×	734 1.1×	94 0.4×	52	3.6k
Peter Bechtold United Kingdom	38	5.5k 1.4×	5.3k 1.5×	622 0.9×	572 0.9×	88 0.3×	92	6.0k
Thomas H. Vonder Haar United States	41	3.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	851 1.3×	502 0.8×	323 1.2×	169	4.9k
P. Brown United States	14	8.0k 2.0×	7.2k 2.1×	615 0.9×	1.3k 2.1×	389 1.5×	44	9.0k

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Magnusson, Linus, Sharanya J. Majumdar, Mohamed Dahoui, et al.. (2025). The role of observations in ECMWF tropical cyclone initialisation and forecasting. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 151(768). 2 indexed citations

Rabier, Florence, et al.. (2025). ECMWF’s societal impact through service provision, partnerships and collaborations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100013–100013. 1 indexed citations

Bouallègue, Zied Ben, Mariana Clare, Linus Magnusson, et al.. (2024). The Rise of Data-Driven Weather Forecasting: A First Statistical Assessment of Machine Learning–Based Weather Forecasts in an Operational-Like Context. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 105(6). E864–E883. 70 indexed citations breakdown →

Pappenberger, Florian, Florence Rabier, & Fabio Venuti. (2021). Invited perspectives: The ECMWF strategy 2021–2030 challenges in the area of natural hazards. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(7). 2163–2167. 4 indexed citations

Bresson, Émilie, et al.. (2018). On the improvement of wave and storm surge hindcasts by downscaled atmospheric forcing: application to historical storms. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 18(4). 997–1012. 7 indexed citations

Rabier, Florence. (2018). Satellite Data Assimilation at ECMWF. 2 indexed citations

Pailleux, Jean, Jean‐François Geleyn, Claude Fischer, et al.. (2015). Les 25 ans du système de prévision numérique du temps IFS/Arpège. La Météorologie. 8(89). 18–18. 6 indexed citations

Martinet, Pauline, et al.. (2014). Toward the improvement of short‐range forecasts by the analysis of cloud variables from IASI radiances. Atmospheric Science Letters. 15(4). 342–347. 9 indexed citations

Gazeaux, Julien, Cathy Clerbaux, M. George, et al.. (2013). Intercomparison of polar ozone profiles by IASI/MetOp sounder with 2010 Concordiasi ozonesonde observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 6(3). 613–620. 19 indexed citations

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Martinet, Pauline, L. Lavanant, Nadia Fourrié, Florence Rabier, & Antonia Gambacorta. (2013). Evaluation of a revised IASI channel selection for cloudy retrievals with a focus on the Mediterranean basin. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 140(682). 1563–1577. 24 indexed citations

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Lavanant, L., et al.. (2012). Towards the use of cloud microphysical properties to simulate IASI spectra in an operational context. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117(D22). 9 indexed citations

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Karbou, Fatima, Olivier Bock, Jean-Philippe Lafore, et al.. (2012). Les leçons de l'expérience AMMA en matière de prévision numérique du temps. La Météorologie. 8(Special-AMMA). 49–49. 1 indexed citations

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Fink, Andreas H., Anna Agustí‐Panareda, Douglas J. Parker, et al.. (2011). Operational meteorology in West Africa: observational networks, weather analysis and forecasting. Atmospheric Science Letters. 12(1). 135–141. 21 indexed citations

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Lavanant, L., Nadia Fourrié, Antonia Gambacorta, et al.. (2011). Comparison of cloud products within IASI footprints for the assimilation of cloudy radiances. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 137(661). 1988–2003. 21 indexed citations

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Guidard, Vincent, Nadia Fourrié, Pierre Brousseau, & Florence Rabier. (2011). Impact of IASI assimilation at global and convective scales and challenges for the assimilation of cloudy scenes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 137(661). 1975–1987. 74 indexed citations

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Haase, Jennifer S., et al.. (2011). A proof‐of‐concept balloon‐borne Global Positioning System radio occultation profiling instrument for polar studies. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(2). 8 indexed citations

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Rabier, Florence, Nadia Fourrié, Anna Agustí‐Panareda, et al.. (2009). The impact of the AMMA radiosonde data on the French global assimilation and forecast system. 6 indexed citations

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Rabier, Florence, et al.. (2002). The Interaction Between Model Resolution and Observation Resolution and Density In Data Assimilation. EGSGA. 59. 2 indexed citations

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Rabier, Florence, et al.. (2000). The ECMWF operational implementation of four-dimensional variational assimilation. II: Experimental results with improved physics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 126(564). 1171–1190. 26 indexed citations

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Rabier, Florence, Heikki Järvinen, E. Klinker, J.‐F. Mahfouf, & A. J. Simmons. (2000). The ECMWF operational implementation of four‐dimensional variational assimilation. I: Experimental results with simplified physics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 126(564). 1143–1170. 675 indexed citations breakdown →

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