Published Articles
2025
J. Aubert, M. Landeau, A. Fournier, T. Gastine, Core-surface kinematic control of polarity reversals in advanced geodynamo simulations, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 360, 107365, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107365
L. Jouve, C. P. Hung, A. S. Brun, S. Hazra, A. Fournier, O. Talagrand, B. Perri, A. Strugarek, Forecasting the solar cycle using variational data assimilation: Validation on cycles 22 to 25, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 699, A30, 2025. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202453431
2024
S. Cabanes, T. Gastine, A. Fournier, Zonostrophic turbulence in the subsurface oceans of the Jovian and Saturnian moons, Icarus, 430, 116047, 2024. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116047
T. Tassin, T. Gastine, A. Fournier, Fingering convection in a spherical shell, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 988, A18, 2024. doi:10.1017/jfm.2024.422
2023
A. Folch, C. Abril, M. Afanasiev, G. Amati, M. Bader, R. M. Badia, H. B. Bayraktar, S. Barsotti, R. Basili, F. Bernardi, C. Boehm, B. Brizuela, F. Brogi, E. Cabrera, E. Casarotti, M. J. Castro, M. Cerminara, A. Cirella, A. Cheptsov, J. Conejero, A. Costa, M. de la Asunción, J. de la Puente, M. Djuric, R. Dorozhinskii, G. Espinosa, T. Esposti-Ongaro, J. Farnós, N. Favretto-Cristini, A. Fichtner, A. Fournier, A.-A. Gabriel, J.-M. Gallard, S.-J. Gibbons, S. Glimsdal, J. M. González-Vida, J. Gracia, R. Gregorio, N. Gutierrez, B. Halldorsson, O. Hamitou, G. Houzeaux, S. Jaure, M. Kessar, L. Krenz, L. Krischer, S. Laforet, P. Lanucara, Bo Li, M. C. Lorenzino, S. Lorito, F. Løvholt, G. Macedonio, J. Macías, G. Marín, B. Martínez Montesinos, L. Mingari, G. Moguilny, V. Montellier, M. Monterrubio-Velasco, G.-E. Moulard, M. Nagaso, M. Nazaria, C. Niethammer, F. Pardini, M. Pienkowska, L. Pizzimenti, N. Poiata, L. Rannabauer, O. Rojas, J. E. Rodriguez, F. Romano, O. Rudyy, V. Ruggiero, P. Samfass, C. Sánchez-Linares, S. Sanchez, L. Sandri, A. Scala, N. Schaeffer, J. Schuchart, J. Selva, A. Sergeant, A. Stallone, M. Taroni, S. Thrastarson, M. Titos, N. Tonello, R. Tonini, T. Ulrich, J.-P. Vilotte, M. Vöge, M. Volpe, S. A. Wirp, U. Wössner, The EU Center of Excellence for Exascale in Solid Earth (ChEESE): Implementation, results, and roadmap for the second phase, Future Generation Computer Systems, 146, 47-61, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.future.2023.04.006
2022
V. Gopinath, T. Gastine, A. Fournier, An assessment of implicit-explicit time integrators for the pseudo-spectral approximation of Boussinesq thermal convection in an annulus, Journal of Computational Physics, 460, 110965, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2022.110965
M. Landeau, A. Fournier, H.-C. Nataf, D. Cébron, N. Schaeffer, Sustaining Earth's magnetic dynamo, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3, 255-269, 2022. doi:10.1038/s43017-022-00264-1
K. Gwirtz, T. Davis, M. Morzfeld, C. Constable, A. Fournier et al., Can machine learning reveal precursors of reversals of the geomagnetic axial dipole field?, Geophysical Journal International, 231(1), 520-535, 2022. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac195
J. Aubert, P. W. Livermore, C. C. Finlay, A. Fournier, N. Gillet, A taxonomy of simulated geomagnetic jerks, Geophysical Journal International, 231(1), 650-672, 2022. doi:10.1093/gji/ggac212
2021
Y. Gallet, A. Fournier, P. W. Livermore, Tracing the geomagnetic field intensity variations in Upper Mesopotamia during the Pottery Neolithic to improve ceramic-based chronologies, Journal of Archaeological Science, 132, 105430, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2021.105430
A. Fournier, J. Aubert, V. Lesur, G. Ropp, A secular variation candidate model for IGRF-13 based on Swarm data and ensemble inverse geodynamo modelling, Earth Planets and Space, 73(1), 43, 2021. doi:10.1186/s40623-020-01309-9
M. Troyano, Y. Gallet, A. Genevey, V. Pavlov, A. Fournier et al., Analyzing the geomagnetic axial dipole field moment over the historical period from new archeointensity results at Bukhara (Uzbekistan, Central Asia), Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 310, 106633, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106633
