C. McSweeney

4.1k citations

57 papers · 2.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 1%
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Atmospheric Science top 2%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Papers in ⓘ

Global and Planetary Change 28
- Climate variability and models 25
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 6
Development 4
- International Development and Aid 4

Co-authors: Richard Jones (8 shared papers)Mark New (2 shared papers)G. Lizcano (30 shared papers)Robert W. Lee (1 shared paper)David P. Rowell (1 shared paper)Xiancheng Lu (1 shared paper)Nynke Hofstra (1 shared paper)Stephen Sitch (1 shared paper)
Journals: Climate Dynamics (8 papers)Journal of Climate (2 papers)Climate Services (2 papers)Communications Earth & Environment (1 paper)Earth System Dynamics (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Italy

In The Last Decade

C. McSweeney

51 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Selecting CMIP5 GCMs for downscaling over multiple regions 2014 · 411 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Climate Dynamics
2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yadvinder Malhi, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, David Galbraith, Chris Huntingford, Rosie A. Fisher, Przemyslaw Zelazowski, Stephen Sitch, C. McSweeney, Patrick Meir Hit paper breakdown →	2009	618
2	Selecting CMIP5 GCMs for downscaling over multiple regions Climate Dynamics ·C. McSweeney, Richard Jones, Robert W. Lee, David P. Rowell Hit paper breakdown →	2014	411
3	The UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ·C. McSweeney, Mark New, G. Lizcano, Xiancheng Lu	2009	329
4	The influence of interpolation and station network density on the distributions and trends of climate variables in gridded daily data Climate Dynamics ·Nynke Hofstra, Mark New, C. McSweeney	2009	244
5	How representative is the spread of climate projections from the 5 CMIP5 GCMs used in ISI-MIP? Climate Services ·C. McSweeney, Richard Jones	2016	118
6	Selecting Ensemble Members to Provide Regional Climate Change Information Journal of Climate ·C. McSweeney, Richard Jones, Ben Booth	2012	111
7	UKCP18 Land projections: Science report J. M. Murphy, G. R. Harris, David M. H. Sexton, Elizabeth Kendon, P. E. Bett, R. T. Clark, K. E. Eagle, G. Fosser, Fai Fung, J. A. Lowe, R. E. McDonald, R. N. McInnes, C. McSweeney, J. F. B. Mitchell, J. W. Rostron, H. E. Thornton, S. Tucker Yamazaki	2018	79
8	GCMeval – An interactive tool for evaluation and selection of climate model ensembles Climate Services ·Kajsa M. Parding, Andreas Dobler, C. McSweeney, Oskar Landgren, Rasmus Benestad, Helene B. Erlandsen, Abdelkader Mezghani, Hilppa Gregow, Olle Räty, Elisabeth Viktor, Juliane El Zohbi, Ole B. Christensen, Harilaos Loukos	2020	67
9	An ensemble climate projection for Africa Climate Dynamics ·Carlo Buontempo, Camilla Mathison, Richard Jones, Karina Williams, Changgui Wang, C. McSweeney	2014	63
10	Trends in the atmospheric jet streams are emerging in observations and could be linked to tropical warming Communications Earth & Environment ·Tim Woollings, Marie Drouard, Christopher O’Reilly, David M. H. Sexton, C. McSweeney	2023	55
11	UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Ethiopia University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·C. McSweeney, M. New, G. Lizcano	2006	54
12	Comparing Methods to Constrain Future European Climate Projections Using a Consistent Framework Journal of Climate ·Lukas Brunner, C. McSweeney, Andrew Ballinger, Daniel J. Befort, Marianna Benassi, Ben Booth, Erika Coppola, Hylke de Vries, Glen Harris, Gabriele C. Hegerl, Reto Knutti, Geert Lenderink, Jason Lowe, Rita Nogherotto, Christopher O’Reilly, Saïd Qasmi, Aurélien Ribes, Paolo Stocchi, Sabine Undorf	2020	48
13	A perturbed parameter ensemble of HadGEM3-GC3.05 coupled model projections: part 1: selecting the parameter combinations Climate Dynamics ·David M. H. Sexton, C. McSweeney, John W. Rostron, Kuniko Yamazaki, Ben Booth, James M. Murphy, Leighton A. Regayre, Jill S. Johnson, Ambarish V. Karmalkar	2021	44
14	The importance of population, climate change and CO2 plant physiological forcing in determining future global water stress Global Environmental Change ·A. Wiltshire, Jemma Gornall, Ben Booth, Emily B. Dennis, Pete Falloon, Gillian Kay, Doug McNeall, C. McSweeney, Richard Betts	2013	39
15	A perturbed parameter ensemble of HadGEM3-GC3.05 coupled model projections: part 2: global performance and future changes Climate Dynamics ·Kuniko Yamazaki, David M. H. Sexton, John W. Rostron, C. McSweeney, James M. Murphy, Glen Harris	2021	38
16	No consensus on consensus: the challenge of finding a universal approach to measuring and mapping ensemble consistency in GCM projections Climatic Change ·C. McSweeney, Richard Jones	2013	34
17	How does the CMIP6 ensemble change the picture for European climate projections? Environmental Research Letters ·Tamzin Palmer, Ben Booth, C. McSweeney	2021	33
18	Performance-based sub-selection of CMIP6 models for impact assessments in Europe Earth System Dynamics ·Tamzin Palmer, C. McSweeney, Ben Booth, Matthew D. K. Priestley, Paolo Davini, Lukas Brunner, Leonard Borchert, Matthew Menary	2023	29
19	UNDP Climate Change Country Profiles: Ghana University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·C. McSweeney, M. New, G. Lizcano	2006	29
20	Projected changes in tropical cyclones over Vietnam and the South China Sea using a 25 km regional climate model perturbed physics ensemble Climate Dynamics ·Grace Redmond, Kevin I. Hodges, C. McSweeney, Richard Jones, D. Hein	2014	25

About C. McSweeney

C. McSweeney is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Development, Atmospheric Science, Economics and Econometrics and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 57 papers that have together received 2.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (25 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (19 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (15 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (5 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (5 papers), International Development and Aid (4 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (1.9k citations), Atmospheric Science (1.0k citations), Ecological Modeling (186 citations), Water Science and Technology (393 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (321 citations). C. McSweeney has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Richard Jones, Mark New, G. Lizcano, Robert W. Lee, David P. Rowell, Xiancheng Lu, Nynke Hofstra, Stephen Sitch, David Galbraith and Chris Huntingford. Their work appears in journals such as Climate Dynamics, Journal of Climate, Climate Services, Communications Earth & Environment and Earth System Dynamics.

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