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Aubert, J.: Rapid geomagnetic variations and stable stratification at the top of Earth’s core, Phys. Earth. Planet. Int., 362, 107335, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107335

Rogers, H. F., Gillet, N., Aubert, J., Personnettaz, P., Mandea, M.: Effects of geodynamo priors and geomagnetic data on inverted core surface flows, Phys. Earth. Planet. Int., 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107323

Gillet, N., Dall’Asta, F., Amblard, P.-O., Claveau, R., Aubert, J.: Waves in Earth's core and geomagnetic field forecast, Phys. Earth. Planet. Int. 357, 107284, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107284

Thomas, B., Samuel, H., Farnetani, C., Aubert, J., Chauvel, C.: The Influence of Rotation on the Preservation of Heterogeneities in Magma Oceans, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 25, e2024GC011891, 2024, doi: 10. 1029/2024GC011891

Barrois, O., Aubert, J.: Characterization of hydromagnetic waves propagating over a steady, non-axisymmetric background magnetic field, Proc. R. Soc. A. 480: 20240067, 2024, doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0067

Thomas B., Samuel H., Farnetani C.G., Aubert J., Chauvel C., Mixing time of heterogeneities in a buoyancy-dominated magma ocean, Geophys. J. Int. 236, 2023, 764-777, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad452

Firsov, I., Jault, D., Gillet, N., Aubert, J, Mandea M.: Radial shear in the flow at the Earth’s core surface, Geophys. J. Int., 235, 2023, 2524–2539, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad376

Aubert, J.: State and evolution of the geodynamo from numerical models reaching the physical conditions of Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int. 235, 468-487, 2023, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad229

Finlay, C.C., Gillet, N., Aubert, J., Livermore, P. and Jault, D.: Gyres, jets and waves in the Earth’s core, Nature Rev. Earth. Environ. 4, 377–392, 2023, doi: 10.1038/s43017-023-00425-w

Aubert, J., Livermore, P., Finlay, C., Fournier, A. and Gillet, N.: A taxonomy of simulated geomagnetic jerks, Geophys. J. Int. 231, 650-672, 2022, doi:10.1093/gji/ggac212

Gillet, N., Gerick, F., Jault, D., Schwaiger, T., Aubert, J., Istas, M.: Satellite magnetic data reveal interannual waves in Earth’s core, PNAS 119, e2115258119, 2022, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2115258119

Davies, C. J., Bono, R. K., Meduri, D., Aubert, J., Greenwood, S., Biggin, A. J.: Dynamo constraints on the long-term evolution of Earth’s magnetic field strength, Geophys. J. Int. 228, 316-336, 2022, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab342

Fournier, A., Aubert, J., Lesur, V. and Thébault, E.: Physics-based secular variation candidate models for the IGRF, Earth Planets Space 73, 190, 2021, doi: 10.1186/s40623-021-01507-z

Aubert, J., Gillet, N.: The interplay of fast waves and slow convection in geodynamo simulations nearing Earth's core conditions, Geophys. J. Int. 225, 1854–1873, 2021, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggab054

Alken, P et al.:  International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the thirteenth generation, Earth Planets Space 73, 49, 2021. doi: 10.1186/s40623-020-01288-x

Alken, P. et al.: Evaluation of candidate models for the 13th generation International Geomagnetic Reference Field, Earth Planets Space 73, 48, 2021. doi: 10.1186/s40623-020-01281-4

Fournier, A., Aubert, J., Lesur, V., Ropp, G.:  A secular variation candidate model for IGRF-13 based on Swarm data and ensemble inverse geodynamo modelling, Earth Planets Space 73, 43, 2021. doi: 10.1186/s40623-020-01309-9

Schwaiger, T., Gastine, T. and Aubert, J.: Relating force balances and flow length scales in geodynamo simulations, Geophys. J. Int. 224, 1890-1904, 2021, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa545.

Aubert, J.: Recent geomagnetic variations and the force balance in Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int. 221, 378-393, 2020, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa007.

