Overview

Research Interests

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Climate Dynamics

I would be happy to supervise self-funded PhD students on projects related to

- Numerical methods for weather and climate models

- Physics-dynamics coupling in weather and climate models

- Geophysical fluid dynamics

Teaching Interests

I am currently involved in teaching

MTH1003 Mathematical Modelling (tutorials)

MTH2005 Modelling: Theory and Practice (group project)

MTH3035 Mathematics Group Project (project supervision)

MTHM006 Mathematical Theory of Option Pricing (module leader)

as well as undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

Brief Biography

I graduated from Cambridge with an MA and Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics. I then obtained a DPhil from Oxford for a project on middle atmosphere dynamics. I worked for 16 years at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, first as a postdoc on the UK Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Project (UGAMP), later as a Lecturer then Reader.

In 2005 I moved to Exeter to take up a Chair in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, jointly funded by the Met Office, a post that now comes under the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP). For over 20 years I have been collaborating closely with the Met Office Dynamics Research group on numerical methods for weather and climate models. The ENDGame dynamical core, on which I collaborated, has been used successfully in operational forecasting since 2014. I have also been involved in two major RCUK - Met Office collaborations: Gung Ho, to develop an atmospheric dynamical core suitable for future supercomputing architectures, and, ParaCon, to improve the representation of cumulus convection in the Met Office Unified Model.

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Publications

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2024

• Melvin T, Shipway B, Wood N, Benacchio T, Bendall T, Boutle I, Brown A, Johnson C, Kent J, Pring S. (2024) A mixed finite-element, finite-volume, semi-implicit discretisation for atmospheric dynamics: Spherical geometry, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2402.13738.

2023

• Bowen P. (2023) Improving Moist Thermodynamics in Weather and Climate Models. [PDF]
• Bowen P. (2023) Improving Moist Thermodynamics in Weather and Climate Models.
• Hearn S. (2023) Physics-Dynamics Coupling: Understanding Tropical Processes and Process Interactions in Weather and Climate Models.
• Bendall TM, Wood N, Thuburn J, Cotter CJ. (2023) A solution to the trilemma of the moist Charney–Phillips staggering, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 149, no. 750, pages 262-276, DOI:10.1002/qj.4406.

2022

• McIntyre WA, Efstathiou GA, Thuburn J. (2022) A two-fluid single-column model of turbulent shallow convection. Part III: Results and parameter sensitivity, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 148, no. 749, pages 3832-3851, DOI:10.1002/qj.4390.
• Bowen P, Thuburn J. (2022) Consistent and flexible thermodynamics in atmospheric models using internal energy as a thermodynamic potential. Part I: Equilibrium regime, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 148, no. 749, pages 3730-3755, DOI:10.1002/qj.4385.
• Bowen P, Thuburn J. (2022) Consistent and flexible thermodynamics in atmospheric models using internal energy as a thermodynamic potential. Part II: Non-equilibrium regime, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 148, no. 749, pages 3540-3565, DOI:10.1002/qj.4373.
• Thuburn J, Efstathiou GA, McIntyre WA. (2022) A two-fluid single-column model of turbulent shallow convection. Part II: Single-column model formulation and numerics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 148, no. 749, pages 3448-3469, DOI:10.1002/qj.4361.
• Thuburn J, Efstathiou GA, McIntyre WA. (2022) A two-fluid single-column model of turbulent shallow convection. Part 1: Turbulence equations in the multifluid framework, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 148, no. 748, pages 3366-3387, DOI:10.1002/qj.4366.
• Thuburn J. (2022) Numerical entropy conservation without sacrificing Charney-Phillips grid optimal wave propagation, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.4334.

2020

• Kunkel J, Jumah N, Novikova A, Ludwig T, Yashiro H, Maruyama N, Wahib M, Thuburn J. (2020) Aimes: Advanced computation and i/o methods for earth-system simulations, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 61-102, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-47956-5_5.