K. Gwirtz, M. Morzfeld, A. Fournier, G. Hulot, Can one use Earth's magnetic axial dipole field intensity to predict reversals?, Geophysical Journal International, 225, 277-297, 2021. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa542
P. Alken, E. Thébault, C. D. Beggan, J. Aubert, J. Baerenzung et al., Evaluation of candidate models for the 13th generation International Geomagnetic Reference Field, Earth Planets and Space, 73, 1281-1293, 2021. doi:10.1186/s40623-020-01281-4
P. Alken, E. Thébault, C. D. Beggan, H. Amit, J. Aubert et al., International geomagnetic reference field: the thirteenth generation, Earth Planets and Space, 73, 49, 2021. doi:10.1186/s40623-020-01288-x
T. Tassin, T. Gastine, A. Fournier, Geomagnetic semblance and dipolar–multipolar transition in top-heavy double-diffusive geodynamo models, Geophysical Journal International, 226(3), 1897-1919, 2021. doi:10.1093/gji/ggab161
P. W. Livermore, Y. Gallet, A. Fournier, Archeomagnetic intensity variations during the era of geomagnetic spikes in the Levant, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 312, 106657, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2021.106657
A. Genevey, Y. Gallet, E. Thébault, P. W. Livermore, A. Fournier et al., Archeomagnetic intensity investigations of French medieval ceramic workshops: Contribution to regional field modeling and archeointensity-based dating, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 318, 106750, 2021. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2021.106750
A. Fournier, J. Aubert, V. Lesur, E. Thébault, Physics-based secular variation candidate models for the IGRF, Earth Planets and Space, 73(1), 2021. doi:10.1186/s40623-021-01507-z
2020
T. Gastine, J. Aubert, A. Fournier, Dynamo-based limit to the extent of a stable layer atop Earth's core, Geophysical Journal International, 222(2), 1433-1448, 2020. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa250
M. Troyano, A. Fournier, Y. Gallet, C. Finlay, Imprint of magnetic flux expulsion at the core-mantle boundary on geomagnetic field intensity variations, Geophysical Journal International, 221(3), 1984-2009, 2020. doi:10.1093/gji/ggaa126
Y. Gallet, M. Fortin, A. Fournier, M. Le Goff, P. Livermore, Analysis of geomagnetic field intensity variations in Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC with archeological implications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 537, 116183, 2020. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116183
T. Franken, J. J. Armitage, N. Fuji, A. Fournier, Seismic Wave-Based Constraints on Geodynamical Processes: An Application to Partial Melting Beneath the Réunion Island, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, 2020. doi:10.1029/2019GC008815
2019
S. Bourdarie, A. Fournier, A. Sicard, G. Hulot, J. Aubert et al., Impact of the Earth's magnetic field secular drift on the low altitude proton radiation belt from years 1900 to 2050, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2019. doi:10.1109/TNS.2019.2897378
A. Genevey, C. Principe, Y. Gallet, G. Clemente, M. Le Goff et al., Refining the high-fidelity archaeointensity curve for western Europe over the past millennium: analysis of Tuscan architectural bricks (Italy), The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 497(1), 73-88, 2019. doi:10.1144/SP497-2019-74
2018
M. Bocher, A. Fournier, N. Coltice, Ensemble Kalman filter for the reconstruction of the Earth's mantle circulation, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 25(1), 99-123, 2018. doi:10.5194/npg-25-99-2018
P. W. Livermore, A. Fournier, Y. Gallet, T. Bodin, Transdimensional inference of archeomagnetic intensity change, Geophysical Journal International, 215(3), 2008-2034, 2018. doi:10.1093/gji/ggy383
2017
M. Morzfeld, A. Fournier, G. Hulot, Coarse predictions of dipole reversals by low-dimensional modeling and data assimilation, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 262, 8-27, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2016.10.007
J. Aubert, T. Gastine, A. Fournier, Spherical convective dynamos in the rapidly rotating asymptotic regime, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 813, 558-593, 2017. doi:10.1017/jfm.2016.789
M. Bouffard, S. Labrosse, G. Choblet, A. Fournier, J. Aubert, P. Tackley, A particle-in-cell method for studying double-diffusive convection in the liquid layers of planetary interiors, Journal of Computational Physics, 346, 552-571, 2017. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.028
