| 1 | The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 2020 | 1,770 |
| 2 | The Community Land Model Version 5: Description of New Features, Benchmarking, and Impact of Forcing Uncertainty | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 2019 | 1,212 |
| 3 | A consistent poleward shift of the storm tracks in simulations of 21st century climate | Geophysical Research Letters | 2005 | 978 |
| 4 | Satellites measure recent rates of groundwater depletion in California's Central Valley | Geophysical Research Letters | 2011 | 833 |
| 5 | Response of ocean ecosystems to climate warming | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2004 | 764 |
| 6 | Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE | Water Resources Research | 2015 | 747 |
| 7 | Improvements to the Community Land Model and their impact on the hydrological cycle | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2008 | 694 |
| 8 | Groundwater depletion in the Middle East from GRACE with implications for transboundary water management in the Tigris‐Euphrates‐Western Iran region | Water Resources Research | 2013 | 693 |
| 9 | Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content | Biogeochemistry | 2018 | 612 |
| 10 | Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition | Journal of Ecology | 2016 | 544 |
| 11 | Oceanic sources, sinks, and transport of atmospheric CO2 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2009 | 509 |
| 12 | A Review of the Role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Associated Climate Impacts | Reviews of Geophysics | 2019 | 449 |
| 13 | A projection of severe near-surface permafrost degradation during the 21st century | Geophysical Research Letters | 2005 | 399 |
| 14 | Perspectives on the Future of Land Surface Models and the Challenges of Representing Complex Terrestrial Systems | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 2020 | 386 |
| 15 | Cloud influence on and response to seasonal Arctic sea ice loss | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 380 |
| 16 | Evaluating theories of drought‐induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel–experiment framework | New Phytologist | 2013 | 368 |
| 17 | Inverse estimates of anthropogenic CO2uptake, transport, and storage by the ocean | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2006 | 355 |
| 18 | Groundwater depletion during drought threatens future water security of the Colorado River Basin | Geophysical Research Letters | 2014 | 348 |
| 19 | Explicitly representing soil microbial processes in Earth system models | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2015 | 341 |
| 20 | Development and Validation of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model With Thermosphere and Ionosphere Extension (WACCM‐X 2.0) | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 2018 | 325 |
| 21 | The contribution of cloud and radiation anomalies to the 2007 Arctic sea ice extent minimum | Geophysical Research Letters | 2008 | 313 |
| 22 | A monthly and latitudinally varying volcanic forcing dataset in simulations of 20th century climate | Geophysical Research Letters | 2003 | 308 |
| 23 | Modelling regional responses by marine pelagic ecosystems to global climate change | Geophysical Research Letters | 2002 | 300 |
| 24 | Projected drought risk in 1.5°C and 2°C warmer climates | Geophysical Research Letters | 2017 | 280 |
| 25 | No‐analog climates and shifting realized niches during the late quaternary: implications for 21st‐century predictions by species distribution models | Global Change Biology | 2012 | 279 |
| 26 | Circumpolar assessment of permafrost C quality and its vulnerability over time using long‐term incubation data | Global Change Biology | 2014 | 276 |
| 27 | Effect of clouds on photolysis and oxidants in the troposphere | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2003 | 268 |
| 28 | Sensitivity of a model projection of near‐surface permafrost degradation to soil column depth and representation of soil organic matter | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2008 | 263 |
| 29 | The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) System: Design, Theory, and Implementation | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 2018 | 258 |
| 30 | Inter‐annual to multi‐decadal Arctic sea ice extent trends in a warming world | Geophysical Research Letters | 2011 | 257 |
| 31 | Representing key phytoplankton functional groups in ocean carbon cycle models: Coccolithophorids | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2002 | 256 |
| 32 | Geomagnetic field intensity during the last 60,000 years based on 10Be and 36Cl from the Summit ice cores and 14C | Quaternary Science Reviews | 2005 | 256 |
| 33 | Evaluating global ocean carbon models: The importance of realistic physics | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2004 | 224 |
| 34 | Uncertainty in global groundwater storage estimates in a Total Groundwater Stress framework | Water Resources Research | 2015 | 218 |
| 35 | Antarctic Sea Ice Area in CMIP6 | Geophysical Research Letters | 2020 | 217 |
| 36 | Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss | Geophysical Research Letters | 2008 | 206 |
| 37 | Analysis of Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) aerosol optical depths over greater India during winter 2001-2004 | Geophysical Research Letters | 2004 | 205 |
| 38 | Coral reefs modify their seawater carbon chemistry – implications for impacts of ocean acidification | Global Change Biology | 2011 | 203 |
| 39 | Upper ocean O2 trends: 1958–2015 | Geophysical Research Letters | 2017 | 197 |
| 40 | Effects of white roofs on urban temperature in a global climate model | Geophysical Research Letters | 2010 | 196 |
| 41 | Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A Review and Synthesis | Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | 2019 | 196 |
| 42 | The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP): Quantifying Uncertainties in Atmospheric River Climatology | Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres | 2019 | 196 |
| 43 | The Connected Isotopic Water Cycle in the Community Earth System Model Version 1 | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems | 2019 | 194 |
| 44 | Thermosphere extension of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010 | 175 |
| 45 | Inverse estimates of the oceanic sources and sinks of natural CO2
and the implied oceanic carbon transport | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2007 | 173 |
| 46 | First Simulations of Designing Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosol Geoengineering to Meet Multiple Simultaneous Climate Objectives | Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres | 2017 | 170 |
| 47 | Radiative and Chemical Response to Interactive Stratospheric Sulfate Aerosols in Fully Coupled CESM1(WACCM) | Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres | 2017 | 168 |
| 48 | How predictable is the timing of a summer ice‐free Arctic? | Geophysical Research Letters | 2016 | 167 |
| 49 | Climate response to large, high‐latitude and low‐latitude volcanic eruptions in the Community Climate System Model | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 160 |
| 50 | Carbon cycle confidence and uncertainty: Exploring variation among soil biogeochemical models | Global Change Biology | 2018 | 153 |