2019

• Debras F, Mayne N, Baraffe I, Goffrey T, Thuburn J. (2019) Eigenvectors, Circulation and Linear Instabilities for Planetary Science in 3 Dimensions (ECLIPS3D), DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1909.03722.
• Debras F, Mayne N, Baraffe I, Jaupart E, Mourier P, Laibe G, Goffrey T, Thuburn J. (2019) The Acceleration of Superrotation in Simulated Hot Jupiter Atmospheres, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1911.03182.
• Kwasniok F, Beaumont R, Thuburn J. (2019) Erratum to Vortex dynamics of stratospheric sudden warmings: A reanalysis data study using PV contour integral diagnostics (Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, (2019), 145, 720, (1013-1033), 10.1002/qj.3474), Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 145, no. 724, DOI:10.1002/qj.3629.
• Debras F, Mayne N, Baraffe I, Jaupart E, Mourier P, Laibe G, Goffrey T, Thuburn J. (2019) The Acceleration of Superrotation in Simulated Hot Jupiter Atmospheres, Astronomy and Astrophysics.
• Debras F, Mayne N, Baraffe I, Goffrey T, Thuburn J. (2019) Eigenvectors, Circulation and Linear Instabilities for Planetary Science in 3 Dimensions (ECLIPS3D), A, volume 631. [PDF]
• Kwasniok F, Beaumont R, Thuburn J. (2019) Vortex dynamics of stratospheric sudden warmings: A reanalysis data study using PV contour integral diagnostics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 145, no. 720, pages 1013-1033, DOI:10.1002/qj.3474.
• Randall D, Bitz C, Danabasoglu G, Denning S, Gent P, Gettelman A, Griffies S, Lynch P, Morrison H, Pincus R. (2019) 100 Years of Earth System Model Development, American Meteorological Society Monograph, DOI:10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-18-0018.1.

2018

• Thuburn J. (2018) Corrigendum to: Use of the Gibbs thermodynamic potential to express the equation of state in atmospheric models (Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., (2017), 143, 1185-1196), Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 144, no. 711, DOI:10.1002/qj.3232.
• Benacchio T, Melvin T, Thuburn J, Cotter CJ. (2018) Choice of function spaces for thermodynamic variables in mixed finite element methods, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

2017

• Mayne NJ, Debras F, Baraffe I, Thuburn J, Amundsen DS, Acreman DM, Smith C, Browning MK, Manners J, Wood N. (2017) Results from a set of three-dimensional numerical experiments of a hot Jupiter atmosphere, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1704.00539.
• Griffin DJ, Thuburn J. (2017) Numerical Effects on Wave Propagation in Atmospheric Models, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, volume 13, no. S335, pages 288-290, DOI:10.1017/S1743921317007979.
• Beaumont R, Kwasniok F, Thuburn J. (2017) Vortex erosion in a shallow water model of the polar vortex, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, volume 78, pages 137-151, DOI:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2017.04.003. [PDF]
• Mayne NJ, Debras F, Baraffe I, Thuburn J, Amundsen, Acreman D, Smith C, Browning MK, Manners J, Wood N. (2017) Results from a set of three-dimensional numerical experiments of a hot Jupiter atmosphere, Astronomy and Astrophysics.

2016

• Thuburn J. (2016) ENDGame: The new dynamical core of the met office weather and climate prediction model, UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics, 27-33, DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-25454-8_4.
• Bell M, Peixoto P, Thuburn J. (2016) Numerical instabilities of vector invariant momentum equations on rectangular C-grids, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 143, pages 563-581. [PDF]

2015

• Thuburn J. (2015) Numerical Models: Methods, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences: Second Edition, 161-166, DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-382225-3.00246-2.
• Sandbach S, Thuburn J, Vassilev D, Duda MG. (2015) A Semi-Implicit Version of the MPAS-Atmosphere Dynamical Core, MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, volume 143, no. 9, pages 3838-3855, DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0059.1. [PDF]
• Hardiman SC, Boutle IA, Bushell AC, Butchart N, Cullen MJP, Field PR, Furtado K, Manners JC, Milton SF, Morcrette C. (2015) Processes Controlling Tropical Tropopause Temperature and Stratospheric Water Vapor in Climate Models, JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, volume 28, no. 16, pages 6516-6535, DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0075.1. [PDF]
• Thuburn J, Cotter CJ. (2015) A primal-dual mimetic finite element scheme for the rotating shallow water equations on polygonal spherical meshes, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 290, pages 274-297, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2015.02.045.

