David M. H. Sexton

11.9k citations

78 papers · 8.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 36

Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
Water Science and Technology top 1%
Oceanography top 2%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 1%

Co-authors: James M. Murphy Matthew Collins Mark J. Webb David A. Stainforth Ben Booth Gareth S. Jones Glen Harris David N. Barnett
Topics: Climate variability and models (65 papers)Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (39 papers)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (30 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Atmospheric Science Water Science and Technology
Journals: Nature Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Journal of Climate
Partner nations: United Kingdom China United States

In The Last Decade

David M. H. Sexton

72 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Quantification of modelling uncertainties in a large ensemble of climate change simulations

2004 1.3k citations James M. Murphy, David M. H. Sexton et al. profile →
Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases

2005 857 citations Matthew Collins, James M. Murphy et al. profile →
Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide

2007 537 citations Richard Betts, Matthew Collins et al. profile →
UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change Projections

2009 534 citations James M. Murphy, David M. H. Sexton et al. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) profile →
Increasing precipitation variability on daily-to-multiyear time scales in a warmer world

2021 268 citations Wenxia Zhang, Kalli Furtado et al. Science Advances profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A clearer view of systematic errors in model development: two practical approaches using perturbed parameter ensembles 2025 ·Climate Dynamics ·John W. Rostron,David M. H. Sexton,Kalli Furtado,Yoko Tsushima	1
2	Twenty-first century marine climate projections for the NW European shelf seas based on a perturbed parameter ensemble 2024 ·Ocean science ·Jonathan Tinker,Matthew D. Palmer,(unknown),Enda O’Dea,David M. H. Sexton,Kuniko Yamazaki,John W. Rostron	4
3	Describing future UK winter precipitation in terms of changes in local circulation patterns 2024 ·Climate Dynamics ·David M. H. Sexton,C. McSweeney,Philip E. Bett,Fai Fung,Hazel Thornton,Kuniko Yamazaki	1
4	The Relationship Between the Present‐Day Seasonal Cycles of Clouds in the Mid‐Latitudes and Cloud‐Radiative Feedback 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Kalli Furtado,Yoko Tsushima,Paul R. Field,John W. Rostron,David M. H. Sexton	9
5	Sensitivities of the Asian Summer Monsoon Simulations to Physical Parameters for the Perturbed Parameter Ensemble of HadGEM3‐GC3.05 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Xiaoqi Zhang,Bian He,Zhun Guo,David M. H. Sexton,John W. Rostron,Kalli Furtado	6
6	Identifying climate model structural inconsistencies allows for tight constraint of aerosol radiative forcing 2023 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Leighton A. Regayre,Lucia Deaconu,Daniel P. Grosvenor,David M. H. Sexton,(unknown),Tom Langton,Duncan Watson‐Parris,Jane P. Mulcahy,K. J. Pringle,M. I. Richardson,Jill S. Johnson,John W. Rostron,Hamish Gordon,Grenville Lister,Philip Stier,K. S. Carslaw	13
7	Evaluating uncertainty in aerosol forcing of tropical precipitation shifts 2022 ·Earth System Dynamics ·(unknown),Ben Booth,Leighton A. Regayre,K. S. Carslaw,David M. H. Sexton,C. Bonfils,John W. Rostron	1
8	Evaluation and projections of the East Asian summer monsoon in a perturbed parameter ensemble 2022 ·Climate Dynamics ·John W. Rostron,David M. H. Sexton,Kalli Furtado,Maria João Carvalho,Sean Milton,José M. Rodríguez,Wenxia Zhang	2
9	Future projections of daily haze-conducive and clear weather conditions over the North China Plain using a perturbed parameter ensemble 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Shipra Jain,Ruth M. Doherty,David M. H. Sexton,Steven T. Turnock,Chaofan Li,(unknown),Zongbo Shi,Lin Pei	0
