Robert L. Wilby

34.6k total citations · 18 hit papers
262 papers, 24.8k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Wilby is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Wilby has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 24.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 111 papers in Water Science and Technology and 79 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Wilby's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (105 papers), Climate variability and models (103 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (79 papers). Robert L. Wilby is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (105 papers), Climate variability and models (103 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (79 papers). Robert L. Wilby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Robert L. Wilby's co-authors include Christian W. Dawson, T. M. L. Wigley, Daniel S. Wilks, Lauren E. Hay, Elaine Barrow, Ian Harris, Suraje Dessai, G. H. Leavesley, Conor Murphy and Tom Matthews and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Wilby

255 papers receiving 23.4k 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.

sdsm — a decision support tool for the assessment of regional climate change impacts

2002 1.2k citations Robert L. Wilby, Christian W. Dawson et al. profile →
Downscaling general circulation model output: a review of methods and limitations

1997 1.1k citations Robert L. Wilby et al. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment profile →
A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality

2009 925 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. Hydrological Sciences Journal profile →
A framework for assessing uncertainties in climate change impacts: Low‐flow scenarios for the River Thames, UK

2006 753 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →
The weather generation game: a review of stochastic weather models

1999 718 citations Daniel S. Wilks, Robert L. Wilby Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment profile →
Hydrological modelling using artificial neural networks

2001 673 citations Christian W. Dawson, Robert L. Wilby Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment profile →
Statistical downscaling of general circulation model output: A comparison of methods

1998 651 citations Robert L. Wilby, Daniel S. Wilks et al. profile →
Guidelines For Use Of Climate Scenarios Developed From Statistical Downscaling Methods.

2004 644 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →
Robust adaptation to climate change

2010 616 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →
Allowable CO2 emissions based on regional and impact-related climate targets

2016 556 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →
A COMPARISON OF DELTA CHANGE AND DOWNSCALED GCM SCENARIOS FOR THREE MOUNTAINOUS BASINS IN THE UNITED STATES¹

2000 553 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →
An artificial neural network approach to rainfall-runoff modelling

1998 552 citations Christian W. Dawson, Robert L. Wilby Hydrological Sciences Journal 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 →
Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change

2018 436 citations Emily Boyd, Bart van den Hurk et al. profile →
Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling

2015 375 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →
Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods for their detection, attribution, and management

2021 170 citations Louise Slater, Bailey Anderson et al. Hydrology and earth system sciences profile →
Hybrid forecasting: blending climate predictions with AI models

2023 93 citations Louise Slater, Louise Arnal et al. Hydrology and earth system sciences profile →
Rising water temperature in rivers: Ecological impacts and future resilience

