2026 Matthieu Lengaigne: 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	67	1938	1848	65	64	211	20108

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in France Leader Award

Overview

Matthieu Lengaigne is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on oceanography and global and planetary change, with significant contributions in atmospheric science, ecology, and aspects related to management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist has explored a variety of topics, including climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, marine and fisheries research, meteorological phenomena and simulations, marine and coastal ecosystems, and ocean waves and remote sensing.

Matthieu Lengaigne has published extensively in well-known scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include Earth's Future, Progress in Oceanography, Journal of Climate, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Recent publications highlight the scientist's focus on climate and oceanographic dynamics:

Changing El Niño-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects, 2021, Science
Persistent Uncertainties in Ocean Net Primary Production Climate Change Projections at Regional Scales Raise Challenges for Assessing Impacts on Ecosystem Services, 2021, Frontiers in Climate
South Pacific Convergence Zone dynamics, variability and impacts in a changing climate, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Matthieu Lengaigne has also contributed to book literature, with a publication titled El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on fisheries and aquaculture released by FAO eBooks in 2020.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a network of researchers, including Jérôme Vialard, Christophe Menkès, Olivier Maury, Nicolas Barrier, and Takeshi Izumo, with collaboration counts ranging from 8 to 28 joint works.

Best Publications

Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Simon Borlace;Matthieu Lengaigne;Peter van Rensch

2481
Citations
The impact of global warming on the tropical Pacific Ocean and El Nino

Mat Collins;Mat Collins;Soon Il An;Wenju Cai;Alexandre Ganachaud

1434
Citations
El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Soon Il An;Jong Seong Kug;Fei Fei Jin

1171
Citations
ENSO representation in climate models: from CMIP3 to CMIP5

Hugo Bellenger;Éric Guilyardi;Éric Guilyardi;Julie Leloup;Matthieu Lengaigne

958
Citations
ENSO and greenhouse warming

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Guojian Wang;Sang Wook Yeh

875
Citations
Pantropical Climate Interactions

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Lixin Wu;Matthieu Lengaigne;Matthieu Lengaigne;Tim Li

736
Citations
Increased frequency of extreme La Niña events under greenhouse warming

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Guojian Wang;Guojian Wang;Agus Santoso;Michael J. Mcphaden

725
Citations
Changing El Niño–Southern Oscillation in a warming climate

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Agus Santoso;Matthew Collins;Boris Dewitte

591
Citations
Influence of the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the following year’s El Niño

Takeshi Izumo;Takeshi Izumo;Jérôme Vialard;Matthieu Lengaigne;Clément de Boyer Montegut;Clément de Boyer Montegut

470
Citations
TropFlux: air-sea fluxes for the global tropical oceans—description and evaluation

B. Praveen Kumar;Jérôme Vialard;Jérôme Vialard;Matthieu Lengaigne;Matthieu Lengaigne;V. S. N. Murty

400
Citations
Interannual variability of the South Pacific Convergence Zone and implications for tropical cyclone genesis

Emmanuel M. Vincent;Matthieu Lengaigne;Matthieu Lengaigne;Christophe E. Menkes;Christophe E. Menkes;Nicolas C. Jourdain

309
Citations
Projected response of the Indian Ocean Dipole to greenhouse warming

Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Xiao-Tong Zheng;Evan John Weller;Mat Collins

291
Citations
Climate-Based Models for Understanding and Forecasting Dengue Epidemics

Elodie Descloux;Morgan Mangeas;Christophe Eugène Menkes;Matthieu Lengaigne

290
Citations
Triggering of El Niño by Westerly Wind Events in a Coupled General Circulation Model

Matthieu Lengaigne;Eric Guilyardi;Jean-Philippe Boulanger;Christophe Menkes

285
Citations
More extreme swings of the South Pacific convergence zone due to greenhouse warming

Wenju Cai;Matthieu Lengaigne;Simon Borlace;Matthew Collins;Matthew Collins

251
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
Processes setting the characteristics of sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones

Emmanuel M. Vincent;Matthieu Lengaigne;Gurvan Madec;Jérôme Vialard

222
Citations
The impact of westerly wind bursts and ocean initial state on the development, and diversity of El Niño events

Alexey V. Fedorov;Shineng Hu;Matthieu Lengaigne;Eric Guilyardi;Eric Guilyardi

221
Citations
Influence of upper-ocean stratification on tropical cyclone-induced surface cooling in the Bay of Bengal

Suresh Neetu;Matthieu Lengaigne;Emmanuel Vincent;Jérôme Vialard

209
Citations
Decadal climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Characteristics, causes, predictability, and prospects.

Scott Power;Scott Power;Matthieu Lengaigne;Antonietta Capotondi;Antonietta Capotondi;Myriam Khodri

196
Citations
TropFlux: Air-Sea Fluxes for the Global Tropical Oceans - Description and evaluation against observations

B. Praveen Kumar;J. Vialard;M. Lengaigne

20
Citations
Influence of the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the following year's

Takeshi Izumo;Jérôme Vialard;Matthieu Lengaigne

11
Citations
ENSO representation in climate models: from CMIP3 to CMIP5

E. Guilyardi;H. Bellenger;J. Leloup;J. Vialard

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité

Eric Guilyardi Université Paris Cité

Christophe E. Menkès Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University

Wenju Cai Ocean University of China

Michael J. McPhaden Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Nicolas C. Jourdain Grenoble Alpes University

Axel Timmermann Pusan National University

Jing-Jia Luo Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Juliette Mignot Université Paris Cité

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