2014

• Thuburn J, Cotter CJ. (2014) A primal-dual mimetic finite element scheme for the rotating shallow water equations on polygonal spherical meshes, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1409.8130.
• Mayne NJ, Baraffe I, Acreman DM, Smith C, Wood N, Amundsen DS, Thuburn J, Jackson DR. (2014) Using the UM dynamical cores to reproduce idealised 3-D flows, Geoscientific Model Development, volume 7, no. 6, pages 3059-3087, DOI:10.5194/gmd-7-3059-2014.
• Cotter CJ, Thuburn J. (2014) A finite element exterior calculus framework for the rotating shallow-water equations, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 257, no. PB, pages 1506-1526, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2013.10.008.
• Wood N, Staniforth A, White A, Allen T, Diamantakis M, Gross M, Melvin T, Smith C, Vosper S, Zerroukat M. (2014) An inherently mass-conserving semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian discretization of the deep-atmosphere global non-hydrostatic equations, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 140, no. 682, pages 1505-1520, DOI:10.1002/qj.2235.
• Thuburn J, Kent J, Wood N. (2014) Cascades, backscatter and conservation in numerical models of two-dimensional turbulence, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 140, no. 679, pages 626-638, DOI:10.1002/qj.2166.
• Thuburn J, Cotter CJ, Dubos T. (2014) A mimetic, semi-implicit, forward-in-time, finite volume shallow water model: Comparison of hexagonal-icosahedral and cubed-sphere grids, Geoscientific Model Development, volume 7, no. 3, pages 909-929, DOI:10.5194/gmd-7-909-2014.
• Gilbert AD, Riedinger X, Thuburn J. (2014) On the form of the viscous term for two dimensional Navier-Stokes flows, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, volume 67, no. 2, pages 205-228, DOI:10.1093/qjmam/hbu004.
• Long DJ, Jackson DR, Thuburn J. (2014) Offline estimates and tuning of mesospheric gravity-wave forcing using Met Office analyses, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 140, no. 680, pages 1025-1038, DOI:10.1002/qj.2168.
• Mayne NJ, Baraffe I, Acreman DM, Smith C, Browning MK, Amundsen DS, Wood N, Thuburn J, Jackson DR. (2014) The unified model, a fully-compressible, non-hydrostatic, deep atmosphere global circulation model, applied to hot Jupiters, Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 561, DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201322174.

2013

• Thuburn J, Cotter CJ, Dubos T. (2013) A mimetic, semi-implicit, forward-in-time, finite volume shallow water model: comparison of hexagonal–icosahedral and cubed sphere grids, volume 6, no. 4, pages 6867-6925, DOI:10.5194/gmdd-6-6867-2013.
• Mayne NJ, Baraffe I, Acreman DM, Smith C, Wood N, Amundsen DS, Thuburn J, Jackson DR. (2013) Using the UM dynamical cores to reproduce idealised 3-D flows, volume 6, no. 3, pages 3681-3741, DOI:10.5194/gmdd-6-3681-2013.
• Mayne NJ, Baraffe I, Acreman DM, Smith C, Browning MK, Amundsen DS, Wood N, Thuburn J, Jackson DR. (2013) The UM, a fully--compressible, non--hydrostatic, deep atmosphere GCM, applied to hot Jupiters, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1311.2083.
• Mayne NJ, Baraffe I, Acreman DM, Smith C, Wood N, Amundsen DS, Thuburn J, Jackson DR. (2013) Using the UM dynamical cores to reproduce idealised 3D flows, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1310.6041.
• Wood N, Staniforth A, White A, Allen T, Diamantakis M, Gross M, Melvin T, Smith C, Vosper S, Zerroukat M. (2013) An inherently mass-conserving semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian discretization of the deep-atmosphere global non-hydrostatic equations, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
• Cotter CJ, Thuburn J. (2013) A finite element exterior calculus framework for the rotating shallow-water equations, Journal of Computational Physics.
• Long DJ, Jackson DR, Thuburn J, Mathison C. (2013) Validation of met office upper stratospheric and mesospheric analyses, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 139, no. 674, pages 1214-1228, DOI:10.1002/qj.2031.
• Holdaway D, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2013) Comparison of Lorenz and Charney-Phillips vertical discretisations for dynamics-boundary layer coupling. Part I: Steady states, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 139, no. 673, pages 1073-1086, DOI:10.1002/qj.2016.
• Holdaway D, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2013) Comparison of Lorenz and Charney-Phillips vertical discretisations for dynamics-boundary layer coupling. Part II: Transients, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 139, no. 673, pages 1087-1098, DOI:10.1002/qj.2017.
• Long DJ, Thuburn J, Jackson DR. (2013) Offline estimates and tuning of mesospheric gravity-wave forcing using Met Office analyses, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.2168.
• Thuburn J, White AA. (2013) A geometrical view of the shallow-atmosphere approximation, with application to the semi-Lagrangian departure point calculation, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 139, no. 670, pages 261-268, DOI:10.1002/qj.1962.

