| The GFDL CM3 coupled climate model: characteristics of the ocean and sea ice simulations SM Griffies, M Winton, LJ Donner, LW Horowitz, SM Downes, R Farneti, ... Journal of Climate 24 (13), 3520-3544, 2011 | 354 | 2011 |
| An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean meridional overturning circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations R Farneti, SM Downes, SM Griffies, SJ Marsland, E Behrens, M Bentsen, ... Ocean Modelling 93, 84-120, 2015 | 144 | 2015 |
| The southern ocean meridional overturning in the sea-ice sector is driven by freshwater fluxes V Pellichero, JB Sallée, CC Chapman, SM Downes Nature communications 9 (1), 1789, 2018 | 107 | 2018 |
| An assessment of Southern Ocean water masses and sea ice during 1988–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations SM Downes, R Farneti, P Uotila, SM Griffies, SJ Marsland, D Bailey, ... Ocean Modelling 94, 67-94, 2015 | 91 | 2015 |
| Southern Ocean circulation and eddy compensation in CMIP5 models SM Downes, AMC Hogg Journal of Climate 26 (18), 7198-7220, 2013 | 76 | 2013 |
| Impacts of wind stress on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts and associated subduction SM Downes, AS Budnick, JL Sarmiento, R Farneti Geophysical Research Letters 38 (11), 2011 | 74 | 2011 |
| Impacts of climate change on the subduction of mode and intermediate water masses in the Southern Ocean SM Downes, NL Bindoff, SR Rintoul Journal of Climate 22 (12), 3289-3302, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| Changes in the subduction of Southern Ocean water masses at the end of the twenty-first century in eight IPCC models SM Downes, NL Bindoff, SR Rintoul Journal of Climate 23 (24), 6526-6541, 2010 | 60 | 2010 |
| Water mass exchange in the Southern Ocean in coupled climate models SM Downes, A Gnanadesikan, SM Griffies, JL Sarmiento Journal of Physical Oceanography 41 (9), 1756-1771, 2011 | 59 | 2011 |
| The energetics of Southern Ocean upwelling AMC Hogg, P Spence, OA Saenko, SM Downes Journal of Physical Oceanography 47 (1), 135-153, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Sensitivity of Antarctic Bottom Water to changes in surface buoyancy fluxes K Snow, AMC Hogg, BM Sloyan, SM Downes Journal of Climate 29 (1), 313-330, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Regional impacts of the westerly winds on Southern Ocean mode and intermediate water subduction SM Downes, C Langlais, JP Brook, P Spence Journal of Physical Oceanography 47 (10), 2521-2530, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| Sensitivity of abyssal water masses to overflow parameterisations K Snow, AMC Hogg, SM Downes, BM Sloyan, ML Bates, SM Griffies Ocean Modelling 89, 84-103, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
| Controls on circulation, cross‐shelf exchange, and dense water formation in an Antarctic polynya K Snow, BM Sloyan, SR Rintoul, AMC Hogg, SM Downes Geophysical Research Letters 43 (13), 7089-7096, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Projected changes in the frequency of climate extremes over southeast Australia N Herold, SM Downes, MH Gross, F Ji, N Nishant, I Macadam, NN Ridder, ... Environmental Research Communications 3 (1), 011001, 2021 | 25 | 2021 |
| Introducing NARCliM1. 5: Evaluating the performance of regional climate projections for southeast Australia for 1950–2100 N Nishant, JP Evans, G Di Virgilio, SM Downes, F Ji, KKW Cheung, E Tam, ... Earth's Future 9 (7), e2020EF001833, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| Role of the seasonal cycle in the subduction rates of upper–Southern Ocean waters EY Kwon, SM Downes, JL Sarmiento, R Farneti, C Deutsch Journal of physical oceanography 43 (6), 1096-1113, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| Understanding variability of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation in CORE-II models SM Downes, P Spence, AM Hogg Ocean Modelling 123, 98-109, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| Projected changes in vertical temperature profiles for Australasia F Ji, JP Evans, G Di Virgilio, N Nishant, A Di Luca, N Herold, SM Downes, ... Climate Dynamics 55 (9), 2453-2468, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| The transient response of southern ocean circulation to geothermal heating in a global climate model SM Downes, AMC Hogg, SM Griffies, BL Samuels Journal of Climate 29 (16), 5689-5708, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
