Publications
Full list of peer-reviewed articles and key research contributions in polar climate and glaciology.
Selected Highlights
Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet
The Cryosphere, 15 (3), 1215-1236
Clouds drive differences in future surface melt over the Antarctic ice shelves
The Cryosphere, 16 (7), 2655-2669
Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet’s response to future atmospheric warming-threshold scenarios over 200 years
The Cryosphere, 19 (10), 4459-4469
Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves
Nature
Full Publication List
Future changes in Antarctic near-surface winds: regional variability and key drivers under a high-emission scenario
Davrinche , C. , Orsi , A. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , & Agosta , C.
Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves
Burgard , C. , Jourdain , N. C. , Mosbeux , C. , Caillet , J. , Mathiot , P. , & Kittel , C.
Emulating the expansion of Antarctic perennial firn aquifers in the 21st century
Veldhuijsen , S. , Van De Berg , W. , Kuipers Munneke , P. , Hansen , N. , Boberg , F. , Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , & Van Den Broeke , M.
Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet’s response to future atmospheric warming-threshold scenarios over 200 years
Delhasse , A.* , Kittel , C.* , & Beckmann , J.
Benefits of a Landfast Ice Representation on Simulated Antarctic Sea Ice and Coastal Polynya Dynamics
Pirlet , N. , Fichefet , T. , Vancoppenolle , M. , Fraser , A. D. , Mathiot , P. , Rousset , C. , Barthélemy , A. , Barriat , P.-Y. , Pelletier , C. , Madec , G. , & Kittel , C.
ANTARCTICA AND THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Raphael , M. N. , Clem , K. R. , Adjou , M. , Adusumilli , S. , Amory , C. , Bahrami , M. , Baiman , R. , Banwell , A. F. , Barreira , S. , Beadling , R. L. , Colwell , S. , Coy , L. , Datta , R. T. , De Laat , J. , du Plessis , M. , Fogt , R. L. , Fricker , H. A. , Hancock , A. M. , Johnson , B. , ... Wille , J. D.
Changes in Antarctic surface conditions and potential for ice shelf hydrofracturing from 1850 to 2200
Jourdain , N. C. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , & Durand , G.
Uncertainty in the projected Antarctic contribution to sea level due to internal climate variability
Caillet , J. , Jourdain , N. , Mathiot , P. , Gillet-Chaulet , F. , Urruty , B. , Burgard , C. , Amory , C. , Chekki , M. , & Kittel , C.
A Factor Two Difference in 21st‐Century Greenland Ice Sheet SMB Projections
Glaude , Q. , Noël , B. , Olesen , M. , Van den Broeke , M. , van de Berg , W. J. , Mottram , R. , Hansen , N. , Delhasse , A. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Goelzer , H. , & Fettweis , X.
Understanding the drivers of near-surface winds in Adélie Land, East Antarctica
Davrinche , C. , Orsi , A. , Agosta , C. , Amory , C. , & Kittel , C.
Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
Tollenaar , V. , Zekollari , H. , Kittel , C. , Farinotti , D. , Lhermitte , S. , Debaille , V. , Goderis , S. , Claeys , P. , Joy , K. H. , & Pattyn , F.
Disentangling the drivers of future Antarctic ice loss with a historically calibrated ice-sheet model
Coulon , V. , Klose , A. K. , Kittel , C. , Edwards , T. , Turner , F. , Winkelmann , R. , & Pattyn , F.
Coupling MAR with PISM mitigates the positive melt–elevation feedback
Delhasse , A. , Beckmann , J. , Kittel , C. , & Fettweis , X.
Control of the temperature signal in Antarctic proxies by snowfall dynamics
Servettaz , A. P. M. , Agosta , C. , Kittel , C. , & Orsi , A. J.
The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica "heat" wave. Part II: impacts on the Antarctic ice sheet
Wille , J. , Alexander , S. , Amory , C. , Baiman , R. , Barthélemy , L. , Bergstrom , D. , Berne , A. , Binder , H. , Blanchet , J. , Bozkurt , D. , Bracegirdle , T. , Casado , M. , Choi , T. , Clem , K. , Codron , F. , Datta , R. , Battista , S. , Favier , V. , Francis , D. , ... Zou , X.