Gastine, T., Aubert, J., Fournier, A.: Dynamo-based limit to the extent of a stable layer atop Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int. 222, 1433–1448, 2020, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa250.

Schwaiger, T., Gastine, T., Aubert, J.: Force balance in numerical geodynamo simulations: a systematic study, Geophys. J. Int 219 S1, S101-S114, 2019, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz192.

Aubert, J.: Approaching Earth’s core conditions in high resolution geodynamo simulations, Geophysical Journal International 219 S1, S137-S151, 2019, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz232.

Gillet, N., Huder, L., Aubert, J.: A reduced stochastic model of core surface dynamics based on geodynamo simulations, Geophys. J. Int. 219, 522-539, 2019, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggz313

Aubert, J. and Finlay, C.C.: Geomagnetic jerks and rapid hydromagnetic waves focusing at Earth’s core surface, Nature Geoscience 12, 393-398, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0355-1

Bourdarie, S., Fournier, A., Sicard, A., Hulot, G., Aubert, J., Standarovski, D., Ecoffet, R.: Impact of the Earth’s magnetic field secular drift on the low altitude proton radiation belt from years 1900 to 2050, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 2019, doi: 10.1109/TNS.2019.2897378

Badro, J., Aubert, J., Hirose, K., Nomura, R., Blanchard, I, Borensztajn S., Siebert, J.: Magnesium Partitioning Between Earth’s Mantle and Core and its Potential to Drive an Early Exsolution Geodynamo, Geophys. Res. Lett. 45, 2018, doi: 10.1029/2018GL080405.

Aubert, J.: Geomagnetic acceleration and rapid hydromagnetic wave dynamics in advanced numerical simulations of the geodynamo, Geophys. J. Int. 214, 531-547, 2018, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy161.

Barrois, O., Gillet, N., Aubert, J.: Contributions to the geomagnetic secular variation from a reanalysis of core surface dynamics, Geophys. J. Int. 211, 50-68, 2017, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx280. 

Bouffard, M., Labrosse, S., Choblet, G., Fournier, A., Aubert, J., Tackley, P.: A particle-in-cell method for studying double-diffusive convection in the liquid layers of planetary interiors, J. Comp. Phys. 346, 552-571, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.028.

Landeau, M., Aubert, J. and Olson, P.: The signature of inner-core nucleation on the geodynamo, Earth. Plan. Sci. Lett 465, 193-204, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.004.

Aubert, J., Gastine, T., and Fournier, A.: Spherical convective dynamos in the rapidly rotating asymptotic regime, J. Fluid. Mech. 813, 558-593, 2017, doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.789

Gastine, T., Wicht, J. and Aubert, J.: Scaling regimes in spherical shell rotating convection, J. Fluid. Mech. 808, 690-732, 2016, doi: doi:10.1017/jfm.2016.659 

Bouligand, C., Gillet N., Jault D., Schaeffer N., Fournier A. and Aubert, J.: Frequency spectrum of the geomagnetic field harmonic coefficients from dynamo simulations, Geophys. J. Int. 207, 1142-1157, 2016, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw326 

Sanchez, S., Fournier, A., Aubert, J., Cosme, E. and Gallet, Y.: Modelling the archaeomagnetic field under spatial constraints from dynamo simulations: a resolution analysis, Geophys. J. Int. 207, 983-1002, 2016, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggw316.

Matsui, H. et al: Performance benchmarks for a next-generation numerical dynamo model, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 2016, doi: 10.1002/2015GC006159.

Finlay, C., Aubert, J. and Gillet, N.: Gyre-driven decay of Earth’s magnetic dipole, Nature Communications 7, 10422, 2016, doi: 10.1038/ncomms10422.

