Léon Chafik

2.3k total citations
53 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Léon Chafik is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon Chafik has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Oceanography, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 42 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Léon Chafik's work include Climate variability and models (43 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (42 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (19 papers). Léon Chafik is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (43 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (42 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (19 papers). Léon Chafik collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Norway. Léon Chafik's co-authors include T. Rossby, Hjálmar Hátún, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, Francesco S. R. Pausata, Sönke Dangendorf, David S. Battisti, Rodrigo Caballero, Gilles Reverdin, N. Penny Holliday and Thomas Frederikse and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Léon Chafik

50 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Léon Chafik Sweden 23 989 978 937 113 96 53 1.4k
Synte Peacock United States 17 925 0.9× 961 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 135 1.2× 116 1.2× 24 1.5k
Igor Bashmachnikov Russia 19 493 0.5× 680 0.7× 459 0.5× 101 0.9× 108 1.1× 73 897
Dongxiao Zhang United States 17 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 1.5k 1.6× 55 0.5× 125 1.3× 23 2.1k
Haijun Yang China 20 806 0.8× 772 0.8× 954 1.0× 55 0.5× 73 0.8× 50 1.3k
Kjell Arild Orvik Norway 16 793 0.8× 861 0.9× 561 0.6× 150 1.3× 101 1.1× 22 1.1k
Robert C. J. Wills United States 23 986 1.0× 537 0.5× 945 1.0× 138 1.2× 127 1.3× 36 1.3k
Manfred Bersch Germany 15 802 0.8× 915 0.9× 669 0.7× 124 1.1× 149 1.6× 20 1.2k
Pål Erik Isachsen Norway 20 792 0.8× 928 0.9× 516 0.6× 186 1.6× 104 1.1× 48 1.2k
Karin Margretha Húsgarð Larsen Norway 17 708 0.7× 822 0.8× 625 0.7× 179 1.6× 147 1.5× 41 1.1k
Sang‐Ik Shin United States 20 1.0k 1.0× 622 0.6× 880 0.9× 151 1.3× 186 1.9× 37 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Léon Chafik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léon Chafik

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chafik, Léon, Marius Årthun, Helene R. Langehaug, Johan Nilsson, & T. Rossby. (2025). The Nordic Seas overturning is modulated by northward-propagating thermohaline anomalies. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Chafik, Léon & M. Susan Lozier. (2025). When Simplification Leads to Ambiguity: A Look at Two Ocean Metrics for the Subpolar North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(3). 5 indexed citations
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Rossby, T., Magdalena Andres, Léon Chafik, & Kathleen Donohue. (2025). A Comparative Study of Velocity and Transport Estimates Along the Oleander Line Between Bermuda and New Jersey. Earth and Space Science. 12(4).
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Chafik, Léon, et al.. (2024). Interplay of atmosphere and ocean amplifies summer marine extremes in the Barents Sea at different timescales. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Bonaduce, Antonio, et al.. (2023). Detection and attribution of intra-annual mass component of sea-level variations along the Norwegian coast. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15334–15334. 3 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon, et al.. (2023). The Faroe‐Shetland Channel Jet: Structure, Variability, and Driving Mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 128(4). 2 indexed citations
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Årthun, Marius, Helene Asbjørnsen, Léon Chafik, H. L. Johnson, & Kjetil Våge. (2023). Future strengthening of the Nordic Seas overturning circulation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2065–2065. 14 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon & N. Penny Holliday. (2022). Rapid Communication of Upper‐Ocean Salinity Anomaly to Deep Waters of the Iceland Basin Indicates an AMOC Short‐Cut. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(3). 7 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon, N. Penny Holliday, Sheldon Bacon, & T. Rossby. (2022). Irminger Sea Is the Center of Action for Subpolar AMOC Variability. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(17). 30 indexed citations
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Dangendorf, Sönke, Thomas Frederikse, Léon Chafik, et al.. (2021). Data-driven reconstruction reveals large-scale ocean circulation control on coastal sea level. Nature Climate Change. 11(6). 514–520. 63 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon, et al.. (2021). A Satellite‐Based Lagrangian Perspective on Atlantic Water Fractionation Between Arctic Gateways. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(11). 3 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon, Hjálmar Hátún, Joakim Kjellsson, et al.. (2020). Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3721–3721. 21 indexed citations
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Holliday, N. Penny, Manfred Bersch, Barbara Berx, et al.. (2020). Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic. Nature Communications. 11(1). 585–585. 190 indexed citations
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Rossby, T., Léon Chafik, & Loïc Houpert. (2020). What can Hydrography Tell Us About the Strength of the Nordic Seas MOC Over the Last 70 to 100 Years?. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(12). 23 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms of decadal changes in sea surface height and heat content in the eastern Nordic Seas. Ocean science. 16(3). 715–728. 10 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, Sönke Dangendorf, Gilles Reverdin, & Thomas Frederikse. (2019). North Atlantic Ocean Circulation and Decadal Sea Level Change During the Altimetry Era. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1041–1041. 65 indexed citations
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Fröb, Friederike, Are Olsen, Meike Becker, et al.. (2019). Wintertime fCO2 Variability in the Subpolar North Atlantic Since 2004. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(3). 1580–1590. 12 indexed citations
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Chafik, Léon & T. Rossby. (2019). Volume, Heat, and Freshwater Divergences in the Subpolar North Atlantic Suggest the Nordic Seas as Key to the State of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(9). 4799–4808. 92 indexed citations
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Rossby, T., et al.. (2018). A Direct Estimate of Volume, Heat, and Freshwater Exchange Across the Greenland‐Iceland‐Faroe‐Scotland Ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 123(10). 7139–7153. 27 indexed citations

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