Xavier Fettweis

21.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
249 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Xavier Fettweis is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Fettweis has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Atmospheric Science, 114 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 35 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xavier Fettweis's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (205 papers), Climate change and permafrost (112 papers) and Climate variability and models (103 papers). Xavier Fettweis is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (205 papers), Climate change and permafrost (112 papers) and Climate variability and models (103 papers). Xavier Fettweis collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Netherlands. Xavier Fettweis's co-authors include M. R. van den Broeke, Marco Tedesco, Hubert Gallée, Jason E. Box, Edward Hanna, Cécile Agosta, Christoph Kittel, Charlotte Lang, M. Tedesco and Thomas L. Mote and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Fettweis

240 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs under 21st century sea-level rise

2014 933 citations Xavier Fettweis et al. profile →
Reconstructions of the 1900–2015 Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance using the regional climate MAR model

2017 329 citations Xavier Fettweis, Jason E. Box et al. The cryosphere profile →
Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites

2020 187 citations Marco Tedesco, Xavier Fettweis et al. Communications Earth & Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xavier Fettweis Belgium	61	9.6k	4.4k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	249	11.1k
Jonathan Bamber United Kingdom	58	11.5k 1.2×	2.7k 0.6×	3.3k 2.0×	2.4k 1.9×	2.2k 1.9×	243	13.4k
Philippe Huybrechts Belgium	62	10.4k 1.1×	2.2k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	210	11.7k
Edward Hanna United Kingdom	50	7.5k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	612 0.5×	158	8.8k
Erik van Meijgaard Netherlands	58	10.0k 1.0×	6.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	977 0.8×	153	12.3k
Étienne Berthier France	58	11.6k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	2.9k 1.8×	980 0.8×	2.7k 2.3×	169	13.1k
Konrad Steffen United States	53	8.7k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	457 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	169	9.5k
J. Graham Cogley Canada	32	7.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	868 0.7×	78	8.6k
Tobias Bolch Switzerland	60	14.2k 1.5×	2.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	784 0.6×	2.5k 2.1×	158	16.2k
A. J. Payne United Kingdom	54	7.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	2.5k 1.6×	624 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	143	8.3k
David G. Vaughan United Kingdom	59	11.4k 1.2×	1.8k 0.4×	4.3k 2.6×	1.6k 1.2×	2.6k 2.2×	152	13.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Fettweis

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Fettweis, Xavier, Hans Van de Vyver, Nicolas Ghilain, et al.. (2025). Increased intensity and frequency of extreme precipitation events in Belgium as simulated by the regional climate model MAR. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 59. 102399–102399. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jilu, Fernando Rodríguez‐Morales, Xavier Fettweis, et al.. (2023). Snow stratigraphy observations from Operation IceBridge surveys in Alaska using S and C band airborne ultra-wideband FMCW (frequency-modulated continuous wave) radar. The cryosphere. 17(1). 175–193. 7 indexed citations

Delhasse, Alison, et al.. (2023). Impact of irreducible water saturation on simulated retention capacity of the Greenland ice sheet snowpack. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 5–17. 1 indexed citations

Tedesco, Marco, et al.. (2023). A computationally efficient statistically downscaled 100 m resolution Greenland product from the regional climate model MAR. The cryosphere. 17(12). 5061–5074. 3 indexed citations

Wille, Jonathan, Vincent Favier, Nicolas C. Jourdain, et al.. (2022). Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 72 indexed citations

Doutreloup, Sébastien, Xavier Fettweis, Ramin Rahif, et al.. (2022). Historical and future weather data for dynamic building simulations in Belgium using the regional climate model MAR: typical and extreme meteorological year and heatwaves. Earth system science data. 14(7). 3039–3051. 23 indexed citations

Margulis, S. A., et al.. (2021). Reanalysis Surface Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet Along K‐Transect (2000–2014). Geophysical Research Letters. 48(17). 3 indexed citations

Mottram, Ruth, Nicolaj Hansen, Christoph Kittel, et al.. (2021). What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates. The cryosphere. 15(8). 3751–3784. 86 indexed citations

Dumas, Jonathan, et al.. (2021). A Probabilistic Forecast-Driven Strategy for a Risk-Aware Participation in the Capacity Firming Market. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 12 indexed citations

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Verjans, Vincent, Amber Leeson, Malcolm McMillan, et al.. (2021). Uncertainty in East Antarctic Firn Thickness Constrained Using a Model Ensemble Approach. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(7). 13 indexed citations

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Ménégoz, Martin, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Juliette Blanchet, et al.. (2020). Contrasting seasonal changes in total and intense precipitation in the European Alps from 1903 to 2010. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(11). 5355–5377. 40 indexed citations

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Agosta, Cécile, Charles Amory, Christoph Kittel, et al.. (2019). Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using the regional climate model MAR (1979–2015) and identification of dominant processes. The cryosphere. 13(1). 281–296. 183 indexed citations

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Leeson, Amber, Emma Eastoe, & Xavier Fettweis. (2018). Extreme temperature events on Greenland in observations and the MAR regional climate model. The cryosphere. 12(3). 1091–1102. 13 indexed citations

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Datta, Rajashree Tri, Marco Tedesco, Cécile Agosta, et al.. (2017). Melting over the East Antarctic Peninsula (1999–2009): evaluation of a high-resolution regional climate model. 1 indexed citations

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Fürst, Johannes J., Fabien Gillet‐Chaulet, Toby Benham, et al.. (2017). Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard. The cryosphere. 11(5). 2003–2032. 39 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Nicole‐Jeanne, D. N. Wiese, Eric Larour, et al.. (2016). Application of GRACE to the assessment of model-based estimates of monthly Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance (2003–2012). The cryosphere. 10(5). 1965–1989. 20 indexed citations

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Agosta, Cécile, Xavier Fettweis, & Hubert Gallée. (2013). Estimating Antarctic ice sheet surface mass balance contribution to future sea level rise using the regional atmospheric climate model MAR. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).

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Box, Jason E., et al.. (2012). Greenland ice sheet albedo feedback: mass balance implications. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Fettweis, Xavier. (2009). The 1958-2008 Greenland ice sheet surface melt and the mid-tropospheric atmospheric circulation. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 7855. 1 indexed citations

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Fettweis, Xavier. (2003). Modelling of the 1991 Greenland Summer with the coupled atmosphere-snow regional climate model MAR. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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