Hélène Chepfer

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Hélène Chepfer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Hélène Chepfer has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Atmospheric Science, 102 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Hélène Chepfer's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (93 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (72 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (34 papers). Hélène Chepfer is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (93 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (72 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (34 papers). Hélène Chepfer collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Hélène Chepfer's co-authors include G Cesana, Vincent Noël, Jean‐Louis Dufresne, Sandrine Bony, Jennifer E. Kay, Marjolaine Chiriaco, David M. Winker, Alejandro Bodas‐Salcedo, Gérard Brogniez and Christine Nam and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Hélène Chepfer

105 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

COSP: Satellite simulation software for model assessment 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2018 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. COSP: Satellite simulation software for model assessment
    2011 460 citations Alejandro Bodas‐Salcedo, Mark J. Webb et al. profile →
  2. Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions
    2018 327 citations Jennifer E. Kay, Alejandro Bodas‐Salcedo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hélène Chepfer France 37 4.4k 4.4k 191 150 123 109 4.8k
Xiquan Dong United States 38 4.3k 1.0× 4.2k 1.0× 397 2.1× 117 0.8× 86 0.7× 167 4.7k
Kentaroh Suzuki Japan 29 3.2k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 330 1.7× 105 0.7× 77 0.6× 99 3.6k
D. Vane United States 14 3.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.7× 180 0.9× 119 0.8× 143 1.2× 26 3.5k
Shaocheng Xie United States 40 4.5k 1.0× 4.6k 1.1× 173 0.9× 316 2.1× 42 0.3× 150 5.0k
Roger Marchand United States 28 4.0k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 339 1.8× 150 1.0× 119 1.0× 79 4.4k
J. M. Comstock United States 32 2.8k 0.7× 2.8k 0.6× 290 1.5× 59 0.4× 103 0.8× 84 3.2k
John M. Haynes United States 22 2.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 151 0.8× 129 0.9× 62 0.5× 41 2.8k
Wenying Su United States 23 2.1k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 84 0.4× 229 1.5× 180 1.5× 69 2.6k
A. Slingo United Kingdom 39 5.2k 1.2× 5.3k 1.2× 381 2.0× 344 2.3× 112 0.9× 78 5.9k
Alain Protat Australia 39 4.1k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 268 1.4× 281 1.9× 339 2.8× 201 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hélène Chepfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hélène Chepfer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chepfer, Hélène, et al.. (2024). Polar Low Circulation Enhances Greenland's West Coast Cloud Surface Warming. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(11).
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Chepfer, Hélène, et al.. (2024). Surface Cloud Warming Increases as Late Fall Arctic Sea Ice Cover Decreases. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(3). 4 indexed citations
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Bonazzola, Marine, Hélène Chepfer, Po‐Lun Ma, et al.. (2023). Incorporation of aerosol into the COSPv2 satellite lidar simulator for climate model evaluation. Geoscientific model development. 16(4). 1359–1377.
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Feofilov, Artem, Hélène Chepfer, Vincent Noël, & Frédéric Szczap. (2023). Incorporating EarthCARE observations into a multi-lidar cloud climate record: the ATLID (Atmospheric Lidar) cloud climate product. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(13). 3363–3390. 6 indexed citations
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Marchand, Roger, et al.. (2022). When Will MISR Detect Rising High Clouds?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(2). 13 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Michael, Matthew D. Shupe, Hélène Chepfer, & Tristan L’Ecuyer. (2022). Relating snowfall observations to Greenland ice sheet mass changes: an atmospheric circulation perspective. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(2). 435–450. 4 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Michael, Hélène Chepfer, Matthew D. Shupe, & Rodrigo Guzman. (2020). Warm Temperature Extremes Across Greenland Connected to Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(9). 14 indexed citations
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Vrac, Mathieu, et al.. (2020). Statistical downscaling of water vapour satellite measurements from profiles of tropical ice clouds. Earth system science data. 12(1). 1–20. 8 indexed citations
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Chepfer, Hélène, Hélène Brogniez, & Vincent Noël. (2019). Diurnal variations of cloud and relative humidity profiles across the tropics. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16045–16045. 43 indexed citations
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Cesana, G, Anthony D. Del Genio, & Hélène Chepfer. (2019). The Cumulus And Stratocumulus CloudSat-CALIPSO Dataset (CASCCAD). Earth system science data. 11(4). 1745–1764. 29 indexed citations
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Chepfer, Hélène, Nathaniel B. Miller, Matthew D. Shupe, et al.. (2018). How Well Are Clouds Simulated over Greenland in Climate Models? Consequences for the Surface Cloud Radiative Effect over the Ice Sheet. Journal of Climate. 31(22). 9293–9312. 15 indexed citations
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Chepfer, Hélène, et al.. (2018). Space lidar observations constrain longwave cloud feedback. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16570–16570. 16 indexed citations
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Noël, Vincent, Hélène Chepfer, Marjolaine Chiriaco, & John E. Yorks. (2018). The diurnal cycle of cloud profiles over land and ocean between 51° S and 51° N, seen by the CATS spaceborne lidar from the International Space Station. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(13). 9457–9473. 66 indexed citations
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Morrison, Ariel L., Jennifer E. Kay, Hélène Chepfer, Rodrigo Guzman, & Marine Bonazzola. (2017). Cloud Response to Arctic Sea Ice Loss and Implications for Future Feedbacks in the CESM1 Climate Model. AGUFM. 2017. 2 indexed citations
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Chepfer, Hélène, Vincent Noël, Rodrigo Guzman, et al.. (2017). Link between the Outgoing Longwave Radiation and the altitude where the space-borne lidar beam is fully attenuated. 2 indexed citations
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Chepfer, Hélène, Vincent Noël, Rodrigo Guzman, et al.. (2017). The link between outgoing longwave radiation and the altitude at which a spaceborne lidar beam is fully attenuated. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(12). 4659–4685. 17 indexed citations
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Webb, Mark J., Timothy Andrews, Alejandro Bodas‐Salcedo, et al.. (2017). The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6. Geoscientific model development. 10(1). 359–384. 207 indexed citations
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Turquéty, Solène, Laurent Menut, Hélène Chepfer, et al.. (2012). Lidar signal simulation for the evaluation of aerosols in chemistry transport models. Geoscientific model development. 5(6). 1543–1564. 13 indexed citations
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Mallet, Marc, Bertrand Bessagnet, Véronique Pont, et al.. (2008). Evidence of the aerosol core/shell mixing state over Europe by using CHIMERE simulations and AERONET inversions. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2008.
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Chepfer, Hélène, et al.. (2005). On the Negative Brightness Temperature Differences Observed by Satellites Above Thick Ice Clouds in the Tropics.. AGUSM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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