2026 Christophe Cassou: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	52	4398	4211	184	183	135	13618

Overview

Christophe Cassou is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their primary research interests focus on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Christophe Cassou has published multiple studies in respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Geophysical Research Letters
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Climate Dynamics
Journal of Climate
Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Notable recent papers include:

Aerosol-Forced AMOC Changes in CMIP6 Historical Simulations (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
Modulation of radiative aerosols effects by atmospheric circulation over the Euro-Mediterranean region (2020) published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Heat extremes in Western Europe increasing faster than simulated due to atmospheric circulation trends (2023) published in Nature Communications
The Climate Response to Emissions Reductions Due to COVID-19: Initial Results From CovidMIP (2021) published in Geophysical Research Letters
Projected ENSO Teleconnection Changes in CMIP6 (2022) published in Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christophe Cassou include Yohan Ruprich-Robert, Paolo Davini, Emilia Sánchez-Gómez, Rym Msadek, and Jon Robson.

Christophe Cassou has contributed to book publications under the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Two books published in 2023 are:

Parlons climat en 30 questions - Troisième édition
Regards croisés sur un précipice immense... dans les émotions de la Terre: Climat, Biodiversité, une question sociale

Best Publications

The CNRM-CM5.1 global climate model: description and basic evaluation

A. Voldoire;E. Sanchez-Gomez;D. Salas y Mélia;B. Decharme

1504
Citations
Evaluation of CMIP6 DECK Experiments With CNRM-CM6-1

A. Voldoire;D. Saint‐Martin;S. Sénési;B. Decharme

1076
Citations
Intraseasonal interaction between the Madden–Julian Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Christophe Cassou

1052
Citations
Why the Western Pacific Subtropical High Has Extended Westward since the Late 1970s

Tianjun Zhou;Rucong Yu;Jie Zhang;Helge Drange

660
Citations
Winter 2010 in Europe: a cold extreme in a warming climate.

J. Cattiaux;R. Vautard;C. Cassou;P. Yiou

625
Citations
Decadal Climate Prediction: An Update from the Trenches

Gerald A. Meehl;Lisa Goddard;George Boer;Robert Burgman

598
Citations
Tropical Atlantic Influence on European Heat Waves

Christophe Cassou;Laurent Terray;Adam S. Phillips

546
Citations
North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

459
Citations
The Decadal Climate Prediction Project (DCPP) contribution to CMIP6

George J. Boer;Douglas M. Smith;Christophe Cassou;Francisco Doblas-Reyes

439
Citations
Summertime European heat and drought waves induced by wintertime Mediterranean rainfall deficit

R. Vautard;R. Vautard;P. Yiou;F. D'Andrea;N. de Noblet

437
Citations
Towards predictive understanding of regional climate change

Shang Ping Xie;Clara Deser;Gabriel Andres Vecchi;Matthew Collins

380
Citations
North Atlantic winter climate regimes: Spatial asymmetry, stationarity with time, and oceanic forcing

Christophe Cassou;Laurent Terray;James W. Hurrell;Clara Deser

364
Citations
Tropical explosive volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño by cooling tropical Africa.

Myriam Khodri;Takeshi Izumo;Takeshi Izumo;Jérôme Vialard;Serge Janicot

224
Citations
North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;Who M. Kim;Erik Behrens

205
Citations
Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open-sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012

X. Durrieu de Madron;L. Houpert;P. Puig;A. Sanchez-Vidal

192
Citations
Aerosol-Forced AMOC Changes in CMIP6 Historical Simulations

Matthew B. Menary;Jon Robson;Richard Allan;Ben B. B. Booth

183
Citations
Cirene: Air—Sea Interactions in the Seychelles—Chagos Thermocline Ridge Region

J. Vialard;J. P. Duvel;Michael J. McPhaden;P. Bouruet-Aubertot

171
Citations
Impact of explosive volcanic eruptions on the main climate variability modes

Didier Swingedouw;Juliette Mignot;Pablo Ortega;Myriam Khodri

157
Citations
Revisiting the ENSO Teleconnection to the Tropical North Atlantic

Javier García-Serrano;Christophe Cassou;Hervé Douville;Alessandra Giannini

152
Citations
An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part III: Hydrography and fluxes

Mehmet Ilıcak;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;Qiang Wang;Rüdiger Gerdes

145
Citations
Modulation of radiative aerosols effects by atmospheric circulation over the Euro-Mediterranean region

Pierre Nabat;Samuel Somot;Christophe Cassou;Marc Mallet

139
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Aurore Voldoire Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

Laurent Terray Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique

Hervé Douville Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University

Sophie Szopa Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

Bertrand Decharme Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Ramdane Alkama Joint Research Center

Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research

Thomas Jung Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

External Links

Personal website of Christophe Cassou

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