Publications

Full list of peer-reviewed articles and key research contributions in polar climate and glaciology.

Selected Highlights

2021

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

The Cryosphere, 15 (3), 1215-1236

2022

Clouds drive differences in future surface melt over the Antarctic ice shelves

The Cryosphere, 16 (7), 2655-2669

2025

Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet’s response to future atmospheric warming-threshold scenarios over 200 years

The Cryosphere, 19 (10), 4459-4469

2025

Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves

Nature

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59

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.

2025 The Cryosphere, 19 (11), 6023-6042 View Source
58

Ocean warming threatens the viability of 60% of Antarctic ice shelves

Burgard , C. , Jourdain , N. C. , Mosbeux , C. , Caillet , J. , Mathiot , P. , & Kittel , C.

2025 Nature View Source
57

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.

2025 The Cryosphere, 19 View Source
56

Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet’s response to future atmospheric warming-threshold scenarios over 200 years

Delhasse , A.* , Kittel , C.* , & Beckmann , J.

2025 The Cryosphere, 19 (10), 4459-4469 View Source
55

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.

2025 Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 130 (9) View Source
54

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.

2025 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106 (8), 357 - S400 View Source
53

Changes in Antarctic surface conditions and potential for ice shelf hydrofracturing from 1850 to 2200

Jourdain , N. C. , Amory , C. , Kittel , C. , & Durand , G.

2025 The Cryosphere, 19 (4), 1641-1674 View Source
52

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.

2025 Earth System Dynamics, 16, 293-2025 View Source
51

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.

2024 Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (22) View Source
50

Understanding the drivers of near-surface winds in Adélie Land, East Antarctica

Davrinche , C. , Orsi , A. , Agosta , C. , Amory , C. , & Kittel , C.

2024 The Cryosphere, 18 (5), 2239 - 2256 View Source
49

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.

2024 Nature Climate Change View Source
48

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.

2024 The Cryosphere, 18 (2), 653 - 681 View Source
47

Coupling MAR with PISM mitigates the positive melt–elevation feedback

Delhasse , A. , Beckmann , J. , Kittel , C. , & Fettweis , X.

2024 The Cryosphere, 18 (2), 633-651 View Source
46

Control of the temperature signal in Antarctic proxies by snowfall dynamics

Servettaz , A. P. M. , Agosta , C. , Kittel , C. , & Orsi , A. J.

2023 The Cryosphere, 17 (12), 5373 - 5389 View Source
45

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.

2023 Journal of Climate View Source
44

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.

2023 Journal of Climate View Source
43

Spatially heterogeneous effect of climate warming on the Arctic land ice

Maure , D. , Kittel , C. , Lambin , C. , Delhasse , A. , & Fettweis , X.

2023 The Cryosphere, 17 (11), 4645-4659 View Source
42

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.

2023 The Cryosphere, 17 (10), 4267-4288 View Source
41

Projections du bilan de masse en surface en Antarctique à l’horizon 2100

Kittel , C.

2023 Climatologie, 21, 3 View Source
40

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.

2023 Earth System Science Data, 15 (4), 1597-1616 View Source
39

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.

2022 Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (22) View Source
38

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.

2022 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 View Source
37

Variability in Antarctic surface climatology across regional climate models and reanalysis datasets

Carter , J. , Leeson , A. , Orr , A. , Kittel , C. , & van Wessem , J. M.

2022 The Cryosphere, 16 (9), 3815-3841 View Source
36

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.

2022 International Journal of Climatology, 42, 7795 View Source
35

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.

2022 The Cryosphere, 16 (7), 2655-2669 View Source
34

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.

2022 Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège, 78 (2022/1) View Source
33

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.

2022 Communications Earth and Environment, 3 (1) View Source
32

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.

2022 The Cryosphere, 16 (2), 711 - 718 View Source
31

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.

2022 The Cryosphere, 16, 553-2022 View Source
30

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.

2022 Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège, 78, 113-122 View Source
29

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.

2022 Climate Dynamics, 59 (1-2), 41 - 60 View Source
28

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.

2021 Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 126 View Source
27

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.

2021 Climate of the Past, 17, 1795-2021 View Source
26

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.

2021 The Cryosphere, 15, 3751–3784 View Source
25

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.

2021 The Cryosphere, 15, 3595–3614 View Source
24

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.

2021 Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 3487-2021 View Source
23

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.

2021 The Cryosphere, 15, 3013–3019 View Source
22

Brief communication: CMIP6 does not suggest any atmospheric blocking increase in summer over Greenland by 2100

Delhasse , A. , Hanna , E. , Kittel , C. , & Fettweis , X.

2021 International Journal of Climatology, 41, 6977 View Source
21

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.

2021 The Cryosphere, 15, 571-593 View Source
20

Surface melt and runoff on Antarctic ice shelves at 1.5°C, 2°C and 4°C of future warming

Gilbert , E. , & Kittel , C.

2021 Geophysical Research Letters, 48 View Source
19

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.

2021 Geophysical Research Letters, 48 View Source
18

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.

2021 Ocean Modelling, 162, 101794 View Source
17

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.

2021 Ocean Modelling, 167 View Source
16

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.

2021 The Cryosphere, 15 (3), 1215-1236 View Source
15

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.

2021 Geophysical Research Letters, 48 View Source
14

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.

2021 Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres, 126 View Source
13

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.

2020 Nature Communications, 11, 6289 View Source
12

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.

2020 The Cryosphere, 14, 3935–3958 View Source
11

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.

2020 The Cryosphere, 14, 957–965 View Source
10

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.

2020 The Cryosphere, 14, 229-2020 View Source
09

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.

2019 Geosciences, 9 (374) View Source
08

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.

2019 Atmosphere, 10 (321) View Source
07

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.

2019 The Cryosphere, 13, 281-2019 View Source
06

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.

2019 Atmosphere, 10 (1), 34 View Source
05

Brief communication: Rare ambient saturation during drifting snow occurrences at a coastal location of East Antarctic

Amory , C. , & Kittel , C.

2019 The Cryosphere, 13, 3405-2019 View Source
04

Sensitivity of arctic surface temperatures to sea ice thickness changes using the regional climate model mar

Lambert , M. , Kittel , C. , Damseaux , A. , & Fettweis , X.

2019 Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège, 2, 131-137 View Source
03

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.

2018 The Cryosphere, 12, 3827–3839 View Source
02

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.

2018 The Cryosphere, 12, 3409-2018 View Source
01

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.

2017 The Cryosphere, 11, 1015-1033 View Source