2023
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2022
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2021
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[30] Berntell, E., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Haywood, A. M., Tindall, J. C., Hunter, S. J., Zhang, Z., Li, X., Guo, C., Nisancioglu, K. H., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Sohl, L. E., Chandler, M. A., Tan, N., Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Baatsen, M. L. J., von der Heydt, A. S., Chandan, D., Peltier, W. R., Abe-Ouchi, A., Chan, W.-L., Kamae, Y., Williams, C. J. R., Lunt, D. J., Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., and Brady, E. C.: Mid-Pliocene West African Monsoon rainfall as simulated in the PlioMIP2 ensemble, Climate of the Past, 17, 1777–1794, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1777-2021, 2021.
[29] Bouchet, V., Dayan, H., Contoux, C.: Finance and climate sciences : worlds apart ?, Journal of Risk Research, 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2021.1913635, 2021.
[28] Zhang, Z., Li, X., Guo, C., Otterå, O. H., Nisancioglu, K. H., Tan, N., Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Feng, R., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Brady, E., Chandan, D., Peltier, W. R., Baatsen, M. L. J., von der Heydt, A. S., Weiffenbach, J. E., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Chandler, M. A., Sohl, L. E., Haywood, A. M., Hunter, S. J., Tindall, J. C., Williams, C., Lunt, D. J., Chan, W.-L., and Abe-Ouchi, A.: Mid-Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation simulated in PlioMIP2, Climate of the Past, 17, 529–543, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-529-2021, 2021.
2020
[27] de Nooijer, W., Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Zhang, Q., Li, X., Zhang, Z., Guo, C., Nisancioglu, K. H., Haywood, A. M., Tindall, J. C., Hunter, S. J., Dowsett, H. J., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Feng, R., Sohl, L. E., Tan, N., Contoux, C., Ramstein, G., Baatsen, M. L. J., von der Heydt, A. S., Chandan, D., Peltier, W. R., Abe-Ouchi, A., Chan, W.-L., Kamae, Y., and Brierley, C. M.: Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations, Climate of the Past 16 (6), 2325-2341, 2020.
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[25] Pontes, G. M., Wainer, I., Taschetto, A. S., Gupta, A. S., Abe‑Ouchi, A., Brady, E. C., Chan, W.-L., Chandan, D., Contoux, C., Feng, R., Hunter, S. J., Kamae, Y., Lohmann, G., Otto‑Bliesner, B. L., Peltier, W. R., Stepanek, C., Tindall, J., Tan, N., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z. Drier tropical and subtropical Southern Hemisphere in the mid‑Pliocene Warm Period, Scientific Reports, 10:13458, doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68884-5, 2020.
[24] Lurton, T., Balkkanski, Y., Bastrikov, V., Bekki, S., Bopp, L., Braconnot, P., Brockmann, P., Cadule, P., Contoux, C., Cozic, A., Cugnet, D., Dufresne, J.-L., Ethé, C., Foujols, M.-A., Ghattas, J., Hauglustaine, D., Hu, R.-M., Kageyama, M., Khodri, M., Lebas, N., Levavasseur, G., Marchand, M., Ottlé, C., Peylin, P., Sima, A. Szopa, S., Thiéblemont, R., Vuichard, N., Boucher., O.: Implementation of the CMIP6 forcing data in the IPSL-CM6A-LR model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12, e2019MS001940, doi:10.1029/2019MS001940, 2020.
[23] Tan N., Contoux C., Ramstein G., Sun Y., Dumas C., Sepulchre P., Guo, Z.: Modelling a modern-like pCO2 warm period (Marine Isotope Stage KM5c) with two versions of an Institut Pierre Simon Laplace atmosphere-ocean general circulation model. Climate of the Past, 16, 1-16, doi:10.5194/cp-16-1-2020, 2020.
2018
[22] Sylvestre, F., Schuster, M., Vogel, H., Abdheramane, M., Ariztegui, D., Salzmann, U., Schwalb, A., Waldmann, N., and the ICDP CHADRILL Consortium: The Lake CHAd Deep DRILLing project (CHADRILL) – targeting ∼ 10 million years of environmental and climate change in Africa, Scientific Drilling, 24, 71–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-24-71-2018, 2018.