2012

• Cotter CJ, Thuburn J. (2012) A finite element exterior calculus framework for the rotating shallow-water equations, DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1207.3336.
• Melvin T, Staniforth A, Thuburn J. (2012) Dispersion analysis of the spectral element method, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 138, no. 668, pages 1934-1947, DOI:10.1002/qj.1906.
• Long DJ, Jackson DR, Thuburn J, Mathison C. (2012) Validation of Met Office upper stratospheric and mesospheric analyses, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
• Holdaway D, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2012) Comparison of Lorenz and Charney-Phillips vertical discretisations for dynamics-boundary layer coupling. Part I: Steady states, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.2016.
• Holdaway D, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2012) Comparison of Lorenz and Charney-Phillips vertical discretisations for dynamics-boundary layer coupling. Part II: Transients, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.2017.
• Weller H, Thuburn J, Cotter CJ. (2012) Computational Modes and Grid Imprinting on Five Quasi-Uniform Spherical C Grids, MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, volume 140, no. 8, pages 2734-2755, DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00193.1. [PDF]
• Lauritzen PH, Thuburn J. (2012) Evaluating advection/transport schemes using interrelated tracers, scatter plots and numerical mixing diagnostics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 138, no. 665, pages 906-918, DOI:10.1002/qj.986.
• Thuburn J, White AA. (2012) A geometrical view of the shallow-atmosphere approximation, with application to the semi-Lagrangian departure point calculation, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
• Thuburn J, Cotter CJ. (2012) A framework for mimetic discretization of the rotating shallow-water equations on arbitrary polygonal grids, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, volume 34, no. 3, DOI:10.1137/110850293.
• Kent J, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2012) Assessing implicit large eddy simulation for two-dimensional flow, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 138, no. 663, pages 365-376, DOI:10.1002/qj.925.
• Melvin T, Staniforth A, Thuburn J. (2012) Dispersion analysis of the spectral element method, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.1906.
• Pulido M, Polavarapu S, Shepherd TG, Thuburn J. (2012) Estimation of optimal gravity wave parameters for climate models using data assimilation, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 138, no. 663, pages 298-309, DOI:10.1002/qj.932.
• Staniforth A, Thuburn J. (2012) Horizontal grids for global weather and climate prediction models: A review, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 138, no. 662, pages 1-26, DOI:10.1002/qj.958.

