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Nicolas C. Jourdain

Nicolas C. Jourdain

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
6620
World Ranking
4524
National Ranking
332

Nicolas C. Jourdain publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicolas C. Jourdain sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 116 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Nicolas C. Jourdain D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicolas C. Jourdain sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nicolas C. Jourdain is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extensively covers various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics focus mainly on cryospheric studies and observations, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate variability and models, geology and paleoclimatology research, and climate change and permafrost. Additionally, they have contributed to studies related to winter sports injuries and performance as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Recent publications authored by or involving Nicolas C. Jourdain include:

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise, 2021, Nature
  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century, 2020, The Cryosphere
  • Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Experimental protocol for sea level projections from ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet models, 2020, The Cryosphere

Jourdain's frequent co-authors include:

  • Pierre Mathiot
  • Cécile Agosta
  • Hélène Seroussi
  • Christoph Kittel
  • Sophie Nowicki

They publish regularly in several venues, with notable contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century

    Hélène Seroussi;Sophie Nowicki;Antony J. Payne;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer

  • 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

  • Rapid subsurface warming and circulation changes of Antarctic coastal waters by poleward shifting winds

    Paul Spence;Stephen M. Griffies;Matthew H. England;Andrew McC. Hogg

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

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

  • Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts

    Jonathan D. Wille;Vincent Favier;Irina V. Gorodetskaya;Cécile Agosta

  • Cold Tongue and Warm Pool ENSO Events in CMIP5: Mean State and Future Projections

    Andréa S. Taschetto;Alexander Sen Gupta;Nicolas C. Jourdain;Agus Santoso

  • Antarctic icebergs melt over the Southern Ocean: Climatology and impact on sea ice

    Nacho Merino;Nacho Merino;Julien Le Sommer;Julien Le Sommer;Gael Durand;Gael Durand;Nicolas C. Jourdain;Nicolas C. Jourdain

  • The Indo-Australian monsoon and its relationship to ENSO and IOD in reanalysis data and the CMIP3/CMIP5 simulations

    Nicolas C. Jourdain;Alexander Sen Gupta;Andréa S. Taschetto;Caroline C. Ummenhofer

  • Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula

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  • Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet

    Christoph Kittel;Charles Amory;Charles Amory;Cécile Agosta;Nicolas C. Jourdain

  • Experimental protocol for sea level projections from ISMIP6 stand-alone ice sheet models

    Sophie Nowicki;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Hélène Seroussi;Anthony J. Payne

  • Assessing the oceanic control on the amplitude of sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones

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

  • Mercator Global Eddy Permitting Ocean Reanalysis GLORYS1V1: Description and Results

    Nicolas Ferry;Laurent Parent;Gilles Garric;Bernard Barnier

  • Assessment of sub-shelf melting parameterisations using the ocean–ice-sheet coupled model NEMO(v3.6)–Elmer/Ice(v8.3)

    Lionel Favier;Nicolas C. Jourdain;Adrian Jenkins;Nacho Merino

  • Ocean circulation and sea-ice thinning induced by melting ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea

    Nicolas C. Jourdain;Pierre Mathiot;Nacho Merino;Gaël Durand

  • Comparison of tropical cyclogenesis indices on seasonal to interannual timescales

    Christophe E. Menkes;Christophe E. Menkes;Matthieu Lengaigne;Matthieu Lengaigne;Patrick Marchesiello;Nicolas C. Jourdain

  • Future Sea Level Change Under Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 and Phase 6 Scenarios From the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

    Antony J. Payne;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ayako Abe‐Ouchi;Cecile Agosta

  • A protocol for calculating basal melt rates in the ISMIP6 Antarctic ice sheet projections

    Nicolas C. Jourdain;Xylar Asay-Davis;Tore Hattermann;Tore Hattermann;Fiammetta Straneo

  • CMIP5 model selection for ISMIP6 ice sheet model forcing: Greenland and Antarctica

    Alice Barthel;Cécile Agosta;Christopher M. Little;Tore Hattermann;Tore Hattermann

  • Impact of Tropical Cyclones on the Heat Budget of the South Pacific Ocean

    Swen Jullien;Christophe E. Menkès;Patrick Marchesiello;Nicolas C. Jourdain

  • Experimental protocol for sealevel projections from ISMIP6 standalone ice sheet models

    Sophie Nowicki;Antony J. Payne;Heiko Goelzer;Heiko Goelzer;Helene Seroussi

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthieu Lengaigne
Matthieu Lengaigne University of Montpellier
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
Cécile Agosta
Cécile Agosta Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Christophe E. Menkès
Christophe E. Menkès Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Pierre Mathiot
Pierre Mathiot British Antarctic Survey
Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Sophie Nowicki
Sophie Nowicki University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Helene Seroussi
Helene Seroussi Dartmouth College
Tore Hattermann
Tore Hattermann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hubert Gallée
Hubert Gallée Grenoble Alpes University

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