William J. Sacks

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

William J. Sacks is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Sacks has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William J. Sacks's work include Climate variability and models (15 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers). William J. Sacks is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (15 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (9 papers). William J. Sacks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. William J. Sacks's co-authors include Delphine Deryng, Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley, Christopher J. Kucharik, David Schimel, B. H. Braswell, Samuel Levis, Russell K. Monson, Ernst Linder and N. H. Buenning and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

William J. Sacks

28 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Crop planting dates: an analysis of global patterns

2010 712 citations William J. Sacks, Delphine Deryng et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	WRF-ELM v1.0: a regional climate model to study land–atmosphere interactions over heterogeneous land use regions 2025 ·Geoscientific model development ·Huilin Huang, Yun Qian, Gautam Bisht, (unknown), TC Chakraborty, Dalei Hao, Jianfeng Li, (unknown), Balwinder Singh, Zhao Yang, Ye Liu, Pengfei Xue, William J. Sacks, Ethan T. Coon, Robert D. Hetland	1
2	Compounding future escalation of emissions- and irrigation-induced increases in humid-heat stress 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Yusuke Satoh, Nicole van Maanen, (unknown), Jessica Keune, (unknown), (unknown), David M. Lawrence, William J. Sacks, Yoshihide Wada, Agnès Ducharne, Benjamin I. Cook, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Laibao Liu, Jonathan Buzan, Jonas Jägermeyr, Wim Thiery	1
3	Observation-based sowing dates and cultivars significantly affect yield and irrigation for some crops in the Community Land Model (CLM5) 2023 ·Geoscientific model development ·Sam S. Rabin, William J. Sacks, Danica Lombardozzi, Lili Xia, Alan Robock	4
4	Description and Demonstration of the Coupled Community Earth System Model v2 – Community Ice Sheet Model v2 (CESM2‐CISM2) 2021 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Laura Muntjewerf, William J. Sacks, Marcus Löfverström, Jeremy Fyke, William H. Lipscomb, (unknown), Miren Vizcaíno, Katherine Thayer‐Calder, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Raymond Sellevold	17
5	The impact of global reservoir expansion on the present-day climate   2021 ·Inne Vanderkelen, Nicole Van Lipzig, William J. Sacks, David M. Lawrence, Martyn Clark, Naoki Mizukami, Yadu Pokhrel, Wim Thiery	2
6	Simulating the Impact of Global Reservoir Expansion on the Present‐Day Climate 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Inne Vanderkelen, Nicole Van Lipzig, William J. Sacks, David M. Lawrence, Martyn Clark, Naoki Mizukami, Yadu Pokhrel, Wim Thiery	20
7	An Efficient Ice Sheet/Earth System Model Spin‐up Procedure for CESM2‐CISM2: Description, Evaluation, and Broader Applicability 2020 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Marcus Löfverström, Jeremy Fyke, Katherine Thayer‐Calder, Laura Muntjewerf, Miren Vizcaíno, William J. Sacks, William H. Lipscomb, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Sarah Bradley	17
8	Accelerated Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Loss Under High Greenhouse Gas Forcing as Simulated by the Coupled CESM2.1‐CISM2.1 2020 ·Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems ·Laura Muntjewerf, Raymond Sellevold, Miren Vizcaíno, (unknown), (unknown), Katherine Thayer‐Calder, (unknown), Sarah Bradley, Caroline A. Katsman, Jeremy Fyke, William H. Lipscomb, Marcus Löfverström, William J. Sacks	22
9	Description and evaluation of the Community Ice Sheet Model (CISM) v2.1 2019 ·Geoscientific model development ·William H. Lipscomb, Stephen Price, Matthew J. Hoffman, Gunter Leguy, Andrew Bennett, Sarah Bradley, Katherine J. Evans, Jeremy Fyke, Joseph H. Kennedy, Mauro Perego, D.M. Ranken, William J. Sacks, Andrew G. Salinger, Lauren Vargo, Patrick H Worley	88
10	Regional grid refinement in an Earth system model: impacts on the simulated Greenland surface mass balance 2019 ·The cryosphere ·Leo van Kampenhout, Alan M. Rhoades, Adam Herrington, Colin M. Zarzycki, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, William J. Sacks, M. R. van den Broeke	33
11	Regional Grid Refinement in an Earth System Model: Impacts onthe Simulated Greenland Surface Mass Balance 2018 ·Leo van Kampenhout, Alan M. Rhoades, Adam Herrington, Colin M. Zarzycki, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, William J. Sacks, M. R. van den Broeke	4
12	A technique for generating consistent ice sheet initial conditions for coupled ice sheet/climate models 2014 ·Geoscientific model development ·Jeremy Fyke, William J. Sacks, William H. Lipscomb	16
13	Implementation and Initial Evaluation of the Glimmer Community Ice Sheet Model in the Community Earth System Model 2013 ·Journal of Climate ·William H. Lipscomb, Jeremy Fyke, Miren Vizcaíno, William J. Sacks, J. Wolfe, Mariana Vertenstein, Anthony P Craig, Erik Kluzek, David M. Lawrence	75
14	Interactive Crop Management in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1): Seasonal Influences on Land–Atmosphere Fluxes 2012 ·Journal of Climate ·Samuel Levis, Gordon B. Bonan, Erik Kluzek, Peter Thornton, Andrew D. Jones, William J. Sacks, Christopher J. Kucharik	131
15	Simulating the effects of climate and agricultural management practices on global crop yield 2011 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Delphine Deryng, William J. Sacks, Carol Barford, Navin Ramankutty	263
16	Simulated impacts of irrigation on the atmospheric circulation over Asia 2011 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Eungul Lee, William J. Sacks, (unknown), (unknown)	45
17	Crop planting dates: an analysis of global patterns breakdown → 2010 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·William J. Sacks, Delphine Deryng, Jonathan A. Foley, Navin Ramankutty	712
18	Integration of Process-based Soil Respiration Models with Whole-Ecosystem CO2 Measurements 2008 ·Ecosystems ·John M. Zobitz, D. J. Moore, William J. Sacks, Russell K. Monson, D. R. Bowling, David Schimel	44
19	Coupling between carbon cycling and climate in a high-elevation, subalpine forest: a model-data fusion analysis 2006 ·Oecologia ·William J. Sacks, David Schimel, Russell K. Monson	99
20	Estimating diurnal to annual ecosystem parameters by synthesis of a carbon flux model with eddy covariance net ecosystem exchange observations 2005 ·Global Change Biology ·B. H. Braswell, William J. Sacks, Ernst Linder, David Schimel	283

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