| DUACS DT2014: the new multi-mission altimeter data set reprocessed over 20 years MI Pujol, Y Faugère, G Taburet, S Dupuy, C Pelloquin, M Ablain, N Picot Ocean Science 12 (5), 1067-1090, 2016 | 609 | 2016 |
| Sea level budget over 2003–2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo A Cazenave, K Dominh, S Guinehut, E Berthier, W Llovel, G Ramillien, ... Global and Planetary Change 65 (1-2), 83-88, 2009 | 433 | 2009 |
| Global sea-level budget 1993-present A Cazenave, B Meyssignac, M Ablain, M Balmaseda, J Bamber, ... University Of Tasmania, 2018 | 331 | 2018 |
| A new assessment of the error budget of global mean sea level rate estimated by satellite altimetry over 1993–2008 M Ablain, A Cazenave, G Valladeau, S Guinehut Ocean Science 5 (2), 193-201, 2009 | 288 | 2009 |
| Improved sea level record over the satellite altimetry era (1993–2010) from the Climate Change Initiative project M Ablain, A Cazenave, G Larnicol, M Balmaseda, P Cipollini, Y Faugère, ... Ocean Science 11 (1), 67-82, 2015 | 284 | 2015 |
| New estimate of the current rate of sea level rise from a sea level budget approach HB Dieng, A Cazenave, B Meyssignac, M Ablain Geophysical Research Letters 44 (8), 3744-3751, 2017 | 248 | 2017 |
| Satellite altimetry-based sea level at global and regional scales M Ablain, JF Legeais, P Prandi, M Marcos, L Fenoglio-Marc, HB Dieng, ... Integrative study of the mean sea level and its components, 9-33, 2017 | 235 | 2017 |
| An improved and homogeneous altimeter sea level record from the ESA Climate Change Initiative JF Legeais, M Ablain, L Zawadzki, H Zuo, JA Johannessen, ... Earth System Science Data 10 (1), 281-301, 2018 | 215 | 2018 |
| Measuring global ocean heat content to estimate the Earth energy imbalance B Meyssignac, T Boyer, Z Zhao, MZ Hakuba, FW Landerer, D Stammer, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 432, 2019 | 198 | 2019 |
| Contemporary sea level changes from satellite altimetry: What have we learned? What are the new challenges? A Cazenave, H Palanisamy, M Ablain Advances in Space Research 62 (7), 1639-1653, 2018 | 189 | 2018 |
| Can we merge GEOSAT follow-on with TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS-2 for an improved description of the ocean circulation? PY Le Traon, Y Faugère, F Hernandez, J Dorandeu, F Mertz, M Ablain Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 20 (6), 889-895, 2003 | 184 | 2003 |
| Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli, SA Bhowmick, ... Advances in Space Research 68 (2), 319-363, 2021 | 166 | 2021 |
| Uncertainty in satellite estimates of global mean sea-level changes, trend and acceleration M Ablain, B Meyssignac, L Zawadzki, R Jugier, A Ribes, G Spada, ... Earth System Science Data 11 (3), 1189-1202, 2019 | 160 | 2019 |
| The copernicus marine environment monitoring service ocean state report K Von Schuckmann, PY Le Traon, E Alvarez-Fanjul, L Axell, ... Journal of Operational Oceanography 9 (sup2), s235-s320, 2016 | 160 | 2016 |
| Jason-2 in DUACS: Updated system description, first tandem results and impact on processing and products G Dibarboure, MI Pujol, F Briol, PYL Traon, G Larnicol, N Picot, F Mertz, ... Marine Geodesy 34 (3-4), 214-241, 2011 | 153 | 2011 |
| Uncertainty information in climate data records from Earth observation CJ Merchant, F Paul, T Popp, M Ablain, S Bontemps, P Defourny, ... Earth System Science Data 9 (2), 511-527, 2017 | 145 | 2017 |
| Improved wet path delays for all ESA and reference altimetric missions MJ Fernandes, C Lázaro, M Ablain, N Pires Remote Sensing of Environment 169, 50-74, 2015 | 117 | 2015 |
| Terrestrial waters and sea level variations on interannual time scale W Llovel, M Becker, A Cazenave, S Jevrejeva, R Alkama, B Decharme, ... Global and Planetary Change 75 (1-2), 76-82, 2011 | 117 | 2011 |
| Towards the 1 mm/y stability of the radial orbit error at regional scales A Couhert, L Cerri, JF Legeais, M Ablain, NP Zelensky, BJ Haines, ... Advances in Space Research 55 (1), 2-23, 2015 | 105 | 2015 |
| Heat stored in the Earth system 1960–2020: where does the energy go? K Von Schuckmann, A Minière, F Gues, FJ Cuesta-Valero, G Kirchengast, ... Earth System Science Data 15 (4), 1675-1709, 2023 | 103 | 2023 |