Pichon, G., Aubert, J. and Fournier, A.: Coupled dynamics of Earth’s geomagnetic westward drift and inner core super-rotation, Earth. Plan. Sci. Lett. 437, 114-126, 2016, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.004

Aubert, J.: Geomagnetic forecasts driven by thermal wind dynamics in Earth’s core, Geophys. J. Int. 203, 1738-1751, 2015, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv394 

Aubert, J.: Ancient planetary dynamos, take two, Science 349, 475-476, 2015, doi: 10.1126/science.aac6224 

Fournier, A., Aubert, J. and Thébault, E.: A candidate secular variation model for IGRF-12 based on Swarm data and inverse geodynamo modelling, Earth, Planets, Space 67, 81, 2015, doi: 10.1186/s40623-015-0245-8

Thébault, E., and al.: International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the 12th generation. Earth, Planets, Space 67, 79, 2015, doi: 10.1186/s40623-015-0228-9 

Laneuville, M., Wieczorek, M., Breuer, D., Aubert, J., Morard, G., and Rückriemen, T.: A long-lived lunar dynamo powered by core crystallization, Earth. Plan. Sci. Lett. 401, 251-260, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.057

Sanchez, S., Fournier, A., Pinheiro, K. and Aubert, J.: A mean-field Babcock-Leighton solar dynamo model with long-term variability, Anais Acad. Bras. 86, 11-26, 2014, doi: 10.1590/0001-37652014111

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Aubert, J.: Earth’s core internal dynamics 1840-2010 imaged by inverse geodynamo modelling, Geophys. J. Int. 197, 1321-1334, 2014, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu064. Please see also this erratum.

Marti, P. et al.: Full-sphere hydrodynamic and dynamo benchmarks. Geophys. J. Int 197, 119-134, 2014, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt518

Sanchez, S., Fournier, A. and Aubert, J.: The predictability of advection-dominated flux-transport solar dynamo model, Astrophys. J. 781(8), 2014. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/781/1/8 

Aubert, J., Finlay, C., Fournier, F.: Bottom-up control of geomagnetic secular variation by the Earth’s inner core, Nature 502, 219-223, 2013, doi: 10.1038/nature12574

Fournier, A., Nerger, L., Aubert, J.: An ensemble Kalman filter for the time-dependent analysis of the geomagnetic field, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 14, 2013, doi: 10.1002/ggge20252

Aubert, J.: Flow throughout the Earth's core inverted from geomagnetic observations and numerical dynamo models, Geophys. J. Int. 192, 537-556, 2013, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggs051 

Biggin, A. J., Steinberger, B., Aubert, J., Suttie, N., Holme, R., Torsvik, T.H., van der Meer, D. G., van Hinsbergen, D. J. J.: Possible links between long-term geomagnetic variations and whole-mantle convection processes , Nature Geoscience 5(8), 526-533, 2012, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1521 

Amit, Korte, Aubert, Constable, Hulot: The time-dependence of intense archeomagnetic flux patches, J. Geophys. Res. 116, B12106, 2011, doi:10.1029/2011JB008538 

Aubert, Fournier: Inferring internal properties of Earth's core dynamics and their evolution from surface observations and a numerical geodynamo model, Nonlinear Proc. Geoph. 18, 657-674, 2011, doi:10.5194/npg-18-657-2011 

Aurnou, Aubert: End-member models of boundary-modulated convective dynamos, Phys. Earth. Planet. Int. 187, 355-363, 2011, 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.05.011 

Lhuillier, Aubert, Hulot: Earth's dynamo limit of predictability controlled by magnetic dissipation, Geophys. J. Int. 186, 492-508, 2011, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05081.x 

Fournier, Aubert, Thébault: Inference on core surface flow from observations and 3-D dynamo modelling, Geophys. J. Int. 186, 118-136, 2011, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05037.x 

Lhuillier, Fournier, Hulot, Aubert: The geomagnetic secular variation timescale in observations and numerical dynamo models, Geophys. Res. Lett. 38, L09306, doi:10.1029/2011GL047356, 2011 

Landeau, Aubert: Equatorially asymmetric convection inducing a hemispherical magnetic field in rotating spheres and implications for the past martian dynamo, Phys. Earth. Plan. Int. 185, 61-73, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.01.004, 2011 