The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica "heat" wave. Part I: observations and meteorological drivers
Wille , J. , Alexander , S. , Amory , C. , Baiman , R. , Barthélemy , L. , Bergstrom , D. , Berne , A. , Binder , H. , Blanchet , J. , Bozkurt , D. , Bracegirdle , T. , Casado , M. , Choi , T. , Clem , K. , Codron , F. , Datta , R. , Battista , S. , Favier , V. , Francis , D. , ... Zou , X.
Spatially heterogeneous effect of climate warming on the Arctic land ice
Maure , D. , Kittel , C. , Lambin , C. , Delhasse , A. , & Fettweis , X.
Sensitivity of the MAR regional climate model snowpack to the parameterization of the assimilation of satellite-derived wet-snow masks on the Antarctic Peninsula
Dethinne , T. , Glaude , Q. , Picard , G. , Kittel , C. , Alexander , P. , Orban , A. , & Fettweis , X.
Projections du bilan de masse en surface en Antarctique à l’horizon 2100
Kittel , C.
Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020
Otosaka , I. N. , Shepherd , A. , Ivins , E. R. , Schlegel , N.-J. , Amory , C. , van den Broeke , M. R. , Horwath , M. , Joughin , I. , King , M. D. , Krinner , G. , Nowicki , S. , Payne , A. J. , Rignot , E. , Scambos , T. , Simon , K. M. , Smith , B. E. , Sørensen , L. S. , Velicogna , I. , Whitehouse , P. L. , ... Wouters , B.
Ice Shelf Basal Melt Rates in the Amundsen Sea at the End of the 21st Century
Jourdain , N. , Mathiot , P. , Burgard , C. , Caillet , J. , & Kittel , C.
The worldwide C3S CORDEX grand ensemble: A major contribution to assess regional climate change in the IPCC AR6 Atlas
Diez-Sierra , J. , Iturbide , M. , Gutiérrez , J. M. , Fernández , J. , Milovac , J. , Cofiño , A. S. , Cimadevilla , E. , Nikulin , G. , Levavasseur , G. , Kjellström , E. , Bülow , K. , Horányi , A. , Brookshaw , A. , García-Díez , M. , Pérez , A. , Baño-Medina , J. , Ahrens , B. , Alias , A. , Ashfaq , M. , ... Zittis , G.
Variability in Antarctic surface climatology across regional climate models and reanalysis datasets
Carter , J. , Leeson , A. , Orr , A. , Kittel , C. , & van Wessem , J. M.
Assessment of future wind speed and wind power changes over South Greenland using the MAR regional climate model
Lambin , C. , Fettweis , X. , Kittel , C. , Fonder , M. , & Ernst , D.
Clouds drive differences in future surface melt over the Antarctic ice shelves
Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , Hofer , S. , Agosta , C. , Jourdain , N. C. , Gilbert , E. , Le Toumelin , L. , Vignon , É. , Gallée , H. , & Fettweis , X.
Assimilation of satellite-derived melt extent increases melt simulated by MAR over the Amundsen sector (West Antarctica)
Kittel , C. , Fettweis , X. , Picard G. , & Gourmelen N.
Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula
Wille , J. D. , Favier , V. , Jourdain , N. C. , Kittel , C. , Turton , J. V. , Agosta , C. , Gorodetskaya , I. V. , Picard , G. , Codron , F. , Santos , C. L.-D. , Amory , C. , Fettweis , X. , Blanchet , J. , Jomelli , V. , & Berchet , A.
Brief communication: Impact of common ice mask in surface mass balance estimates over the Antarctic ice sheet
Hansen , N. , Simonsen , S. B. , Boberg , F. , Kittel , C. , Orr , A. , Souverijns , N. , Van Wessem , J. M. , & Mottram , R.
