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  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Gilles Ramstein is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work mainly focuses on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Paleontology.

Their research covers a range of topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Cryospheric studies and observations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Gilles Ramstein has published numerous papers in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Climate of the Past, Geophysical Research Letters, Climate Dynamics, Scientific Reports, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Recent papers by Ramstein include:

  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity (2020, Climate of the past)
  • Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations (2020, Climate of the past)
  • Evaluating the large-scale hydrological cycle response within the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (PlioMIP2) ensemble (2021, Climate of the past)
  • Modeling a modern-like p CO 2 warm period (Marine Isotope Stage KM5c) with two versions of an Institut Pierre Simon Laplace atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation model (2020, Climate of the past)
  • Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2 (2021, Climate of the past)

Collaborations form an important part of Ramstein's research output. Frequent co-authors include Ning Tan, Zhongshi Zhang, Ayako Abe-Ouchi, Christian Stepanek, and Yong Sun.

Gilles Ramstein was recognized in 2007 as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 1: experiments and large-scale features

    P. Braconnot;B. Otto-Bliesner;S. Harrison;S. Joussaume

  • Effect of orogeny, plate motion and land-sea distribution on Eurasian climate change over the past 30 million years

    Gilles Ramstein;Frédéric Fluteau;Frédéric Fluteau;Jean Besse;Sylvie Joussaume;Sylvie Joussaume

  • Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

    Paul F. Hoffman;Paul F. Hoffman;Dorian S. Abbot;Yosef Ashkenazy;Douglas I. Benn

  • Tectonic Uplift and Eastern Africa Aridification

    Pierre Sepulchre;Gilles Ramstein;Frédéric Fluteau;Mathieu Schuster

  • Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum – Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget

    P. Braconnot;B. Otto-Bliesner;S. Harrison;S. Joussaume

  • Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project

    Alan Haywood;Daniel Hill;Daniel Hill;Aisling Dolan;Bette Otto-Bliesner

  • Tropical climates at the Last Glacial Maximum: a new synthesis of terrestrial palaeoclimate data. I. Vegetation, lake-levels and geochemistry

    I. Farrera;S. P. Harrison;I. C. Prentice;G. Ramstein

  • A ‘snowball Earth’ climate triggered by continental break-up through changes in runoff

    Yannick Donnadieu;Yves Goddéris;Gilles Ramstein;Anne Nédélec

  • Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene

    Zhongshi Zhang;Gilles Ramstein;Mathieu Schuster;Camille Li

  • Tropical paleoclimates at the Last Glacial Maximum: comparison of Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) simulations and paleodata

    S Pinot;G Ramstein;Sp Harrison;Ic Prentice

  • The Sturtian ‘snowball’ glaciation: fire and ice

    Y. Godderis;Y. Donnadieu;A. Nedelec;B. Dupre

  • Simulating the evolution of the Asian and African monsoons during the past 30 Myr using an atmospheric general circulation model

    Frédéric Fluteau;Gilles Ramstein;Jean Besse

  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity

    Alan M. Haywood;Julia C. Tindall;Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan

  • Simulating the amplification of orbital forcing by ocean feedbacks in the last glaciation.

    M. Khodri;Y. Leclainche;G. Ramstein;P. Braconnot

  • Human ecological niches and ranges during the LGM in Europe derived from an application of eco-cultural niche modeling

    William E. Banks;Francesco d'Errico;A. Townsend Peterson;Marian Vanhaeren

  • High-resolution simulations of the last glacial maximum climate over Europe: a solution to discrepancies with continental palaeoclimatic reconstructions?

    A Jost;Dan J Lunt;M Kageyama;A Abe-Ouchi

  • Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison

    Harry J. Dowsett;Kevin M. Foley;Danielle K. Stoll;Mark A. Chandler

  • Challenges in quantifying Pliocene terrestrial warming revealed by data–model discord

    Ulrich Salzmann;Aisling M. Dolan;Alan M. Haywood;Wing-Le Chan

  • The role of eastern Tethys seaway closure in the Middle Miocene Climatic Transition (ca. 14 Ma)

    Noémie Hamon;Noémie Hamon;P. Sépulchre;V. Lefebvre;V. Lefebvre;G. Ramstein

  • The Late Permian climate. What can be inferred from climate modelling concerning Pangea scenarios and Hercynian range altitude

    F Fluteau;J Besse;J Broutin;G Ramstein

  • Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum African monsoon changes as simulated within the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project

    P Braconnot;S Joussaume;N de Noblet;G Ramstein

  • Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Present Day and Last Glacial Maximum Climate Simulations: A Comparison of the European PMIP Models*

    M Kageyama;Paul J Valdes;G Ramstein;CD Hewitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research
Masa Kageyama
Masa Kageyama Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yannick Donnadieu
Yannick Donnadieu Aix-Marseille University
Catherine Ritz
Catherine Ritz Grenoble Alpes University
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Ayako Abe-Ouchi University of Tokyo
Frédéric Fluteau
Frédéric Fluteau Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Pierre Sepulchre
Pierre Sepulchre University of Paris-Saclay
Dabang Jiang
Dabang Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yves Goddéris
Yves Goddéris Paul Sabatier University
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen

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