Olivier Thual

2.9k total citations
61 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Olivier Thual is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Thual has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 17 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Olivier Thual's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (15 papers). Olivier Thual is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (17 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (15 papers). Olivier Thual collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Morocco. Olivier Thual's co-authors include S. Fauve, U. Frisch, James C. McWilliams, Stéphane Douady, M. Hénon, Laurent Terray, P. Delécluse, Sophie Ricci, Peter R. Gent and M. K. Davey and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Thual

57 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers

Olivier Thual
Jeffrey B. Weiss United States
Daniel P. Lathrop United States
F. H. Busse Germany
George Veronis United States
Steven M. Tobias United Kingdom
A. D. D. Craik United Kingdom
C. Laroche France
Y. Gagne France
Jeffrey B. Weiss United States
Olivier Thual
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Countries citing papers authored by Olivier Thual

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olivier Thual

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olivier Thual

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Olivier Thual. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Olivier Thual based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Olivier Thual. Olivier Thual is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pannekoucke, Olivier, et al.. (2021). Producing realistic climate data with generative adversarial networks. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 28(3). 347–370. 20 indexed citations
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Thual, Sulian, Boris Dewitte, Nadia Ayoub, & Olivier Thual. (2013). An Asymptotic Expansion for the Recharge–Discharge Model of ENSO. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 43(7). 1407–1416. 7 indexed citations
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Ricci, Sophie, et al.. (2013). Benefits and limitations of data assimilation for discharge forecasting using an event-based rainfall–runoff model. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 13(3). 583–596. 23 indexed citations
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Ricci, S., et al.. (2012). Correcting the radar rainfall forcing of a hydrological model with data assimilation: application to flood forecasting in the Lez catchment in Southern France. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(11). 4247–4264. 10 indexed citations
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Thual, Sulian, Olivier Thual, & Boris Dewitte. (2012). Absolute or convective instability in the equatorial Pacific and implications for ENSO. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 139(672). 600–606. 5 indexed citations
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Ricci, Sophie, et al.. (2011). Towards real-time flood forecasting in hydraulics: merits of in situ discharge and water level data assimilation for the modeling of the Marne catchment in France. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Ricci, Sophie, et al.. (2011). Correction of upstream flow and hydraulic state with data assimilation in the context of flood forecasting. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(11). 3555–3575. 46 indexed citations
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Thual, Olivier, et al.. (2010). Linear stability of the 1D Saint-Venant equations and drag parameterizations. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 48(3). 348–353. 8 indexed citations
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Thual, Olivier & Laurent Lacaze. (2009). Fluid boundary of a viscoplastic Bingham flow for finite solid deformations. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. 165(3-4). 84–87. 4 indexed citations
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Buis, Samuel, et al.. (2003). PALM : A dynamic parallel coupler for Data Assimilation. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 5476. 2 indexed citations
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Thual, Olivier, et al.. (2002). Direct numerical simulation of turbulence–mean field interactions in a stably stratified fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 455. 213–242. 3 indexed citations
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Piacentini, Andrea, et al.. (2001). A new representation of data‐assimilation methods: The PALM flow‐charting approach. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 127(571). 189–207. 31 indexed citations
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Thual, Olivier, et al.. (2000). Wave/wave interaction producing horizontal mean flows in stably stratified fluids. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 31(1-4). 193–207. 5 indexed citations
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Guilyardi, Éric, Gurvan Madec, Laurent Terray, et al.. (1995). Simulation couplée océan-atmosphère de la variabilité du climat. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Terray, Laurent, et al.. (1995). Climatology and interannual variability simulated by the ARPEGE-OPA coupled model. Climate Dynamics. 11(8). 487–505. 30 indexed citations
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Thual, Olivier. (1992). Zero-Prandtl-number convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 240. 229–258. 65 indexed citations
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Fauve, S., Stéphane Douady, & Olivier Thual. (1991). Drift instabilities of cellular patterns. Journal de Physique II. 1(3). 311–322. 43 indexed citations
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Meneguzzi, M., Catherine Sulem, P. L. Sulem, & Olivier Thual. (1987). Three-dimensional numerical simulation of convection in low-Prandtl-number fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 182. 169–191. 44 indexed citations
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Frisch, U., et al.. (1986). Viscoelastic behaviour of cellular solutions to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky model. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 168. 221–240. 120 indexed citations
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Arnéodo, A. & Olivier Thual. (1985). Direct numerical simulations of a triple convection problem versus normal form predictions. Physics Letters A. 109(8). 367–373. 16 indexed citations

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