PARASO, a circum-Antarctic fully coupled ice-sheet–ocean–sea-ice–atmosphere–land model
Pelletier , C. , Fichefet , T. , Goose , H. , Haubner , K. , Helsen , S. , Huot , P. V. , Kittel , C. , Klein , F. , Le clec'h , S. , van Lipzig , N. P. M. , Marchi , S. , Massonnet , F. , Mathiot , P. , Moravveji , E. , Moreno-Chamarro , E. , Ortega , P. , Pattyn , F. , Souverijns , N. , Van Achter , G. , ... Zipf , L.
Comparison Between Surface Melt Estimation From Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar and a Regional Climate Model. Case Study Over the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf, East Antarctica
Dethinne , T. , Glaude , Q. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , & Fettweis , X.
Effects of ocean mesoscale eddies on atmosphere–sea ice–ocean interactions of Adélie Land, East Antarctica
Huot , P.-V. , Kittel , C. , Fichefet , T. , Jourdain , N. C. , & Fettweis , X.
Relationship Between Weather Regimes and Atmospheric Rivers in East Antarctica
Pohl , B. , Favier , V. , Wille , J. , Udy , D. G. , Vance , T. R. , Pergaud , J. , Dutrievoz , N. , Blanchet , J. , Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , Krinner , G. , & Codron , F.
El Niño–Southern Oscillation signal in a new East Antarctic ice core, Mount Brown South
Crockart , C. K. , Vance , T. R. , Fraser , A. D. , Abram , N. J. , Criscitiello , A. S. , Curran , M. A. J. , Favier , V. , Gallant , A. J. E. , Kittel , C. , Kjaer , H. A. , Klekociuk , A. R. , Jong , L. M. , Moy , A. D. , Plummer , C. T. , Vallelonga , P. T. , Wille , J. , & Zhang , L.
What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates
Mottram , R. , Hansen , N. , Kittel , C. , van Wessem , M. , Agosta , C. , Amory , C. , Boberg , F. , van de Berg , W. J. , Fettweis , X. , Gossart , A. , van Lipzig , N. , van Meijgaard , E. , Orr , A. , Phillips , T. , Webster , S. , Simonsen , S. , & Souverijns , N.
Sensitivity of the surface energy budget to drifting snow as simulated by MAR in coastal Adelie Land, Antarctica
Le Toumelin , L. , Amory , C. , Favier , V. , Kittel , C. , Hofer , S. , Fettweis , X. , Gallée , H. , & Kayetha , V.
Performance of MAR (v3.11) in simulating the drifting-snow climate and surface mass balance of Adélie Land, East Antarctica
Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Le Toumelin , L. , Agosta , C. , Delhasse , A. , Favier , V. , & Fettweis , X.
Brief Communication: Reduction of the future Greenland ice sheet surface melt with the help of solar geoengineering
Fettweis , X. , Hofer , S. , Séférian , R. , Amory , C. , Delhasse , A. , Doutreloup , S. , Kittel , C. , Lang , C. , Van Bever , J. , Veillon , F. , & Irvine , P.
Brief communication: CMIP6 does not suggest any atmospheric blocking increase in summer over Greenland by 2100
Delhasse , A. , Hanna , E. , Kittel , C. , & Fettweis , X.
Future surface mass balance and surface melt in the Amundsen sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Donat-Magnin , M. , Jourdain , N. C. , Kittel , C. , Agosta , C. , Amory , C. , Gallée , H. , Krinner , G. , & Chekki , M.
Surface melt and runoff on Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5°C, 2°C and 4°C of future warming
Gilbert , E. , & Kittel , C.
The contribution of drifting snow to cloud properties and the atmospheric radiative budget over Antarctica
Hofer , S. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Carlsen , T. , Le Toumelin , L. , & Storelvmo , T.
Influence of ocean tides and ice shelves on ocean–ice interactions and dense shelf water formation in the D’Urville Sea, Antarctica
Huot , P.-V. , Fichefet , T. , Jourdain , N. C. , Mathiot , P. , Rousset , C. , Kittel , C. , & Fettweis , X.
Effects of the atmospheric forcing resolution on simulated sea ice and polynyas off Adelie Land, East Antarctica
Huot , P.-V. , Kittel , C. , Fichefet , T. , Jourdain , N. C. , Sterlin , J. , & Fettweis , X.
