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Vincent Favier is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work in Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Favier has authored several peer-reviewed papers across prominent scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula," 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Relationship Between Weather Regimes and Atmospheric Rivers in East Antarctica," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Record-high Antarctic Peninsula temperatures and surface melt in February 2022: a compound event with an intense atmospheric river," 2023, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Performance of MAR (v3.11) in simulating the drifting-snow climate and surface mass balance of Adélie Land, East Antarctica," 2021, Geoscientific Model Development

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues, which include:

  • The Cryosphere
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Climate

Favier collaborates regularly with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Jonathan Wille, Benjamin Pohl, Charles Amory, Irina Gorodetskaya, and Christoph Kittel. These collaborations contribute to advancing understanding in Antarctic climate phenomena and related geophysical modeling.

Best Publications

  • Current state of glaciers in the tropical Andes: a multi-century perspective on glacier evolution and climate change

    A. Rabatel;Bernard Francou;A. Soruco;J. Gomez

  • Two decades of glacier mass loss along the Andes

    Ines Dussaillant;Ines Dussaillant;Etienne Berthier;Fanny Brun;Mariano Hugo Masiokas

  • Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using the regional climate model MAR (1979-2015) and identification of dominant processes

    Cecile Agosta;Cecile Agosta;Cecile Agosta;Charles Amory;Christoph Kittel;Anais Orsi

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • New evidence for an ENSO impact on low-latitude glaciers: Antizana 15, Andes of Ecuador, 0°28'S

    Bernard Francou;Mathias Vuille;Vincent Favier;Bolivar Cáceres

  • OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

    J. Gaillardet;I. Braud;F. Hankard;S. Anquetin

  • West Antarctic surface melt triggered by atmospheric rivers

    Jonathan D. Wille;Vincent Favier;Ambroise Dufour;Irina V. Gorodetskaya

  • One-year measurements of surface heat budget on the ablation zone of Antizana Glacier 15, Ecuadorian Andes

    Vincent Favier;Patrick Wagnon;Jean-Philippe Chazarin;Luis Maisincho

  • Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts

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

  • The Dominant Role of Extreme Precipitation Events in Antarctic Snowfall Variability

    John Turner;Tony Phillips;Meloth Thamban;Waliur Rahaman

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

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  • Interpreting discrepancies between discharge and precipitation in high-altitude area of Chile's Norte Chico region (26–32°S)

    Vincent Favier;Mark Falvey;Antoine Rabatel;Estelle Praderio

  • Processes governing the mass balance of Chhota Shigri Glacier (Western Himalaya, India) assessed by point-scale surface energy balance measurements

    M. F. Azam;M. F. Azam;P. Wagnon;P. Wagnon;C. Vincent;Al. Ramanathan

  • Fluctuations of glaciers in the tropical Andes over the last millennium and palaeoclimatic implications: A review

    Vincent Jomelli;Vincent Favier;Antoine Rabatel;Daniel Brunstein

  • Glaciers of the outer and inner tropics: A different behaviour but a common response to climatic forcing

    Vincent Favier;Patrick Wagnon;Pierre Ribstein

  • A study of the energy balance and melt regime on Juncal Norte Glacier, semi-arid Andes of central Chile, using melt models of different complexity

    Francesca Pellicciotti;Jakob Helbing;Andrés Rivera;Vincent Favier

  • A regional view of fluctuations in glacier length in southern South America

    Paulina Lopez;Paulina Lopez;Pierre Chevallier;Vincent Favier;Bernard Pouyaud

  • Irregular tropical glacier retreat over the Holocene epoch driven by progressive warming

    Vincent Jomelli;Myriam Khodri;Vincent Favier;Daniel Brunstein

  • Terrestrial and submarine evidence for the extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum and the onset of deglaciation on the maritime-Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

    Dominic A. Hodgson;Dominic A. Hodgson;Alastair G.C. Graham;Stephen J. Roberts;Michael J. Bentley

  • An updated and quality controlled surface mass balance dataset for Antarctica

    V. Favier;C. Agosta;C. Agosta;S. Parouty;Geoffroy Durand

  • Meteorological atmospheric boundary layer measurements and ECMWF analyses during summer at Dome C, Antarctica

    Christophe Genthon;Michael S. Town;Delphine Six;Vincent Favier

Frequent Co-Authors

Cécile Agosta
Cécile Agosta Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Vincent Jomelli
Vincent Jomelli Aix-Marseille University
Hubert Gallée
Hubert Gallée Grenoble Alpes University
Charles Amory
Charles Amory Grenoble Alpes University
Patrick Wagnon
Patrick Wagnon Grenoble Alpes University
Gerhard Krinner
Gerhard Krinner Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Antoine Rabatel
Antoine Rabatel Grenoble Alpes University
Daniel Brunstein
Daniel Brunstein Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xavier Fettweis
Xavier Fettweis University of Liège
Christophe Genthon
Christophe Genthon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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