2011

• Thuburn J. (2011) Vertical Discretizations: Some Basic Ideas, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 59-74, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-11640-7_4.
• Thuburn J. (2011) Some Basic Dynamics Relevant to the Design of Atmospheric Model Dynamical Cores, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 3-27, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-11640-7_1.
• Thuburn J. (2011) Conservation in Dynamical Cores: What, How and Why?, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 345-355, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-11640-7_11.
• Thuburn J. (2011) Horizontal Discretizations: Some Basic Ideas, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 43-57, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-11640-7_3.
• Long DJ, Thuburn J. (2011) Numerical wave propagation on non-uniform one-dimensional staggered grids, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 230, no. 7, pages 2643-2659, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2010.12.040.
• Lauritzen PH, Thuburn J. (2011) Evaluating advection/transport schemes using interrelated tracers, scatter plots and numerical mixing diagnostics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
• Thuburn J. (2011) On the discretization of gradient and curl in atmospheric models using height-based terrain-following coordinates, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, volume 66, no. 1, pages 123-133, DOI:10.1002/fld.2247.
• Long D, Thuburn J. (2011) Numerical wave propagation on non-uniform one-dimensional staggered grids, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 230, no. 7, pages 2643-2659, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2010.12.040.

2010

• Thuburn J. (2010) Waves and mean flows by Oliver Bühler. Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN: 978‐0‐521‐86636‐1. 370 pp, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 136, no. 649, pages 1102-1102, DOI:10.1002/qj.608.
• Ringler TD, Thuburn J, Klemp JB, Skamarock WC. (2010) A unified approach to energy conservation and potential vorticity dynamics for arbitrarily-structured C-grids, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 229, no. 9, pages 3065-3090, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2009.12.007.
• Thuburn J, Zerroukat M, Wood N, Staniforth A. (2010) Coupling a mass-conserving semi-Lagrangian scheme (SLICE) to a semi-implicit discretization of the shallow-water equations: Minimizing the dependence on a reference atmosphere, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 136, no. 646, pages 146-154, DOI:10.1002/qj.517.

2009

• Pulido M, Thuburn J. (2009) Corrigendum, Journal of Climate, volume 22, no. 19, DOI:10.1175/2009JCLI3306.1.
• Zerroukat M, Wood N, Staniforth A, White AA, Thuburn J. (2009) An inherently mass-conserving semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian discretisation of the shallow-water equations on the sphere, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 135, no. 642, pages 1104-1116, DOI:10.1002/qj.458.
• Pulido M, Thuburn J. (2009) The seasonal cycle of gravity wave drag in the middle atmosphere (vol 21, pg 4664, 2008), JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, volume 22, no. 19, pages 5273-5273, DOI:10.1175/2009JCLI3306.1. [PDF]
• Turner MR, Thuburn J, Gilbert AD. (2009) The influence of periodic islands in the flow on a scalar tracer in the presence of a steady source, Physics of Fluids, volume 21, no. 6, DOI:10.1063/1.3159615. [PDF]
• Thuburn J, Ringler TD, Skamarock WC, Klemp JB. (2009) Numerical representation of geostrophic modes on arbitrarily structured C-grids, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 228, no. 22, pages 8321-8335, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2009.08.006.
• Turner MR, Thuburn J, Gilbert AD. (2009) The influence of periodic islands in the flow field on a scalar tracer in the presence of a steady source, Phys. Fluids.

2008

• Thuburn J. (2008) A fully implicit, mass-conserving, semi-Lagrangian scheme for the f-plane shallow-water equations, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, volume 56, no. 8, pages 1047-1059, DOI:10.1002/fld.1697.
• Turner MR, Gilbert AD, Thuburn J. (2008) Effective diffusion of scalar fields in a chaotic flow, Phys. Fluids, volume 20, no. 10, pages 107103-1107103. [PDF]
• Holdaway D, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2008) On the relation between order of accuracy, convergence rate and spectral slope for linear numerical methods applied to multiscale problems, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, volume 56, no. 8, pages 1297-1303. [PDF]
• Thuburn J. (2008) Some conservation issues for the dynamical cores of NWP and climate models, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 227, no. 7, pages 3715-3730, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2006.08.016.
• Turner MR, Gilbert AD, Thuburn J. (2008) Effective diffusion of scalar fields in a chaotic flow, Phys. Fluids, volume 20, no. 10, pages 107103-1107103. [PDF]
• Thuburn J. (2008) Numerical wave propagation on the hexagonal C-grid, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 227, no. 11, pages 5836-5858, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2008.02.010.
• Holdaway D, Thuburn J, Wood N. (2008) "On the relation between order of accuracy, convergence rate and spectral slope for linear numerical methods applied to multiscale problems", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, volume 56, no. 8, pages 1297-1303. [PDF]
• Thuburn J, Baldwin M. (2008) Recent and future changes to the Quarterly Journal, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 134, no. 637, DOI:10.1002/qj.352.
• Pulido M, Thuburn J. (2008) The seasonal cycle of gravity wave drag in the middle atmosphere, Journal of Climate, volume 21, no. 18, pages 4664-4679, DOI:10.1175/2008JCLI2006.1.
• Turner MR, Gilbert AD, Thuburn J. (2008) Effective diffusion of scalar fields in a chaotic flow, Phys. Fluids, volume 20, no. 10, pages 107103-1107103. [PDF]

