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Thierry Fichefet 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 Thierry Fichefet sits on this spectrum.

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Thierry Fichefet 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 Thierry Fichefet sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Thierry Fichefet is a researcher affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science as well. Within these fields, their key areas of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to climate and cryospheric studies. These include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Fichefet has published extensively in several specialized venues. The most frequent publication outlets for their work are:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Ocean Modelling
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet" (2021) in The Cryosphere
  • "The Future of Sea Ice Modeling: Where Do We Go from Here?" (2020) in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Modelling landfast sea ice and its influence on ocean-ice interactions in the area of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica" (2021) in Ocean Modelling
  • "The circum-Antarctic ice-shelves respond to a more positive Southern Annular Mode with regionally varied melting" (2022) in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Should Sea-Ice Modeling Tools Designed for Climate Research Be Used for Short-Term Forecasting?" (2020) in Current Climate Change Reports

Frequently collaborating with other scientists, Fichefet has coauthored publications notably with François Massonnet, Hugues Goosse, Pierre-Vincent Huot, Guillian Van Achter, and Martin Vancoppenolle.

Their academic recognition includes becoming a Member of Academia Europaea in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis

    Reinhard F. Stocker;D Qin;G.-K. Plattner;M Tignor

  • Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility

    M. Collins;R. Knutti;J.M. Arblaster;J.-L. Dufresne

  • Climate models and their evaluation

    D.A. Randall;Thierry Fichefet

  • Climate change projections using the IPSL-CM5 Earth System Model: From CMIP3 to CMIP5

    Jean-Louis Dufresne;M. A. Foujols;S. Denvil;A. Caubel

  • 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

  • Sensitivity of a global sea ice model to the treatment of ice thermodynamics and dynamics

    Thierry Fichefet;Morales Maqueda

  • Earth system models of intermediate complexity: closing the gap in the spectrum of climate system models

    M. Claussen;LA Mysak;AJ Weaver;Michel Crucifix

  • A model intercomparison of changes in the Atlantic thermohaline circulation in response to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration

    J. M. Gregory;J. M. Gregory;K. W. Dixon;R. J. Stouffer;A. J. Weaver

  • The spatial and temporal complexity of the Holocene thermal maximum

    Hans Renssen;H. Sëppa;O. Heiri;Didier Roche

  • Importance of ice-ocean interactions for the global ocean circulation: A model study

    Hugues Goosse;Thierry Fichefet

  • 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

  • Simulating the mass balance and salinity of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice. 1. Model description and validation

    Martin Vancoppenolle;Thierry Fichefet;Hugues Goosse;Sylvain Bouillon

  • Influence of the Southern Annular Mode on the sea ice-ocean system

    Wouter Lefebvre;Hugues Goosse;R Timmermann;Thierry Fichefet

  • Climate Change 2013. The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Abstract for decision-makers

    Thomas F. Stocker;Dahe Qin;Gian-Kasper Plattner;Melinda M.B. Tignor

  • Description of the Earth system model of intermediate complexity LOVECLIM version 1.2

    Hugues Goosse;Viktor Brovkin;Thierry Fichefet;R Haarsma

  • On the representation of high latitude processes in the ORCA-LIM global coupled sea ice–ocean model

    Ralph Timmermann;Hugues Goosse;Gurvan Madec;Thierry Fichefet

  • Constraining projections of summer Arctic sea ice

    F. Massonnet;T. Fichefet;H. Goosse;C. M. Bitz

  • Long-Term climate change commitment and reversibility: An EMIC intercomparison

    Kirsten Zickfeld;Michael Eby;Andrew J. Weaver;Kaitlin Alexander

  • Biogeophysical effects of historical land cover changes simulated by six Earth system models of intermediate complexity

    Victor Brovkin;M. Claussen;Emmanuelle Driesschaert;Thierry Fichefet

  • Sea ice evolution over the 20th and 21st centuries as simulated by current AOGCMs

    Olivier Arzel;Thierry Fichefet;Hugues Goosse

  • Long-term climate commitments projected with climate-carbon cycle models

    G.-K. Plattner;R. Knutti;F. Joos;T.F. Stocker

  • An elastic-viscous-plastic sea ice model formulated on Arakawa B and C grids

    Sylvain Bouillon;Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda;Vincent Legat;Thierry Fichefet

  • The 8.2 kyr BP event simulated by a Global Atmosphere—Sea‐Ice—Ocean Model

    H. Renssen;Hugues Goosse;Thierry Fichefet;Jm. Campin

  • Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an intercomparison of Earth system models of intermediate complexity

    Michael Eby;Andrew J. Weaver;K. Alexander;K. Zickfeld

  • Modelling the influence of snow accumulation and snow-ice formation on the seasonal cycle of the Antarctic sea-ice cover

    T. Fichefet;M. A. Morales Maqueda

  • Stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: A model intercomparison

    Andrew J. Weaver;Jan Sedláček;Michael Eby;Kaitlin Alexander

  • Simulating the Holocene climate evolution at northern high latitudes using a coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-vegetation model

    Hans Renssen;Hugues Goosse;Thierry Fichefet;Victor Brovkin

  • Description of the Earth system model of intermediate complexity LOVECLIM version 1.2

    H. Goosse;V. Brovkin;T. Fichefet;R. Haarsma

  • Importance of physics, resolution and forcing in hindcast simulations of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice variability and trends

    François Massonnet;Thierry Fichefet;Hugues Goosse;Martin Vancoppenolle

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugues Goosse
Hugues Goosse Université Catholique de Louvain
François Massonnet
François Massonnet Université Catholique de Louvain
Marie-France Loutre
Marie-France Loutre University of Bern
Philippe Huybrechts
Philippe Huybrechts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pierre Mathiot
Pierre Mathiot British Antarctic Survey
Gurvan Madec
Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University
Eric Deleersnijder
Eric Deleersnijder Université Catholique de Louvain
Heiko Goelzer
Heiko Goelzer Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Pascale Braconnot
Pascale Braconnot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Louis Dufresne
Jean-Louis Dufresne École Normale Supérieure

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