[21] Sun Y., Ramstein G., Li L.Z.X., Contoux C., Tan N., Zhou T.: Quantifying East asian summer monsoon dynamics in the ECP4.5 scenario with reference to the Mid-Piacenzian warm period. Geophysical Research Letters 45, 12.523-12.533, doi:10.1029/2018GL080061, 2018.
2017
[20] Tan, N., Ramstein, G., Dumas, C., Contoux, C., Ladant, J.-B., Sepulchre, P., Zhang, Z., De Schepper, S.: Exploring the MIS M2 glaciation occurring during a warm and high atmospheric CO2 Pliocene background climate, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 266-276, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.050, 2017. pdf
[19] Leduc, G., de Garidel-Thoron, T., Kaiser, J., Bolton, C., Contoux, C.: Databases for sea surface paleotemperature based on geochemical proxies from marine sediments: implications for model-data comparisons. Quaternaire, 28, 2, 201-216, doi:10.4000/quaternaire.8034, 2017. pdf
2016
[18] Howell, F. W., Haywood, A. M., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Bragg, F., Chan, W.-L., Chandler, M. A., Contoux, C., Kamae, Y., Abe-Ouchi, A., Rosenbloom, N. A., Stepanek, C. and Zhang, Z.: Arctic sea ice simulation in the PlioMIP ensemble, Climate of the Past, 12, 749-767, doi:10.5194/cp-12-749-2016, 2016.
[17] Issaharou-Matchi, I., Barboni, D., Meunier, J.-D., Saadou, M., Dussouillez, P., Contoux, C., Zirihi-Guede, N. Intraspecific biogenic silica variations in the grass species Pennisetum pedicellatum along an evapotranspiration gradient in South Niger. Flora, 220, 84–93, doi :10.1016/j.flora.2016.02.008, 2016.
[16] Sun, Y., Zhou, T., Ramstein, G., Contoux, C. and Zhang, Z.: Drivers and mechanisms for enhanced summer monsoon precipitation over East Asia during the mid-Pliocene in the IPSL-CM5A, Climate Dynamics, 46, 1437-1457, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2656-4, 2016. pdf
2015
[15] Blanchet, C. L., Contoux, C., Leduc, G.: Runoff and precipitation dynamics in the Blue and White Nile catchments during the mid-Holocene: a data-model comparison, Quaternary Science Reviews, 130, 222-230, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.014, 2015. download pdf
[14] Contoux, C., Dumas, C., Ramstein, G., Jost, A., Dolan, A. M. : Modelling Greenland ice sheet inception and sustainability during the Late Pliocene, Earth and Planetary Science Letters., 424, 295-305, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.018, 2015. download pdf
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2014
[12] Zhang, Z.-S., Ramstein, G., Schuster, M., Li, C., Contoux, C. and Yan, Q.: Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene, Nature, 513, 401–404, doi:10.1038/nature13705, 2014. download pdf
[11] Leduc, G., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Regenberg, M., Contoux, C., Etourneau, J. and Schneider, R.: The Late Pliocene Benguela upwelling status revisited by means of multiple temperature proxies, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems,15, 475–491, doi:10.1002/2013GC004940, 2014. download pdf
[10] Hill, D.J., Haywood, A.M., Lunt, D.J., Hunter, S.J., Bragg, F.G., Contoux, C., Stepanek, C., Sohl, L., Rosenbloom, N., Chan, W.L., Kamae, Y., Zhang, Z. et al.: Evaluating the dominant components of warming in Pliocene climate simulations, Climate of the Past 10, 79–90, doi:10.5194/cp-10-79-2014, 2014. pdf
2013