2007

• Thuburn J. (2007) Rossby wave dispersion on the C-grid, Atmospheric Science Letters, volume 8, no. 2, pages 37-42, DOI:10.1002/asl.148.

2006

• Pulido MA, Thuburn J. (2006) Gravity wave drag estimation from global analyses using variational data assimilation principles. II: Case study, volume 132, pages 1527-1543.
• Woollings TJ, Thuburn J. (2006) Entropy sources in a dynamical core atmospheric model, volume 132, pages 43-59.
• Tindall JC, Thuburn J, Highwood EJ. (2006) Equatorial waves in the lower stratosphere. 1: A novel detetection method, volume 132, pages 177-194.
• Tindall JC, Thuburn J, Highwood EJ. (2006) Equatorial waves in the lower stratosphere. 2: Annual and interrannual variability, volume 132, pages 195-212.
• Rutt IC, Thuburn J, Staniforth A. (2006) A variational method for orographic filtering in NWP and climate models, volume 132, pages 1795-1813.
• Thuburn J. (2006) Vertical discretizations giving optimal representation of normal modes: Sensitivity to the form of the pressure-gradient term, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 132, no. 621, pages 2809-2825, DOI:10.1256/qj.06.10.

2005

• Pulido, M.A.. (2005) Gravity wave drag estimation from global analyses using variational data assimilation principles. I: Theory and implementation, The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 131, no. 609, pages 1821-1840.
• Thuburn J, Woollings TJ. (2005) Vertical discretizations for compressible Euler equation atmospheric models giving optimal representation of normal modes, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 203, no. 2, pages 386-404, DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2004.08.018.
• Thuburn, J.. (2005) Climate sensitivities via a Fokker-Planck adjoint approach, The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 131, pages 73-92.

2004

• Thuburn J. (2004) General circulation model development: past, present, and future. David A. Randall (Ed.) San Diego, London: Academic Press. 2000, Atmospheric Science Letters, volume 2, no. 1‐4, pages 175-176, DOI:10.1006/asle.2002.0049.
• Thuburn J, Staniforth A. (2004) Conservation and linear Rossby-mode dispersion on the spherical C grid, Monthly Weather Review, volume 132, no. 2, pages 641-653, DOI:10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0641:CALRDO>2.0.CO;2.
• Kuepper C, Thuburn J, Craig GC, Birner T. (2004) Mass and water transport into the tropical stratosphere: A cloud-resolving simulation.

2003

• Thuburn J. (2003) NUMERICAL MODELS | Methods, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Elsevier, 1423-1428, DOI:10.1016/b0-12-227090-8/00246-3.
• Davies T, Staniforth A, Wood N, Thuburn J. (2003) Validity of anelastic and other equation sets as inferred from normal mode analysis, volume 129, pages 2761-2775. [PDF]

