Olivier Talagrand

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Olivier Talagrand is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Talagrand has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Olivier Talagrand's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Climate variability and models (30 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (13 papers). Olivier Talagrand is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (42 papers), Climate variability and models (30 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (13 papers). Olivier Talagrand collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Burundi. Olivier Talagrand's co-authors include François-Xavier Le Dimet, Philippe Courtier, F. Hourdin, F. Forget, S. R. Lewis, Richard Fournier, P. L. Read, Matthew Collins, J. P. Huot and Christophe Hourdin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Talagrand

67 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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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.

Variational algorithms for analysis and assimilation of meteorological observations: theoretical aspects

1986 1.0k citations Olivier Talagrand et al. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography profile →
Improved general circulation models of the Martian atmosphere from the surface to above 80 km

1999 937 citations F. Forget, F. Hourdin et al. profile →
Variational Assimilation of Meteorological Observations With the Adjoint Vorticity Equation. I: Theory

1987 683 citations Olivier Talagrand, Philippe Courtier Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olivier Talagrand France	28	3.6k	3.0k	1.7k	1.1k	687	74	6.1k
F. Hourdin France	43	4.8k 1.3×	4.5k 1.5×	2.9k 1.8×	829 0.8×	385 0.6×	113	7.9k
Søren Ejling Larsen Denmark	31	1.4k 0.4×	998 0.3×	629 0.4×	556 0.5×	1.4k 2.0×	100	3.7k
Kayo Ide United States	32	3.1k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	303 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	427 0.6×	101	5.3k
Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz United States	52	4.7k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	982 1.4×	156	8.1k
Andrew C. Lorenc United Kingdom	32	5.4k 1.5×	4.8k 1.6×	274 0.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	63	6.2k
Akio Arakawa United States	38	6.8k 1.9×	6.2k 2.1×	470 0.3×	2.0k 1.8×	539 0.8×	98	8.8k
Brian F. Farrell United States	41	3.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	613 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	635 0.9×	107	6.6k
A. J. Simmons United Kingdom	54	10.2k 2.8×	10.0k 3.3×	899 0.5×	2.8k 2.6×	846 1.2×	107	12.5k
D. H. Staelin United States	33	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	969 0.6×	503 0.5×	512 0.7×	159	4.5k
James R. Holton United States	52	15.3k 4.2×	11.8k 3.9×	5.8k 3.5×	2.5k 2.3×	430 0.6×	146	17.7k

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Baraille, Rémy, et al.. (2023). State estimation in presence of uncertain model error statistics based on filter stability. Application to an adaptive filter. Automatica. 159. 111384–111384. 1 indexed citations

Jardak, Mohamed & Olivier Talagrand. (2018). Ensemble variational assimilation as a probabilistic estimator – Part 1: The linear and weak non-linear case. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 25(3). 565–587. 5 indexed citations

Jardak, Mohamed & Olivier Talagrand. (2018). Ensemble variational assimilation as a probabilistic estimator – Part 2: The fully non-linear case. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 25(3). 589–604. 1 indexed citations

Jouve, L., et al.. (2015). ESTIMATING THE DEEP SOLAR MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION USING MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS AND A DYNAMO MODEL: A VARIATIONAL APPROACH. The Astrophysical Journal. 814(2). 151–151. 9 indexed citations

Pires, Carlos, Olivier Talagrand, & Marc Bocquet. (2010). Modelling non-Gaussianity of background and observational errors by the Maximum Entropy method. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 17(1). 2190–38.

Candille, G. & Olivier Talagrand. (2008). Retracted and replaced:Impact of observational error on the validation of ensemble prediction systems. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 134(631). 509–521. 4 indexed citations

Goswami, P., K. C. Gouda, & Olivier Talagrand. (2005). Ensemble initial conditions through 4D‐Var assimilation. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(21). 2 indexed citations

Baraille, Rémy, et al.. (2005). On an adaptive filter for altimetric data assimilation and its application to a primitive equation model, MICOM. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 57(2). 153–153. 9 indexed citations

Yano, Jun‐Ichi, Olivier Talagrand, & P. Drossart. (2005). Deep two-dimensional turbulence: An idealized model for atmospheric jets of the giant outer planets. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. 99(2). 137–150. 16 indexed citations

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Forget, F., F. Hourdin, Christophe Hourdin, & Olivier Talagrand. (1999). Simulations of the Martian Seasonal Dust Cycle with a General Circulation Model. 6206. 1 indexed citations

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Talagrand, Olivier, F. Forget, Richard Fournier, et al.. (1997). A Climate Database for the Martian Atmosphere. DPS. 2 indexed citations

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Talagrand, Olivier. (1997). Assimilation of Observations, an Introduction (gtSpecial IssueltData Assimilation in Meteology and Oceanography: Theory and Practice). Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 75(1B). 191–209. 342 indexed citations

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Talagrand, Olivier, Kristen Menou, Richard Fournier, et al.. (1996). Numerical modelling of the circulation of superrotating atmospheres: Venus and Titan. ESASP. 392. 329. 1 indexed citations

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Vautard, Robert, et al.. (1996). On extending the limits of variational assimilation in nonlinear chaotic systems. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 48(1). 96–121. 63 indexed citations

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Pires, Carlos, Robert Vautard, & Olivier Talagrand. (1996). On extending the limits of variational assimilation in nonlinear chaotic systems. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 48(1). 96–96. 125 indexed citations

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Hourdin, F., et al.. (1992). Numerical simulation of the circulation of the atmosphere of Titan.. ESASP. 338. 101–106. 9 indexed citations

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Talagrand, Olivier, F. Hourdin, & F. Forget. (1991). The LMD Martian General Circulation Model: Results About the Annual Pressure Cycle. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 23. 1217. 7 indexed citations

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Courtier, Philippe & Olivier Talagrand. (1990). Variational assimilation of meteorological observations with the direct and adjoint shallow-water equations. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 42(5). 531–549. 62 indexed citations

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Talagrand, Olivier & Philippe Courtier. (1987). Variational Assimilation of Meteorological Observations With the Adjoint Vorticity Equation. I: Theory. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 113(478). 1311–1328. 683 indexed citations breakdown →

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Talagrand, Olivier. (1981). On the mathematics of data assimilation. Tellus. 33(4). 321–339. 7 indexed citations

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