10	The role of anthropogenic aerosols in the anomalous cooling from 1960 to 1990 in the CMIP6 Earth system models 2021 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jie Zhang,Kalli Furtado,Steven T. Turnock,Jane P. Mulcahy,Laura J. Wilcox,Ben Booth,David M. H. Sexton,Tongwen Wu,Fang Zhang,Qianxia Liu	19
11	A perturbed parameter ensemble of HadGEM3-GC3.05 coupled model projections: part 1: selecting the parameter combinations 2021 ·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	44
12	The role of anthropogenic aerosols in the anomalous cooling from 1960 to 1990 in the CMIP6 Earth System Models 2021 ·Jie Zhang,Kalli Furtado,Steven T. Turnock,Jane P. Mulcahy,Laura J. Wilcox,Ben Booth,David M. H. Sexton,Tongwen Wu,Fang Zhang,Qianxia Liu	6
13	Increasing precipitation variability on daily-to-multiyear time scales in a warmer worldbreakdown → 2021 ·Science Advances ·Wenxia Zhang,Kalli Furtado,Peili Wu,Tianjun Zhou,Robin Chadwick,Charline Marzin,John W. Rostron,David M. H. Sexton	268
14	Robust observational constraint of uncertain aerosol processes and emissions in a climate model and the effect on aerosol radiative forcing 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jill S. Johnson,Leighton A. Regayre,Masaru Yoshioka,K. J. Pringle,Steven T. Turnock,Jo Browse,David M. H. Sexton,John W. Rostron,Nick Schutgens,Daniel G. Partridge,Dantong Liu,J. D. Allan,Hugh Coe,Aijun Ding,David D. Cohen,Armand J. Atanacio,Ville Vakkari,Eija Asmi,K. S. Carslaw	25
15	The impact of performance filtering on climate feedbacks in a perturbed parameter ensemble 2020 ·Climate Dynamics ·John W. Rostron,David M. H. Sexton,C. McSweeney,Kuniko Yamazaki,Timothy Andrews,Kalli Furtado,Mark A. Ringer,Yoko Tsushima	17
16	Ensembles of Global Climate Model Variants Designed for the Quantification and Constraint of Uncertainty in Aerosols and Their Radiative Forcing 2019 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Masaru Yoshioka,Leighton A. Regayre,K. J. Pringle,Jill S. Johnson,G. W. Mann,Daniel G. Partridge,David M. H. Sexton,Grenville Lister,Nick Schutgens,Philip Stier,Zak Kipling,Nicolas Bellouin,Jo Browse,Ben Booth,Chris E. Johnson,Ben Johnson,James Mollard,Lindsay Lee,K. S. Carslaw	29
17	Aerosol and physical atmosphere model parameters are both important sources of uncertainty in aerosol ERF 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Leighton A. Regayre,Jill S. Johnson,Masaru Yoshioka,K. J. Pringle,David M. H. Sexton,Ben Booth,Lindsay Lee,Nicolas Bellouin,K. S. Carslaw	70
18	The importance of comprehensive parameter sampling and multiple observations for robust constraint of aerosol radiative forcing 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jill S. Johnson,Leighton A. Regayre,Masaru Yoshioka,K. J. Pringle,Lindsay Lee,David M. H. Sexton,John W. Rostron,Ben Booth,K. S. Carslaw	29
19	Climate Change Projections for the UK (UKCP09) 2010 ·AGUFM ·James M. Murphy,David M. H. Sexton,Geoff Jenkins,(unknown),Ben Booth,(unknown),Robin Clark,Matthew Collins,Glen Harris,(unknown)	3
20	UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change Projectionsbreakdown → 2009 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·James M. Murphy,David M. H. Sexton,Geoff Jenkins,Ben Booth,(unknown),(unknown),Matthew Collins,Glen Harris,Elizabeth Kendon,Richard Betts,Simon J. Brown,(unknown),Mark McCarthy,Ruth E. McDonald,Ag Stephens,Craig Wallace,Rachel Warren,Robert L. Wilby,Richard Wood	534

About David M. H. Sexton

David M. H. Sexton is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography, having authored 78 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate variability and models (65 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (39 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (6.6k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.9k citations) and Water Science and Technology (1.0k citations). David M. H. Sexton has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include James M. Murphy, Matthew Collins, Mark J. Webb, David A. Stainforth, Ben Booth, Gareth S. Jones, Glen Harris, David N. Barnett, Chris K. Folland and Jonathan M. Gregory. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

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