The University of Sheffield
Department of Geography

Dr David Wilton

Research Associate

David Wilton

Room number: C02
Telephone (internal): 27990
Telephone (UK): 0114 222 7990
Telephone (International): +44 114 222 7990
Email: D.J.Wilton@Sheffield.ac.uk

David Wilton obtained a BSc in Chemical Physics (1991) and PhD in Theoretical Chemistry (1996) from The University of Sheffield. He has worked on various RCUK and industrially funded research projects in the physical and chemical sciences.

Research Interests

Developing computer models of physical and chemical processes. Modelling of the polar regions, particularly relating to icebergs and their sources.

Current research

I am working on a NERC funded project: "A century of variability in Greenland melting and iceberg calving". The overall aim is to reduce uncertainty in the rate of iceberg calving from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) over the course of the 20th and early 21st century. There are two main strands to my work:

  • using a coupled ocean-iceberg model to study icebergs from GrIS, and other northern hemisphere sources, as they drift into Baffin Bay, the Nordic Seas and the North Atlantic
  • reconstructing the GrIS surface mass balance at high spatial resolution

Selected Publications
  • Wilton D.J., Bigg, G.R and Hanna E. (2013, submitted). A coupled ocean-iceberg model: Matching observed and modelled Iceberg flux at 48°N and implications for west Greenland iceberg discharge 1900-2008. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
  • Wilton, D.J., Hewitt, C.N. and Beerling, D.J. (2011). Simulated effects of changes in direct and diffuse radiation on canopy scale isoprene emissions from vegetation following volcanic eruptions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 11723-11731.
  • Wilton D.J., Kitahra R., Akasaka K. and Williamson M.P. (2009). Pressure-dependent 13C chemical shifts in proteins: Origins and applications. Journal of Biomolecular NMR, 44, 25-33.
  • Wilton, D.J., Harrison, R.F., Willett, P., Delaney, J., Lawson, K. and Mullier, G. (2006). Virtual screening using binary kernel discrimination: analysis of pesticide data. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 46, 471-477
  • Snarey M., Terret N.K., Willett P. and Wilton D.J. (1997). Comparison of algorithms for dissimilarity-based compound selection. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 15, 372-385.
  • Deleuze M. S., Packer M.J., Pickup B.T. and Wilton D.J. (1995). Gauge invariance of linear response properties using the perturbed electron propagator. Journal of Chemical Physics, 102, 6128-6144.