2002

• Thuburn J, Craig GC. (2002) On the temperature structure of the tropical substratosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, volume 107, no. 1-2, DOI:10.1029/2001jd000448.
• Thuburn J, Wood N, Staniforth A. (2002) Normal modes of deep atmospheres. I: Spherical geometry, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 128, no. 584, pages 1771-1792, DOI:10.1256/003590002320603403.
• Thuburn J, Wood N, Staniforth A. (2002) Normal modes of deep atmospheres. II: F - F-plane geometry, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 128, no. 584, pages 1793-1806, DOI:10.1256/003590002320603412.
• Thuburn J, Barry L, Craig GC. (2002) Poleward heat transport by the atmospheric heat engine, Nature, volume 415, no. 6873, pages 774-777, DOI:10.1038/415774a.
• Thuburn J, Staniforth A, Wood N. (2002) Normal modes of deep atmospheres I: Spherical geometry, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 128, no. 584, pages 1771-1792, DOI:10.1256/003590002320603403.
• Thuburn J, Craig GC. (2002) On the temperature structure of the tropical substratosphere, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, volume 107, no. D1-D2, article no. ARTN 4017, DOI:10.1029/2001JD000448. [PDF]
• Thuburn J, Staniforth A, Wood N. (2002) Normal modes of deep atmospheres II: f-F-plane geometry, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 128, no. 584, pages 1793-1806, DOI:10.1256/003590002320603412.

2001

• Thuburn J, Haine TWN. (2001) Nonoscillatory advection schemes with wellbehaved adjoints, Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, volume 61, pages 265-270, DOI:10.1007/978-94-010-0792-4_36.
• Thuburn J, Haine TWN. (2001) Adjoints of Nonoscillatory Advection Schemes, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 171, no. 2, pages 616-631, DOI:10.1006/jcph.2001.6799.

2000

• Barry L, Craig GC, Thuburn J. (2000) A GCM investigation into the nature of baroclinic adjustment, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, volume 57, no. 8, pages 1141-1155, DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1141:AGIITN>2.0.CO;2.
• Thuburn J. (2000) Use of simplified atmospheric models, NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM, volume 550, pages 105-118. [PDF]
• Thuburn J, Li Y. (2000) Numerical simulations of Rossby-Haurwitz waves, Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, volume 52, no. 2, pages 181-189, DOI:10.3402/tellusa.v52i2.12258.
• Thuburn J, Sutton RT. (2000) The seasonal cycle of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature in a coupled GCM, Climate Dynamics, volume 16, no. 12, pages 935-947, DOI:10.1007/s003820000089.
• Thuburn J, Craig GC. (2000) Stratospheric influence on tropopause height: The radiative constraint, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, volume 57, no. 1, pages 17-28, DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0017:SIOTHT>2.0.CO;2.

1999

• Thuburn J, Lagneau V. (1999) Eulerian mean, contour integral, and finite-amplitude wave activity diagnostics applied to a single-layer model of the winter stratosphere, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, volume 56, no. 5, pages 689-710, DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0689:EMCIAF>2.0.CO;2.
• Webster S, Thuburn J, Hoskins B, Rodwell M. (1999) Further development of a hybrid-isentropic GCM, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 125, no. 558, pages 2305-2331, DOI:10.1256/smsqj.55816.
• Norton WA, Thuburn J. (1999) Sensitivity of mesospheric mean flow, planetary waves, and tides to strength of gravity wave drag, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, volume 104, no. D24, pages 30897-30911, DOI:10.1029/1999JD900961.

1997

• Norton WA, Thuburn J. (1997) The Mesosphere in the Extended UGAMP GCM, Gravity Wave Processes, Springer Nature, 383-401, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-60654-0_26.
• Thuburn J. (1997) A parameterization of mixdown time for atmospheric chemicals, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, volume 102, no. D11, pages 13037-13049, DOI:10.1029/97JD00408.
• Thuburn J. (1997) A PV-based shallow-water model on a hexagonal-icosahedral grid, Monthly Weather Review, volume 125, no. 9, pages 2328-2347, DOI:10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2328:APBSWM>2.0.CO;2.
• Thuburn J, McIntyre ME. (1997) Numerical advection schemes, cross-isentropic random walks, and correlations between chemical species, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, volume 102, no. D6, pages 6775-6797, DOI:10.1029/96JD03514.
• Thuburn J, Tan DGH. (1997) A parameterization of mixdown time for atmospheric chemicals, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, volume 102, no. 11D, pages 13037-13049, DOI:10.1029/97JD00408. [PDF]
• Thuburn J. (1997) TVD schemes, positive schemes, and the universal limiter, Monthly Weather Review, volume 125, no. 8, pages 1990-1993, DOI:10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1990:TSPSAT>2.0.CO;2.
• Thuburn J, Craig GC. (1997) GCM tests of theories for the height of the tropopause, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, volume 54, no. 7, pages 869-882, DOI:10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0869:GTOTFT>2.0.CO;2.