N. Schaeffer, D. Jault, H.-C. Nataf, A. Fournier, Turbulent geodynamo simulations: a leap towards Earth's core, Geophysical Journal International, 2017. doi:10.1093/gji/ggx265
C. P. Hung, A. S. Brun, A. Fournier, L. Jouve, O. Talagrand et al., Variational Estimation of the Large-scale Time-dependent Meridional Circulation in the Sun: Proofs of Concept with a Solar Mean Field Dynamo Model, The Astrophysical Journal, 849(2), 160, 2017. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa91d1
2016
C. Bouligand, N. Gillet, D. Jault, N. Schaeffer, A. Fournier, J. Aubert, Frequency spectrum of the geomagnetic field harmonic coefficients from dynamo simulations, Geophysical Journal International, 207, 1142-1157, 2016. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw326
S. Sanchez, A. Fournier, J. Aubert, E. Cosme, Y. Gallet, Modelling the archaeomagnetic field under spatial constraints from dynamo simulations: a resolution analysis, Geophysical Journal International, 207(2), 983-1002, 2016. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw316
J.-P. Valet, A. Fournier, Deciphering records of geomagnetic reversals, Reviews of Geophysics, 2016. doi:10.1002/2015RG000506
G. Pichon, J. Aubert, A. Fournier, Coupled dynamics of Earth's geomagnetic westward drift and inner core super-rotation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 437, 114-126, 2016. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.01.004
2015
A. Fournier, Y. Gallet, I. Usoskin, P. W. Livermore, G. A. Kovaltsov, The impact of geomagnetic spikes on the production rates of cosmogenic 14C and 10Be in the Earth's atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(8), 2759-2766, 2015. doi:10.1002/2015GL063461
C. P. Hung, L. Jouve, A. S. Brun, A. Fournier, O. Talagrand, Estimating the Deep Solar Meridional Circulation Using Magnetic Observations and a Dynamo Model: A Variational Approach, The Astrophysical Journal, 814, 2015. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/151
E. Thébault, C. C. Finlay, C. D. Beggan, P. Alken, J. J. Aubert et al., International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the 12th generation, Earth Planets and Space, 67, 79, 2015. doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0228-9
A. Fournier, J. Aubert, E. Thébault, A candidate secular variation model for IGRF-12 based on Swarm data and inverse geodynamo modelling, Earth Planets and Space, 67, 81, 2015. doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0245-8
M. Bocher, N. Coltice, A. Fournier, P. J. Tackley, A sequential data assimilation approach for the joint reconstruction of mantle convection and surface tectonics, Geophysical Journal International, 204(1), 200-214, 2015. doi:10.1093/gji/ggv427
Earlier Publications (2004-2014)
Selected Key Publications
J. Aubert, C. C. Finlay, A. Fournier, Bottom-up control of geomagnetic secular variation by the Earth's inner core, Nature, 502, 219-223, 2013. doi:10.1038/nature12574
A. Fournier, L. Nerger, J. Aubert, An ensemble Kalman filter for the time-dependent analysis of the geomagnetic field, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(10), 4035-4043, 2013. doi:10.1002/ggge.20252
N. Gillet, D. Jault, E. Canet, A. Fournier, Fast torsional waves and strong magnetic field within the Earth's core, Nature, 465, 74-77, 2010. doi:10.1038/NATURE09010
A. Fournier, G. Hulot, D. Jault, W. Kuang, A. Tangborn et al., An Introduction to Data Assimilation and Predictability in Geomagnetism, Space Science Reviews, 155(1-4), 247-291, 2010. doi:10.1007/S11214-010-9669-4
T. Nissen-Meyer, A. Fournier, F. A. Dahlen, A 2-D spectral-element method for computing spherical-earth seismograms—II. Waves in solid–fluid media, Geophysical Journal International, 174(3), 873-888, 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03813.x
A. Fournier, H. P. Bunge, R. Hollerbach, J. P. Vilotte, A Fourier-spectral element algorithm for thermal convection in rotating axisymmetric containers, Journal of Computational Physics, 204(2), 462-489, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2004.10.020
A. Fournier, H.-P. Bunge, R. Hollerbach, J.-P. Vilotte, Application of the spectral-element method to the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equation, Geophysical Journal International, 156, 682-700, 2004. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02149.x
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