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2023

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68
Citations
15324
World Ranking
1886
National Ranking
61

Alain Hauchecorne publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Hauchecorne sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 554 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Alain Hauchecorne D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Hauchecorne sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Alain Hauchecorne is a researcher affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Geophysics

Hauchecorne's main research topics cover multiple aspects of atmospheric and environmental sciences, including:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models

The researcher has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with multiple papers appearing repeatedly in several recognized journals. Frequent publication venues include Atmosphere, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Hauchecorne are:

  • "Global perturbation of stratospheric water and aerosol burden by Hunga eruption," 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "The use of the 1.27 µm O 2 absorption band for greenhouse gas monitoring from space and application to MicroCarb," 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Doppler lidar at Observatoire de Haute-Provence for wind profiling up to 75 km altitude: performance evaluation and observations," 2020, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Using a network of temperature lidars to identify temperature biases in the upper stratosphere in ECMWF reanalyses," 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Unexpected self-lofting and dynamical confinement of volcanic plumes: the Raikoke 2019 case," 2022, Scientific Reports

Hauchecorne has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Philippe Keckhut, Sergey Khaykin, Mustapha Meftah, Slimane Bekki, and Sophie Godin-Beekmann. These collaborations reflect sustained research partnerships contributing to atmospheric science and environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Density and temperature profiles obtained by lidar between 35 and 70 km

    Alain Hauchecorne;Marie-Lise Chanin

  • Major influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the stratospheric aerosol layer during the last decade

    Jean-Paul Vernier;Jean-Paul Vernier;Larry W. Thomason;J.-P. Pommereau;Adam Bourassa

  • The OSIRIS instrument on the Odin spacecraft

    E J Llewellyn;N D Lloyd;D A Degenstein;R L Gattinger

  • A Doppler lidar for measuring winds in the middle atmosphere

    M. L. Chanin;A. Garnier;A. Hauchecorne;J. Porteneuve

  • Infrasound monitoring for atmospheric studies

    Alexis Le Pichon;Elisabeth Blanc;Alain Hauchecorne

  • Climatology and trends of the middle atmospheric temperature (33–87 km) as seen by Rayleigh lidar over the south of France

    Alain Hauchecorne;Marie-Lise Chanin;P. Keckhut

  • SPICAV on Venus Express: Three spectrometers to study the global structure and composition of the Venus atmosphere

    Jean-Loup Bertaux;D. Nevejans;O. Korablev;Eric Villard

  • Complex organic matter in Titan's atmospheric aerosols from in situ pyrolysis and analysis

    Guy Israël;Cyril Szopa;François Raulin;Michel Cabane

  • A warm layer in Venus' cryosphere and high-altitude measurements of HF, HCl, H2O and HDO.

    Jean-Loup Bertaux;Ann-Carine Vandaele;Oleg Korablev;E. Villard

  • Lidar observation of gravity and tidal waves in the stratosphere and mesosphere

    Marie-Lise Chanin;Alain Hauchecorne

  • Mesospheric temperature inversion and gravity wave breaking

    A. Hauchecorne;M. L. Chanin;R. Wilson

  • Gravity waves in the middle atmosphere observed by Rayleigh lidar: 2. Climatology

    R. Wilson;M. L. Chanin;A. Hauchecorne

  • Rayleigh-Mie Doppler wind lidar for atmospheric measurements. I. Instrumental setup, validation, and first climatological results.

    Claude Souprayen;Anne Garnier;Albert Hertzog;Alain Hauchecorne

  • Midlatitude long‐term variability of the middle atmosphere: Trends and cyclic and episodic changes

    P. Keckhut;A. Hauchecorne;M. L. Chanin

  • The ALOMAR Rayleigh/Mie/Raman lidar: objectives, configuration, and performance

    U. von Zahn;G. von Cossart;J. Fiedler;K. H. Fricke

  • Quantification of the transport of chemical constituents from the polar vortex to midlatitudes in the lower stratosphere using the high-resolution advection model MIMOSA and effective diffusivity

    Alain Hauchecorne;Sophie Godin;Marion Marchand;Birgit Heese

  • Rotational Raman lidar to measure the atmospheric temperature from the ground to 30 km

    D. Nedeljkovic;A. Hauchecorne;M.-L. Chanin

  • Solar proton events of October–November 2003: Ozone depletion in the Northern Hemisphere polar winter as seen by GOMOS/Envisat

    A. Seppälä;P. T. Verronen;E. Kyrölä;S. Hassinen

  • GOMOS on Envisat: an overview

    E. Kyrölä;J. Tamminen;G.W. Leppelmeier;V. Sofieva

  • Stratospheric Smoke With Unprecedentedly High Backscatter Observed by Lidars Above Southern France

    Sergey Khaykin;Sophie Godin-Beekmann;Alain Hauchecorne;Jacques Pelon

  • Quantification of the transport of chemical constituents from the polar vortex to midlatitudes in the lower stratosphere using the high-resolution advection model MIMOSA and effective diffusivity : SAGE III-Ozone Loss Validation Experiment and Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone-2000 (SOLVE/THESEO)

    Alain Hauchecorne;Sophie Godin;Marion Marchand;Birgit Heese

Frequent Co-Authors

Slimane Bekki
Slimane Bekki Sorbonne University
Jean-Loup Bertaux
Jean-Loup Bertaux Atmospheres Laboratory Environments, Observations Spatiales
Erkki Kyrölä
Erkki Kyrölä Finnish Meteorological Institute
Johanna Tamminen
Johanna Tamminen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Chantal Claud
Chantal Claud École Polytechnique
Marion Marchand
Marion Marchand Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Franck Lefèvre
Franck Lefèvre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Wolfgang Steinbrecht
Wolfgang Steinbrecht German Meteorological Service
Niklaus Kämpfer
Niklaus Kämpfer University of Bern
Annika Seppälä
Annika Seppälä University of Otago

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