Recent publications
Article
Sangkharat, K, Thornes, JE, Wachiradilok, P & Pope, FD 2021, 'Determination of the impact of rainfall on road accidents in Thailand', Heliyon, vol. 7, no. 2, e06061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06061
Thornes, JE, Hickman, A, Baker, C, Cai, X, Delgado-saborit, JM & Quaiyoom, A 2020, 'Proposed interventions to reduce noxious air pollution at Birmingham New Street station', Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.19.00061
Sangkharat, K, Fisher, P, Thomas, GN, Thornes, J & Pope, FD 2019, 'The impact of air pollutants on ambulance dispatches: A systematic review and meta-analysis of acute effects', Environmental Pollution, vol. 254, no. Pt A, pp. 112769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.065
Hickman, A, Baker, C, Cai, X, Thornes, J & Delgado Saborit, JM 2018, 'Evaluation of air quality at the Birmingham New Street Railway Station', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717752180
Bassett, R, Cai, X, Chapman, L, Heaviside, C & Thornes, J 2018, 'Semi‐idealized urban heat advection simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting mesoscale model', International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5885
Mahmood, M, Thornes, J, Pope, F, Fisher, P & Vardoulakis, S 2017, 'Impact of Air Temperature on London Ambulance Call-Out Incidents and Response Times', Climate, vol. 5, no. 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli5030061
Bassett, R, Cai, X, Chapman, L, Heaviside, C & Thornes, J 2017, 'Methodology to separate urban from regional heat advection by use of the Weather Research and Forecasting mesoscale model', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 143, no. 705 - Part B, pp. 2016-2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3062
Bassett, R, Cai, X, Chapman, L, Heaviside, C & Thornes, J 2017, 'The effects of heat advection on UK weather and climate observations in the vicinity of small urbanized areas', Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 165, no. 1, pp. 181–196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-017-0263-0
Thornes, J, Hickman, A, Baker, C, Cai, X & Delgado Saborit, JM 2016, 'Air quality in enclosed railway stations', Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Transport. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.15.00094
Bassett, R, Cai, X, Chapman, L, Heaviside, C, Thornes, J, Muller, C, Young, D & Warren, E 2016, 'Observations of urban heat island advection from a high-density monitoring network', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 142, no. 699, pp. 2434–2441. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2836
Zhang, F, Cai, X & Thornes, J 2014, 'Birmingham’s air and surface urban heat islands associated with Lamb weather types and cloudless anticyclonic conditions', Progress in Physical Geography, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 431-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133314538725
Abdussalam, AF, Monaghan, AJ, Dukić, VM, Hayden, MH, Hopson, TM, Leckebusch, GC & Thornes, JE 2014, 'Climate Influences on Meningitis Incidence in Northwest Nigeria', Weather, Climate, and Society, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 62-76. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00004.1
Abdussalam, AF, Monaghan, AJ, Steinhoff, DF, Dukic, VM, Hayden, MH, Hopson, TM, Thornes, JE & Leckebusch, GC 2014, 'The impact of climate change on meningitis in northwest Nigeria: an assessment using CMIP5 climate model simulations', Weather, Climate, and Society, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00068.1
Chapter
Bassett, R, Cai, X, Thornes, J, Rees, R & Chapman, L 2015, Urban climatic map studies in UK: Birmingham. in E Ng & C Ren (eds), The urban climatic map: a methodology for sustainable urban planning. Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 252-260. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315717616
Conference contribution
Bassett, R, Cai, X, Chapman, L, Thornes, J & Heaviside, C 2015, The influence of wind advection on an urban heat island using the HiTemp network of sensors. in 9th International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment. 9th International Conference on Urban Climate jointly with 12th Symposium on the Urban Environment, Toulouse, France, 20/07/15.
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