David M. Lawrence

61.5k total citations · 15 hit papers
253 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

David M. Lawrence is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David M. Lawrence has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 112 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in David M. Lawrence's work include Climate variability and models (107 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (64 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (55 papers). David M. Lawrence is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (107 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (64 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (55 papers). David M. Lawrence collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. David M. Lawrence's co-authors include A. G. Slater, Sean Swenson, Keith W. Oleson, Charles D. Koven, Gordon B. Bonan, Zong‐Liang Yang, Peter Lawrence, Peter Thornton, Samuel Levis and V. E. Romanovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David M. Lawrence

248 papers receiving 26.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Community Climate System Model Version 4 2008 2026 2014 2020 2011 2015 2011 2011 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. The Community Climate System Model Version 4
    2011 2.6k citations Peter R. Gent, Gökhan Danabasoglu et al. Journal of Climate profile →
  2. Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
    2015 2.5k citations A. David McGuire, Christina Schädel et al. profile →
  3. Parameterization improvements and functional and structural advances in Version 4 of the Community Land Model
    2011 1.1k citations David M. Lawrence, Sean Swenson et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →
  4. Parameterization improvements and functional and structural advances in Version 4 of the Community Land Model
    2011 676 citations David M. Lawrence, Sean Swenson et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →
  5. Improvements to the Community Land Model and their impact on the hydrological cycle
    2008 659 citations Zong‐Liang Yang, David M. Lawrence et al. profile →
  6. Carbon release through abrupt permafrost thaw
    2020 576 citations Charles D. Koven, David M. Lawrence et al. profile →
  7. Large influence of soil moisture on long-term terrestrial carbon uptake
    2019 539 citations Sonia I. Seneviratne, David M. Lawrence et al. profile →
  8. Improving canopy processes in the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) using global flux fields empirically inferred from FLUXNET data
    2011 512 citations Gordon B. Bonan, Peter Lawrence et al. profile →
  9. Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models
    2015 403 citations Martyn Clark, David M. Lawrence et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  10. The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution to CMIP6:rationale and experimental design
    2016 349 citations David M. Lawrence, Victor Brovkin et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
  11. Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release
    2019 285 citations Charles D. Koven, A. D. McGuire et al. profile →
  12. High Climate Sensitivity in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2)
    2019 283 citations Andrew Gettelman, Cécile Hannay et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
  13. Implementing Plant Hydraulics in the Community Land Model, Version 5
    2019 248 citations Sean Swenson, David M. Lawrence et al. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems profile →
  14. Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost
    2022 188 citations David M. Lawrence et al. profile →
  15. Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests
    2022 121 citations David M. Lawrence, James T. Randerson et al. profile →

