Boljka, L., Shepherd, T. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-9968 and Blackburn, M. (2018) On the coupling between barotropic and baroclinic modes of extratropical atmospheric variability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (6). pp. 1853-1871. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0370.1

De Leeuw, J., Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 and Blackburn, M. (2017) Physical factors influencing regional precipitation variability attributed using an airmass trajectory method. Journal of Climate, 30 (18). pp. 7359-7378. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0547.1

de Leeuw, J., Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 and Blackburn, M. (2016) Variability and trends in England and Wales precipitation. International Journal of Climatology, 36 (8). pp. 2823-2836. ISSN 0899-8418 doi: 10.1002/joc.4521

de Leeuw, J., Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 and Blackburn, M. (2015) Evaluation of ERA-Interim reanalysis precipitation products using England and Wales observations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (688). pp. 798-806. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.2395

Blackburn, M., Williamson, D. L., Nakajima, K., Ohfuchi, W., Takahashi, Y. O., Hayashi, Y.-Y., Nakamura, H., Ishiwatari, M., McGregor, J. L., Borth, H., Wirth, V., Frank, H., Bechtold, P., Wedi, N. P., Tomita, H., Satoh, M., Zhao, M., Held, I. M., Suarez, M. J., Lee, M.-I., Watanabe, M., Kimoto, M., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Molod, A., Rajendran, K., Kitoh, A. and Stratton, R. (2013) The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): CONTROL SST Simulation. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 91A. pp. 17-56. ISSN 2186-9057 doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-A02

Williamson, D. L., Blackburn, M., Nakajima, K., Ohfuchi, W., Takahashi, Y. O., Hayashi, Y.-Y., Nakamura, H., Ishiwatari, M., McGregor, J. L., Borth, H., Wirth, V., Frank, H., Bechtold, P., Wedi, N. P., Tomita, H., Satoh, M., Zhao, M., Held, I. M., Suarez, M. J., Lee, M.-I., Watanabe, M., Kimoto, M., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Molod, A., Rajendran, K., Kitoh, A. and Stratton, R. (2013) The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): Response to changed meridional SST profile. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 91A. pp. 57-89. ISSN 0026-1165 doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-A03

Blackburn, M. and Hoskins, B. J. (2013) Context and aims of the Aqua-Planet Experiment. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 91A. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2186-9057 doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-A01

Williamson, D. L., Blackburn, M., Hoskins, B. J., Nakajima, K., Ohfuchi, W., Takahashi, Y. O., Hayashi, Y.-Y., Nakamura, H., Ishiwatari, M., McGregor, J. L., Borth, H., Wirth, V., Frank, H., Bechtold, P., Wedi, N. P., Tomita, H., Satoh, M., Zhao, M., Held, I. M., Suarez, M. J., Lee, M.-I., Watanabe, M., Kimoto, M., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Molod, A., Rajendran, K., Kitoh, A. and Stratton, R. A., (2012) The APE atlas. NCAR Technical Note. TN-484+STR. Technical Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA. pp508. doi: 10.5065/D6FF3QBR

Hoskins, B., Fonseca, R., Blackburn, M. and Jung, T. (2012) Relaxing the Tropics to an ‘observed’ state: analysis using a simple baroclinic model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (667). pp. 1618-1626. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.1881

Simpson, I. R., Blackburn, M. and Haigh, J. D. (2012) A mechanism for the effect of tropospheric jet structure on the annular mode-like response to stratospheric forcing. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (7). pp. 2152-2170. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0188.1

Saulière, J., Brayshaw, D. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-4362, Hoskins, B. and Blackburn, M. (2012) Further investigation of the impact of idealised continents and SST distributions on the Northern Hemisphere storm tracks. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (3). pp. 840-856. ISSN 0022-4928 doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0113.1

Woollings, T. and Blackburn, M. (2012) The North Atlantic jet stream under climate change and its relation to the NAO and EA patterns. Journal of Climate, 25 (3). pp. 886-902. ISSN 0894-8755 doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00087.1

Brayshaw, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-4362, Hoskins, B. and Blackburn, M. (2011) The basic ingredients of the North Atlantic Storm Track. Part II: Sea surface temperatures. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68 (8). pp. 1784-1805. ISSN 0022-4928 doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3674.1

Simpson, I. R., Blackburn, M., Haigh, J. D. and Sparrow, S. N. (2010) The impact of the state of the troposphere on the response to stratospheric heating in a simplified GCM. Journal of Climate, 23 (23). pp. 6166-6185. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3792.1

Woollings, T., Hoskins, B., Blackburn, M., Hassell, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-7502 and Hodges, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-229X (2010) Storm track sensitivity to sea surface temperature resolution in a regional atmosphere model. Climate Dynamics, 35 (2-3). pp. 341-353. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0554-3

Brayshaw, D. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-4362, Hoskins, B. J. and Blackburn, M. (2009) The basic ingredients of the North Atlantic storm track. Part I: land-sea contrast and orography. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66 (9). pp. 2539-2558. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/2009JAS3078.1

Simpson, I. R., Blackburn, M. and Haigh, J. D. (2009) The role of eddies in driving the tropospheric response to stratospheric heating perturbations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66 (5). pp. 1347-1365. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2758.1

Sparrow, S. N., Blackburn, M. and Haigh, J. D. (2009) Annular variability and eddy-zonal flow interactions in a simplified atmospheric GCM. Part 1: Characterization of high and low frequency behaviour. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66 (10). pp. 3075-3094. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/2009JAS2953.1

Blackburn, M., Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 and Roberts, N. (2008) Large-scale context for the UK floods in summer 2007. Weather, 63 (9). pp. 280-288. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1002/wea.322

