Matthieu Lengaigne

18.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
150 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Matthieu Lengaigne is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthieu Lengaigne has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 117 papers in Oceanography and 88 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Matthieu Lengaigne's work include Climate variability and models (115 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (92 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (65 papers). Matthieu Lengaigne is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (115 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (92 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (65 papers). Matthieu Lengaigne collaborates with scholars based in France, India and United States. Matthieu Lengaigne's co-authors include Jérôme Vialard, Éric Guilyardi, Christophe Menkès, Wenju Cai, Matthew Collins, Gabriel A. Vecchi, Michael J. McPhaden, Axel Timmermann, Fei‐Fei Jin and Gurvan Madec and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Matthieu Lengaigne

143 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming

2014 1.6k citations Matthieu Lengaigne, Michael J. McPhaden et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
The impact of global warming on the tropical Pacific Ocean and El Niño

2010 975 citations Éric Guilyardi, Matthieu Lengaigne et al. profile →
ENSO representation in climate models: from CMIP3 to CMIP5

2013 698 citations Hugo Bellenger, Éric Guilyardi et al. Climate Dynamics profile →
ENSO and greenhouse warming

2015 645 citations Éric Guilyardi, Matthieu Lengaigne et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Increased frequency of extreme La Niña events under greenhouse warming

2015 494 citations Michael J. McPhaden, Matthieu Lengaigne et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers

Matthieu Lengaigne

GPC

OCEAN

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Raghu Murtugudde United States

Lixin Wu China

Éric Guilyardi France

Agus Santoso Australia

James P. Kossin United States

D. E. Parker United Kingdom

David P. Rowell United Kingdom

C. J. C. Reason South Africa

J. Shukla United States

Julie M. Arblaster United States

Raghu Murtugudde United States

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9.1k ×1.0

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7.9k ×1.2

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5.3k ×0.8

1.3k ×1.0

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303 ×0.7

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthieu Lengaigne

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lengaigne, Matthieu, et al.. (2025). Global Coastal Biogeographic Boundaries: Unveiling the Nature of Processes Shaping the Distribution of Marine Biodiversity. Diversity and Distributions. 31(9). 1 indexed citations

Vialard, Jérôme, et al.. (2025). How Well Do AMIP6 and CMIP6 Reproduce the Specific Extreme El Niño Teleconnections to North America?. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(3). 1 indexed citations

Barrier, Nicolas, Matthieu Lengaigne, Jonathan Rault, et al.. (2025). Which processes structure global pelagic ecosystems and control their trophic functioning? Insights from the mechanistic model APECOSM. Progress In Oceanography. 235. 103480–103480.

Jullien, Swen, Jérôme Aucan, Élodie Kestenare, Matthieu Lengaigne, & Christophe Menkès. (2024). Unveiling the global influence of tropical cyclones on extreme waves approaching coastal areas. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6593–6593. 3 indexed citations

Receveur, Aurore, Christophe Menkès, Matthieu Lengaigne, et al.. (2024). A rare oasis effect for forage fauna in oceanic eddies at the global scale. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4834–4834. 5 indexed citations

Ariza, Alejandro, Matthieu Lengaigne, Christophe Menkès, et al.. (2022). Global decline of pelagic fauna in a warmer ocean. Nature Climate Change. 12(10). 928–934. 39 indexed citations

Keerthi, M. G., Marina Lévy, Olivier Aumont, Matthieu Lengaigne, & David Antoine. (2020). Contrasted Contribution of Intraseasonal Time Scales to Surface Chlorophyll Variations in a Bloom and an Oligotrophic Regime. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(5). 11 indexed citations

Dutheil, Cyril, Matthieu Lengaigne, Margot Bador, et al.. (2020). Impact of projected sea surface temperature biases on tropical cyclones projections in the South Pacific. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4838–4838. 23 indexed citations

Brown, Josephine R., Matthieu Lengaigne, Benjamin R. Lintner, et al.. (2020). South Pacific Convergence Zone dynamics, variability and impacts in a changing climate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 1(10). 530–543. 80 indexed citations

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Lengaigne, Matthieu, et al.. (2019). Natural decadal sea-level variability in the Indian Ocean: lessons from CMIP models. Climate Dynamics. 53(9-10). 5653–5673. 3 indexed citations

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Neetu, S., Matthieu Lengaigne, Jérôme Vialard, et al.. (2019). Premonsoon/Postmonsoon Bay of Bengal Tropical Cyclones Intensity: Role of Air‐Sea Coupling and Large‐Scale Background State. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(4). 2149–2157. 27 indexed citations

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Lengaigne, Matthieu, S. Neetu, Guillaume Samson, et al.. (2018). Influence of air–sea coupling on Indian Ocean tropical cyclones. Climate Dynamics. 52(1-2). 577–598. 25 indexed citations

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Suresh, I., et al.. (2018). Sea Level Interannual Variability Along the West Coast of India. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(22). 24 indexed citations

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Izumo, Takeshi, Myriam Khodri, Matthieu Lengaigne, & I. Suresh. (2018). A Subsurface Indian Ocean Dipole Response to Tropical Volcanic Eruptions. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(17). 9150–9159. 8 indexed citations

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Lengaigne, Matthieu, Jérôme Vialard, Takeshi Izumo, et al.. (2017). Robustness of observation‐based decadal sea level variability in the Indo‐Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(14). 7391–7400. 13 indexed citations

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Suresh, I., Matthieu Lengaigne, Christian Éthé, et al.. (2017). Positive Indian Ocean Dipole events prevent anoxia off the west coast of India. Biogeosciences. 14(6). 1541–1559. 44 indexed citations

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Khodri, Myriam, Takeshi Izumo, Jérôme Vialard, et al.. (2017). Tropical explosive volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño by cooling tropical Africa. Nature Communications. 8(1). 778–778. 134 indexed citations

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Fournier, Séverine, et al.. (2017). Modulation of the Ganges‐Brahmaputra River Plume by the Indian Ocean Dipole and Eddies Inferred From Satellite Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 122(12). 9591–9604. 58 indexed citations

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Suresh, I., et al.. (2017). Robust Projected Weakening of Winter Monsoon Winds Over the Arabian Sea Under Climate Change. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(19). 9833–9843. 40 indexed citations

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Guilyardi, Éric, Hugo Bellenger, Julie Leloup, Jérôme Vialard, & Matthieu Lengaigne. (2013). ENSO representation in climate models: from CMIP3 to CMIP5. AGUFM. 2013. 6 indexed citations

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