[9] Salzmann, U., Dolan, A. M., Haywood, A. M., Chan, W-L., Hill, D. J., Voss, J., Abe-Ouchi, A., Otto-Bliesner, B., Bragg, F., Chandler, M. A., Contoux, C., Dowsett, H. J., Jost, A., Kamae, Y., Lohmann, G., Lunt, D. J., Pickering, S. J., Pound, M. J., Ramstein, G., Rosenbloom, N. A., Sohl, L., Stepanek, C., Ueda, H. and Zhang, Z.: Challenges in quantifying terrestrial warming of the Pliocene revealed by data-model discord, Nature Climate Change, 3, 969-974, doi:10.1038/nclimate2008, 2013. download pdf
[8] Zhang, R., Yan, Q., Zhang, Z. S., Jiang, D., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Haywood, A. M., Hill, D. J., Dolan, A. M., Stepanek, C., Lohmann, G., Contoux, C., Bragg, F., Chan, W.-L., Chandler, M. A., Jost, A., Kamae, Y., Abe-Ouchi, A., Ramstein, G., Rosenbloom, N. A., Sohl, L., and Ueda, H.: Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP, Climate of the Past, 9, 2085-2099, doi:10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013, 2013. pdf
[7] Sun, Y., Ramstein, G., Contoux, C., Zhou, T.: A comparative study of large scale atmospheric circulation in the context of future scenario (RCP4.5) and past warmth (Mid Pliocene), Climate of the Past, 9, 1613–1627, doi:10.5194/cp-9-1613-2013, 2013. pdf
[6] Zhang, Z.-S., Nisancioglu, K. H., Chandler, M. A., Haywood, A. M., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Ramstein, G., Stepanek, C., Abe-Ouchi, A., Chan, W.-L., Bragg, F. J., Contoux, C., Dolan, A. M., Hill, D. J., Jost, A., Kamae, Y., Lohmann, G., Lunt, D. J., Rosenbloom, N. A., Sohl, L. E., and Ueda, H.: Mid-pliocene Atlantic meridional overturning circulation not unlike modern, Climate of the Past, 9, 1495--1504, doi:10.5194/cp-9-1495-2013, 2013. pdf
[5] Contoux, C., Jost, A., Ramstein, G., Sepulchre, P., Schuster, M., Krinner, G.: Megalake Chad impact on climate and vegetation during the late Pliocene and the mid-Holocene, Climate of the Past., 9, 1417–1430, doi:10.5194/cp-9-1417-2013, 2013. pdf
[4] Dowsett, H. J., Foley, K. M., Stoll, D. K., Bentsen, M., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Bragg, F. J., Chan, W.-L., Chandler, M. A., Contoux, C., Dolan, A., Haywood, A., Jonas, J. A., Jost, A., Kamae, Y., Lohmann, G., Lunt, D. J., Nisancioglu, K. H., Abe-Ouchi, A., Ramstein, G., Riesselman, C. R., Robinson, M. M., Rosenbloom, N. A., Salzmann, U., Sohl, L., Stepanek, C., Strother, S. S., Ueda, H., Ying, Q. and Zhang, Z.: Sea surface temperature of the mid-Piacenzian ocean: a data-model comparison, Nature Scientific Reports, 3, 2013, doi:10.1038/srep02013, 2013. pdf
[3] Contoux, C., Violette, S., Vivona, R., Goblet, P., Patriarche, D.: How basin model results enable the study of multi-layer aquifer response to pumping: the Paris Basin, France. Hydrogeology Journal, 21, 545–557, 2013. download pdf
[2] Haywood, A. M., Hill, D. J., Dolan, A. M., Otto-Bliesner, B. L., Bragg, F., Chan, W.-L., Chandler, M. A., Contoux, C., Dowsett, H. J., Jost, A., Kamae, Y., Lohmann, G., Lunt, D. J., Abe-Ouchi, A., Pickering, S. J., Ramstein, G., Rosenbloom, N. A., Salzmann, U., Sohl, L., Stepanek, C., Ueda, H., Yan, Q., and Zhang, Z.: Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project, Climate of the Past, 9, 191--209, doi:10.5194/cp-9-191-2013, 2013. pdf
2012
[1] Contoux, C., Ramstein, G. and Jost, A.: Modelling the mid-Pliocene Warm Period climate with the IPSL coupled model and its atmospheric component LMDZ5A. Geoscientific Model Development, 5, 903–917, doi:10.5194/gmd-5-903-2012, 2012. pdf