2024 50 citations Robert L. Wilby et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	How to stop being surprised by unprecedented weather 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Timo Kelder, Dorothy Heinrich, Lisette Klok, Vikki Thompson, (unknown), Ed Hawkins, Louise Slater, Laura Suárez‐Gutiérrez, Robert L. Wilby, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Elisabeth Stephens, Stephen Burt, Bart van den Hurk, Hylke de Vries, Karin van der Wiel, E. Lisa F. Schipper, (unknown), Ellen van Bueren, Erich Fischer	10
2	At-scale Model Output Statistics in mountain environments (AtsMOS v1.0) 2024 ·Geoscientific model development ·Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries, Tom Matthews, L. Baker Perry, (unknown), Robert L. Wilby	0
3	Anticipating the unseen: a community review on how to better prepare for exceptional weather events 2024 ·Timo Kelder, Lisette Klok, Louise Slater, Vikki Thompson, (unknown), Laura Suárez‐Gutiérrez, Robert L. Wilby, Dorothy Heinrich, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Elisabeth Stephens, Ed Hawkins, Stephen Burt, Bart van den Hurk, Hylke de Vries, Karin van der Wiel, Erich Fischer	1
4	Evaluation of Rainfall Erosivity in the Western Balkans by Mapping and Clustering ERA5 Reanalysis Data 2023 ·Atmosphere ·(unknown), Tin Lukić, Robert L. Wilby, Slobodan B. Marković, Aleksandar Valjarević, Slavoljub Dragićević, Milivoj B. Gavrilov, (unknown), (unknown), Miško Milanović, Biljana Basarin, (unknown), (unknown), Vasile Grama, Cezar Morar	18
5	Spatial and temporal scaling of extreme rainfall in the United Kingdom 2023 ·International Journal of Climatology ·(unknown), Robert L. Wilby, Dapeng Yu	5
6	Hybrid forecasting: blending climate predictions with AI models breakdown → 2023 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Louise Slater, Louise Arnal, Marie‐Amélie Boucher, (unknown), Simon Moulds, Conor Murphy, Grey Nearing, Guy Shalev, Chaopeng Shen, Linda Speight, Gabriele Villarini, Robert L. Wilby, Andrew W. Wood, Massimiliano Zappa	93
7	The impacts of sport emissions on climate: Measurement, mitigation, and making a difference 2022 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Robert L. Wilby, Madeleine Orr, (unknown), Richard Giulianotti, George Havenith, James Andrew Kenyon, Tom Matthews, Stephen A. Mears, Donal Mullan, Lee Taylor	40
8	An open workflow to gain insights about low‐likelihood high‐impact weather events from initialized predictions 2022 ·Meteorological Applications ·Timo Kelder, Timothy I. Marjoribanks, Louise Slater, Christel Prudhomme, Robert L. Wilby, (unknown), Nick Dunstone	23
9	Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods for their detection, attribution, and management breakdown → 2021 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Louise Slater, Bailey Anderson, Marcus Buechel, Simon Dadson, Shasha Han, Shaun Harrigan, Timo Kelder, (unknown), Thomas Lees, Tom Matthews, Conor Murphy, Robert L. Wilby	170
10	Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Robert L. Wilby, Raymond Abudu Kasei, Katherine V. Gough, Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, (unknown), N. John Anderson, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Paula Griffiths, (unknown), (unknown), Sam Kayaga, Tom Matthews, (unknown), Conor Murphy, Paul W. K. Yankson	27
11	Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana 2020 ·Environment and Urbanization ·Sam Kayaga, Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, Katherine V. Gough, Robert L. Wilby, (unknown), Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Raymond Abudu Kasei, (unknown), Paul W. K. Yankson, Peter Mensah, (unknown), Paula Griffiths	40
12	Using UNSEEN trends to detect decadal changes in 100-year precipitation extremes 2020 ·npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Timo Kelder, Malte Müller, Louise Slater, Timothy I. Marjoribanks, Robert L. Wilby, Christel Prudhomme, Patrik Bohlinger, Laura Ferranti, Thomas N. Nipen	67
13	Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods fortheir detection, attribution, and management 2020 ·Louise Slater, Bailey Anderson, Marcus Buechel, Simon Dadson, Shasha Han, Shaun Harrigan, Timo Kelder, (unknown), Thomas Lees, T. G. Matthews, Conor Murphy, Robert L. Wilby	11
14	A seasonal forecasting procedure for reservoir inflows in Central Asia 2019 ·River Research and Applications ·(unknown), Robert L. Wilby	8
15	River channel conveyance capacity adjusts to modes of climate variability 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Louise Slater, Abdou Khouakhi, Robert L. Wilby	42
16	Cross-cutting Issues 2016 ·Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·Emily Boyd, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alistair Hunt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul Watkiss, Robert L. Wilby	0
17	UK Climate Projections Science Report: Climate Change Projections breakdown → 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
18	The weather generation game: a review of stochastic weather models breakdown → 1999 ·Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment ·Daniel S. Wilks, Robert L. Wilby	718
19	A comparison of artificial neural networks used for river forecasting 1999 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Christian W. Dawson, Robert L. Wilby	68
20	An artificial neural network approach to rainfall-runoff modelling breakdown → 1998 ·Hydrological Sciences Journal ·Christian W. Dawson, Robert L. Wilby	552

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