1996

• Thuburn J, Haynes PH. (1996) Bounds on the growth rate and phase velocity of instabilities in non-divergent barotropic flow on a sphere: A semicircle theorem, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 122, no. 531, pages 779-787, DOI:10.1256/smsqj.53110.
• Thuburn J. (1996) Multidimensional flux-limited advection schemes, Journal of Computational Physics, volume 123, no. 1, pages 74-83, DOI:10.1006/jcph.1996.0006.
• Norton WA, Thuburn J. (1996) The two-day wave in a middle atmosphere GCM, Geophysical Research Letters, volume 23, no. 16, pages 2113-2116, DOI:10.1029/96GL01956.

1995

• THUBURN J. (1995) DISSIPATION AND CASCADES TO SMALL SCALES IN NUMERICAL-MODELS USING A SHAPE-PRESERVING ADVECTION SCHEME, MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, volume 123, no. 6, pages 1888-1903, DOI:10.1175/1520-0493(1995)123<1888:DACTSS>2.0.CO;2. [PDF]
• Thuburn J, Craig GC. (1995) GCM test of simple theories for tropopause height and static stability, TENTH CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC WAVES AND STABILITY, pages 198-199. [PDF]

1994

• SLINGO J, BLACKBURN M, BETTS A, BRUGGE R, HODGES K, HOSKINS B, MILLER M, STEENMANCLARK L, THUBURN J. (1994) MEAN CLIMATE AND TRANSIENCE IN THE TROPICS OF THE UGAMP GCM - SENSITIVITY TO CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, volume 120, no. 518, pages 881-922, DOI:10.1256/smsqj.51806. [PDF]

1993

• Gray LJ, Blackburn M, Chipperfield MP, Haigh JD, Jackson D, Shine KP, Thuburn J, Zhong W. (1993) First results from a 3-dimensional middle atmosphere model, Advances in Space Research, volume 13, no. 1, pages 363-372, DOI:10.1016/0273-1177(93)90038-D.
• GRAY LJ, BLACKBURN M, CHIPPERFIELD MP, HAIGH JD, JACKSON D, SHINE KP, THUBURN J, ZHONG W. (1993) 1ST RESULTS FROM A 3-DIMENSIONAL MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL, ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, volume 13, no. 1, pages 363-372, DOI:10.1016/0273-1177(93)90038-D. [PDF]
• Thuburn J. (1993) Baroclinic‐wave life cycles, climate simulations and cross‐isentrope mass flow in a hybird isentropic coordinate GCM, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 119, no. 511, pages 489-508, DOI:10.1002/qj.49711951108.
• Thuburn J. (1993) Use of a flux‐limited scheme for vertical advection in a GCM, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 119, no. 511, pages 469-487, DOI:10.1002/qj.49711951107.

1992

• GRAY LJ, BLACKBURN M, CHIPPERFIELD MP, HAIGH JD, JACKSON D, SHINE KP, THUBURN J, ZHONG W. (1992) 1ST RESULTS FROM A 3-DIMENSIONAL MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE MODEL, MIDDLE AND UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESULTS, volume 13, pages 363-372. [PDF]
• Zhengxin Zhu, Thuburn J, Hoskins BJ, Haynes PH. (1992) A vertical finite-difference scheme based on a hybrid σ-θ-p coordinate, Monthly Weather Review, volume 120, no. 5, pages 851-862, DOI:10.1175/1520-0493(1992)120<0851:avfdsb>2.0.co;2.

1991

• Thuburn J. (1991) Data sampling strategies for general circulation models, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 117, no. 498, pages 385-397, DOI:10.1002/qj.49711749807.

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