Diverging future surface mass balance between the Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice sheet
Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , Agosta , C. , Jourdain , N. C. , Hofer , S. , Delhasse , A. , Doutreloup , S. , Huot , P.-V. , Lang , C. , Fichefet , T. , & Fettweis , X.
Uncertainty in East Antarctic firn thickness constrained using a model ensemble approach
Verjans , V. , Leeson , A. A. , McMillan , M. , Stevens , C. M. , van Wessem , J. M. , van de Berg , W. J. , Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , Fettweis , X. , Hansen , N. , Boberg , F. , & Mottram , R.
Antarctic Atmospheric River Climatology and Precipitation Impacts
Wille , J. D. , Favier , V. , Gorodestkaya , I. V. , Agosta , C. , Kittel , C. , Chowdhry Beeman , J. , Jourdain , N. C. , Lenaerts , J. T. M. , & Codron , F.
Greater Greenland Ice Sheet contribution to global sea level rise in CMIP6
Hofer , S. , Lang , C. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Delhasse , A. , Tedstone , A. , & Fettweis , X.
GrSMBMIP: intercomparison of the modelled 1980–2012 surface mass balance over the Greenland Ice Sheet
Fettweis , X. , Hofer , S. , Krebs-Kanzow , U. , Amory , C. , Aoki , T. , Berends , C. , Born , A. , Box , J. , Delhasse , A. , Fujita , K. , Gierz , P. , Goelzer , H. , Hanna , E. , Hashimoto , A. , Huybrechts , P. , Kapsch , M. , King , M. , Kittel , C. , Lang , C. , ... Zolles , T.
Brief communication: Evaluation of the near-surface climate in ERA5 over the Greenland Ice Sheet
Delhasse , A. , Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , Hofer , S. , van As , D. , S. Fausto , R. , & Fettweis , X.
Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica
Donat-Magnin , M. , Jourdain , N. C. , Gallée , H. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Fettweis , X. , Wille , J. D. , Favier , V. , Drira , A. , & Agosta , C.
Spatial and temporal variability of Glacier surface velocities and outlet areas on James Ross island, northern Antarctic Peninsula
Lippl , S. , Friedl , P. , Kittel , C. , Marinsek , S. , Seehaus , T. C. , & Braun , M. H.
Precipitation Evolution over Belgium by 2100 and Sensitivity to Convective Schemes Using the Regional Climate Model MAR
Doutreloup , S. , Kittel , C. , Wyard , C. , Belleflamme , A. , Amory , C. , Erpicum , M. , & Fettweis , X.
Estimation of the Antarctic surface mass balance using the regional climate model MAR (1979–2015) and identification of dominant processes
Agosta , C. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Orsi , A. , Favier , V. , Gallée , H. , van den Broeke , M. R. , Lenearts , J. T. M. , van Wessem , J. M. , van de Berg , W. J. , & Fettweis , X.
Sensitivity to Convective Schemes on Precipitation Simulated by the Regional Climate Model MAR over Belgium (1987–2017)
Doutreloup , S. , Wyard , C. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Erpicum , M. , & Fettweis , X.
Brief communication: Rare ambient saturation during drifting snow occurrences at a coastal location of East Antarctic
Amory , C. , & Kittel , C.
Sensitivity of arctic surface temperatures to sea ice thickness changes using the regional climate model mar
Lambert , M. , Kittel , C. , Damseaux , A. , & Fettweis , X.
Sensitivity of the current Antarctic surface mass balance to sea surface conditions using MAR
Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , Agosta , C. , Delhasse , A. , Doutreloup , S. , Huot , P.-V. , Wyard , C. , Fichefet , T. , & Fettweis , X.
Impact of the recent atmospheric circulation change in summer on the future surface mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Delhasse , A. , Fettweis , X. , Kittel , C. , Amory , C. , & Agosta , C.
Reconstructions of the 1900–2015 Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance using the regional climate MAR model
Fettweis , X. , Box , J. , Agosta , C. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , Lang , C. , van As , D. , Machguth , H. , & Gallée , H.