Brayshaw, D. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-4362, Hoskins, B. J. and Blackburn, M. (2008) The Storm-Track Response to Idealized SST Perturbations in an Aquaplanet GCM. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65 (9). pp. 2842-2860. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2657.1

Woollings, T. J., Hoskins, B. J., Blackburn, M. and Berrisford, P. (2008) A new Rossby Wave-breaking interpretation of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65 (2). pp. 609-626. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2347.1

Liu, Y., Hoskins, B. J. and Blackburn, M. (2007) Impact of Tibetan Orography and Heating on the Summer Flow over Asia. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 85B. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0026-1165 doi: 10.2151/jmsj.85B.1

Haigh, J. D. and Blackburn, M. (2006) Solar influences on dynamical coupling between the stratosphere and troposphere. Space Science Reviews, 125 (1-4). pp. 331-344. ISSN 1572-9672 doi: 10.1007/s11214-006-9067-0

Haigh, J. D., Blackburn, M. and Day, R. (2005) The response of tropospheric circulation to perturbations in lower-stratospheric temperature. Journal of Climate, 18 (17). pp. 3672-3685. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: 10.1175/JCLI3472.1

Black, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1344-6186, Blackburn, M., Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Hoskins, B. J. and Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 (2004) Factors contributing to the summer 2003 European heatwave. Weather, 59 (8). pp. 217-223. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1256/wea.74.04

Bechtold, P., Redelsperger, J.-L., Beau, I., Blackburn, M., Brinkop, S., Grandpeix, J.-Y., Grant, A., Gregory, D., Guichard, F., How, E. and Ioannidou, E. (2000) A GCSS model intercomparison for a tropical squall line observed during toga-coare. II: Intercomparison of single-column models and a cloud-resolving model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 126 (564). pp. 865-888. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.49712656405

Forster, P. M. d. F., Blackburn, M., Glover, R. and Shine, K. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2672-9978 (2000) An examination of climate sensitivity for idealised climate change experiments in an intermediate general circulation model. Climate Dynamics, 16 (10-11). pp. 833-849. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: 10.1007/s003820000083

Thorncroft, C. D. and Blackburn, M. (1999) Maintenance of the African easterly jet. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 125 (555). pp. 763-786. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.49712555502

Pavan, V., Hall, N., Valdes, P. and Blackburn, M. (1999) The importance of moisture distribution for the growth and energetics of mid-latitude systems. Annales Geophysicae, 17 (2). pp. 242-256. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: 10.1007/s00585-999-0242-y

D'Andrea, F., Tibaldi, S., Blackburn, M., Boer, G., Deque, M., Dix, M. R., Dugas, B., Ferranti, L., Iwasaki, T., Kitoh, A., Pope, V., Randall, D., Roeckner, E., Straus, D., Stern, W., Van den Dool, H. and Williamson, D. (1998) Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking as simulated by 15 atmospheric general circulation models in the period 1979-1988. Climate Dynamics, 14 (6). pp. 385-407. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: 10.1007/s003820050230

Matthews, A. J., Hoskins, B. J., Slingo, J. M. and Blackburn, M. (1996) Development of convection along the SPCZ within a Madden-Julian oscillation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 122 (531). pp. 669-688. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.49712253106

D'Andrea, F., Tibaldi, S., Blackburn, M., Boer, G., Deque, M., Dix, M. R., Dugas, B., Ferranti, L., Iwasaki, T., Kitoh, A., Pope, V., Randall, D., Roeckner, E., Straus, D., Stern, W., Van den Dool, H. and Williamson, D., (1996) Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking as simulated by 15 atmospheric general circulation models in the period 1979-1988 (Results from an AMIP diagnostic subproject). WCRP Report 96, WMO/TD-. 784. Report. World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva. pp25.

Slingo, J. M., Blackburn, M., Betts, A., Brugge, R., Hodges, K. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0894-229X, Hoskins, B. J., Miller, M., Steenman-Clark, L. and 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, 120 (518). pp. 881-922. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.49712051807

Juckes, M. N., James, I. N. and Blackburn, M. (1994) The influence of Antarctica on the momentum budget of the southern extratropics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 120 (518). pp. 1017-1044. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.49712051811

Gray, L. J., Blackburn, M., Chipperfield, M. P., Haigh, J. D., Jackson, D., Shine, K. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2672-9978, Thuburn, J. and Zhong, W. (1993) First results from a 3-dimensional middle atmosphere model. Advances in Space Research, 13 (1). pp. 363-372. ISSN 0273-1177 doi: 10.1016/0273-1177(93)90038-D

Boer, G. J., Arpe, K., Blackburn, M., Déqué, M., Gates, W. L., Hart, T. L., le Treut, H., Roeckner, E., Sheinin, D. A., Simmonds, I., Smith, R. N. B., Tokioka, T., Wetherald, R. T. and Williamson, D. (1992) Some results from an intercomparison of the climates simulated by 14 atmospheric general circulation models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97 (D12). pp. 12771-12786. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/92JD00722

Boer, G. J., Arpe, K., Blackburn, M., Déqué, M., Gates, W. L., Hart, T. L., le Treut, H., Roeckner, E., Sheinin, D. A., Simmonds, I., Smith, R. N. B., Tokioka, T., Wetherald, R. T. and Williamson, D., (1991) An intercomparison of the climates simulated by 14 atmospheric general circulation models. WCRP Report 58, WMO/TD-. 425. Report. World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva. pp165.

Blackburn, M. (1985) Interpretation of ageostrophic winds and implications for jet stream maintenance. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 42 (23). pp. 2604-2620. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1985)042<2604:IOAWAI>2.0.CO;2