Peers

David M. Lawrence
Comparison fields: 5 of 166
  • Atmospheric Science 16.0k
  • Global and Planetary Change 15.6k
  • Ecology 3.5k
  • Water Science and Technology 2.9k
  • Environmental Engineering 2.7k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Forestation in CMIP6: wide model spread in tree cover and land carbon uptake
2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Sabine Egerer, David M. Lawrence, Peter Lawrence, (unknown), Vivek K. Arora, Alina Barbu, Ian N. Harman, Paul Miller, Thomas Raddatz, Nicolas Vuichard, David Wårlind, Tilo Ziehn, Julia Pongratz
1
2
Land Processes Can Substantially Impact the Mean Climate State
2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Daniel Kennedy, Katherine Dagon, David M. Lawrence, (unknown), Gordon B. Bonan, Charles D. Koven, Danica Lombardozzi, Abigail L. S. Swann
5
3
Exploring the decision-making process in model development: focus on the Arctic snowpack
2024 ·˜The œcryosphere ·Cécile B. Ménard, Sirpa Rasmus, Ioanna Merkouriadi, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Annett Bartsch, Chris Derksen, Florent Dominé, Marie Dumont, Dorothée Ehrich, Richard Essery, Bruce C. Forbes, Gerhard Krinner, David M. Lawrence, Glen E. Liston, Heidrun Matthes, Nick Rutter, Melody Sandells, Martin Schneebeli, Sari Stark
0
4
Multistage evolution of gold mineralization in the Kibali gold district: Insights from pyrite analyses
2024 ·Journal of African Earth Sciences ·(unknown), Bjorn P. von der Heyden, (unknown), (unknown), David M. Lawrence, (unknown), (unknown)
1
5
Toward Understanding Parametric Controls on Runoff Sensitivity to Climate in the Community Land Model: A Case Study Over the Colorado River Headwaters
2024 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Yadu Pokhrel, Ben Livneh, (unknown), Lifeng Luo, Yifan Cheng, Katherine Dagon, Sean Swenson, Andrew W. Wood, David M. Lawrence, Wim Thiery
2
6
Earth system models must include permafrost carbon processes
2024 ·Nature Climate Change ·Christina Schädel, Brendan M. Rogers, David M. Lawrence, Charles D. Koven, Victor Brovkin, Eleanor Burke, Hélène Genet, D. N. Huntzinger, Elchin Jafarov, A. David McGuire, W. J. Riley, Susan M. Natali
40
7
Evaluating a reservoir parametrization in the vector-based global routing model mizuRoute (v2.0.1) for Earth system model coupling
2022 ·Geoscientific model development ·Inne Vanderkelen, Shervan Gharari, Naoki Mizukami, Martyn Clark, David M. Lawrence, Sean Swenson, Yadu Pokhrel, Naota Hanasaki, Ann van Griensven, Wim Thiery
18
8
Coupled Climate Responses to Recent Australian Wildfire and COVID‐19 Emissions Anomalies Estimated in CESM2
2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·John Fasullo, Nan Rosenbloom, Rebecca R. Buchholz, Gökhan Danabasoglu, David M. Lawrence, Jean‐François Lamarque
20
9
Advances in Land Surface Modelling
2021 ·Explore Bristol Research ·Eleanor Blyth, Vivek K. Arora, Douglas B. Clark, Simon Dadson, Martin G. De Kauwe, David M. Lawrence, Joe R. Melton, Julia Pongratz, Rachael H. Turton, Kei Yoshimura, Hua Yuan
91
10
Global heat uptake by inland waters
2020 ·Inne Vanderkelen, Nicole Van Lipzig, David M. Lawrence, Bram Droppers, Małgorzata Gołub, Simon N. Gosling, Annette B.G. Janssen, Rafael Marcé, Hannes Müller Schmied, (unknown), Donald C. Pierson, Yadu Pokhrel, Yusuke Satoh, Jacob Schewe, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Victor Stepanenko, (unknown), Wim Thiery
4
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Land Use and Land Cover Change Strongly Modulates Land‐Atmosphere Coupling and Warm‐Season Precipitation Over the Central United States in CESM2‐VR
2020 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Anjana Devanand, Maoyi Huang, David M. Lawrence, Colin M. Zarzycki, Zhe Feng, Peter Lawrence, Yun Qian, Zhao Yang
13
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Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region – a model intercomparison
2020 ·˜The œcryosphere ·Christian Andresen, David M. Lawrence, Cathy J. Wilson, A. D. McGuire, Charles D. Koven, Kevin Schaefer, Elchin Jafarov, Shushi Peng, Xiaodong Chen, Isabelle Gouttevin, Eleanor Burke, Sarah Chadburn, Duoying Ji, Guangsheng Chen, Daniel J. Hayes, Wenxin Zhang
114
13
High Climate Sensitivity in the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) breakdown →
2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Andrew Gettelman, Cécile Hannay, Julio T. Bacmeister, Richard Neale, Angeline G. Pendergrass, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Jean‐François Lamarque, John Fasullo, David A. Bailey, David M. Lawrence, Michael Mills
283
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The Response of Permafrost and High‐Latitude Ecosystems Under Large‐Scale Stratospheric Aerosol Injection and Its Termination
2019 ·Earth s Future ·Hanna Lee, Altug Ekici, Jerry Tjiputra, Helene Muri, Sarah Chadburn, David M. Lawrence, Jörg Schwinger
24
15
The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) System: Design, Theory, and Implementation
2018 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Nathan Collier, Forrest M. Hoffman, David M. Lawrence, G. Keppel‐Aleks, Charles D. Koven, W. J. Riley, M. Mu, James T. Randerson
202
16
Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty of simulated Tibetan permafrost area
2016 ·˜The œcryosphere ·(unknown), Annette Rinke, John C. Moore, Xuefeng Cui, Duoying Ji, (unknown), (unknown), Chenghai Wang, Shiqiang Zhang, David M. Lawrence, A. David McGuire, Wenxin Zhang, Christine Delire, Charles D. Koven, Kazuyuki Saitô, Andrew H. MacDougall, Eleanor Burke, Bertrand Decharme
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17
Interactions between land use change and carbon cycle feedbacks
2016 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·N. M. Mahowald, James T. Randerson, Keith Lindsay, E. Munoz, Scott C. Doney, Peter Lawrence, Sarah Schlunegger, D. S. Ward, David M. Lawrence, Forrest M. Hoffman
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18
Are GRACE-era Terrestrial Water Trends Driven by Anthropogenic Climate Change?
2016 ·Advances in Meteorology ·John Fasullo, David M. Lawrence, Sean Swenson
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The Community Climate System Model Version 4 breakdown →
2011 ·Journal of Climate ·Peter R. Gent, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Leo J. Donner, Marika M. Holland, Elizabeth Hunke, Steven R. Jayne, David M. Lawrence, Richard Neale, Philip J. Rasch, Mariana Vertenstein, Patrick H Worley, Zong‐Liang Yang, Minghua Zhang
2561
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PSF and MTF measurement methods for thick CCD sensor characterization
2010 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Peter Z. Takacs, I. Kotov, Jonathan H. Frank, P. O’Connor, V. Radeka, David M. Lawrence
15

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