Aubert, Dumberry: Steady and fluctuating inner core rotation in numerical geodynamo models, Geophys. J. Int. 184, 162-170, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04842.x, , 2011 

Aubert, Johnson, Tarduno: Observations and Models of the Long-Term Evolution of Earth's Magnetic Field , Space Science Reviews, 155, 337-370, 2010, doi: 10.1007/s11214-010-9684-5 

Fournier et al. : An Introduction to Data Assimilation and Predictability in Geomagnetism , Space Science Reviews, 155, 247-291, 2010, doi: 10.1007/s11214-010-9669-4 

Amit, Aubert, Hulot : Stationary, oscillating or drifting mantle-driven geomagnetic flux patches? , J. Geophys. Res., 115, B07108, doi:10.1029/2009JB006542, 2010. 

Christensen, Aubert, Hulot: Conditions for Earth-like geodynamo models, Earth. Plan. Sci. Lett. 296, 487-496, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.009 

Hulot, Lhuillier, Aubert: Earth's dynamo limit of predictability, Geophys. Res. Lett 37, doi:10.1029/2009GL041869, 2010.

Aubert, Labrosse, Poitou: Modelling the paleo-evolution of the geodynamo, Geophys. J. Int 179, 1414-1428, 2009, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04361.x 

Amit, Aubert, Hulot, Olson: A simple model for mantle-driven flow at the top of Earth's core, Earth, Planets, Space 60, pp 845-854, 2008.

Aubert, Amit, Hulot, Olson: Thermochemical flows couple the Earth's inner core growth to mantle heterogeneity, Nature 454, 758-761, 2008, doi:10.1038/nature07109 

Aubert, Aurnou, Wicht: The magnetic structure of convection-driven numerical dynamos, Geophys. J. Int. 172, 945-956, 2008, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03693.x.

Aubert, Amit, Hulot: Detecting thermal boundary control in surface flows from numerical dynamos, Phys. Earth. Plan. Int. 160, 143-156, 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.11.003

Christensen, Aubert: Scaling properties of convection-driven dynamos in rotating spherical shells and application to planetary magnetic fields, Geophys. J. Int. 166, 97-114, 2006, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03009.x 

Aubert: Steady zonal flows in spherical shell fluid dynamos, J. Fluid. Mech. 542, 53-67, 2005. 

Aubert, Wicht: Axial versus equatorial dipolar dynamo models with implications for planetary magnetic fields, Earth. Plan. Sci. Lett. 221, 409-419, 2004. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00102-5 

Jung, Storey, Aubert, Swinney: Nonextensive statistical mechanics for a forced quasi-two-dimensional flow Physica D. 193, 252-264, 2004. 

Aubert, Cardin, Gillet: Quasigeostrophic models of convection in rotating spherical shells, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4(7), 1052, doi :10.1029/2002GC000456, 2003. 

Jung, Storey, Aubert, Swinney: Nonextensive model for turbulent flow in a rapidly rotating annulus, in Reynolds Number Scaling in Turbulent Flow, edited by A.J. Smits (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht), 137-140, 2003. 

Aubert, Jung, Swinney: Observations of zonal flow created by potential vorticity mixing in a rotating fluid, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(18), 1876, doi :10.1029/ 2002GL015422, 2002.

Christensen et al.: A numerical dynamo benchmark, Phys. Earth. Plan. Int. 128, pp 51-74, 2001.

Aubert, Brito, Nataf, Cardin, Masson: A systematic experimental study of rapidly rotating spherical convection in water and liquid gallium, Phys. Earth Plan. Int. 128, pp 51-74, 2001. 

Brito, Nataf, Cardin , Masson, Aubert: Ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry in liquid gallium, Exp. Fluids. 31, pp 653-663, 2001.

Theses

Aubert: Habilitation Thesis manuscript (in French), university Denis Diderot, Paris, France, 2009. 

Aubert: PhD. Thesis manuscript (in French), university Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 2001.