Staff profile

2013 – present — Professor of Geohazards, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University.

2012 – 2013 — Senior Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos

2012 — Research Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia

2011 – present — Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson Granular and fluid dynamics on Earth and other planetary bodies.

2001 – 2012 — Senior Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. Royal Society University Research Fellowship and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Advanced Research Fellowship

2003 – 2005 — Visiting Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos.

1996 – 2001 — European Union Research Fellow, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University

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Conferences and Workshops

2009 — co-Chair; Institute of Mathematics Granular Dynamics Workshop, Cambridge.

2009 — Scientific Committee; KITP programme on Granular Matter.

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Fellowships

2004 — EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship (PI)

2001 — Royal Society University Research Fellowship (PI)

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Recent and Current Grants

2012 — Swiss Science Foundation

"High Resolution Radar Imaging of Snow Avalanches"

2012 — WSL

"Advanced Radar Imaging and Air Pressure Analysis of Snow Avalanches"

2010 — The Royal Society

"The Dynamics of Washboard Road"

2008 — NERC Standard grant

"Geophysical Flow Dynamics Using Pulsed Doppler Radar"

2008 — US Department of Defense

"The Role of eIF4E Activity in Breast Cancer"

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• Avalanches
• Turbidity Currents
• Segregation
• Gravity Currents
• Granular Flows
• Debris Flows
• Two-Phase Flows

Chapter in book

• Meiburg, E., McElwaine, J. N., & Kneller, B. (2012). Turbidity Currents and Powder Snow Avalanches. In H. Fernando (Ed.), Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume One (557-573). https://doi.org/10.1201/b14241-46
• McElwaine, J., & Nishimura, K. (2001). Ping-pong ball avalanche experiments. In W. McCaffrey, B. Kneller, & J. Peakall (Eds.), Particulate Gravity Currents (135-148). Blackwell
• McElwaine, J. (1999). Numerical simulation of Ping-pong ball flows. In K. Nishimura (Ed.), Sukiijanpudai jikken to sanjigen ryuushiryuu moderu kaihatu ni yoru nadare ryuudou kikou no kaimei (33-45). Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
• McElwaine, J. (1998). Air Flow and Snow Transport though Aboreal Wind Breaks. In koutsuukankyou o kaizensuru tame no shinrin ni yoru fubuki no hosoku ni kansuru jisshouteki kenkyuu (44-49). Hokkaido National Forestry Research Centre and Hokkaido University Institute of Low Temperature Science

Conference Paper

• Ash, M., Tanha, M. A., Brennan, P., McElwaine, J., Keylock, C., & others. (2015). Practical implementation of a 16-channel C-band phased array radar receiver. . https://doi.org/10.1109/radarconf.2015.7411856
• Ash, M., Brennan, P., Vriend, N., McElwaine, J., & Keylock, C. (2011). Two-Dimensional FMCW Radar Imaging of Entire Avalanche Events.
• Ash, M., Brennan, P., Vriend, N., McElwaine, J., & Keylock, C. (2011). FMCW Phased Array Radar for Automatically Triggered Measurements of Snow Avalanches. In European Microwave Week 2011 : wave to the future : conference proceedings, 9-14 October 2011, Manchester, UK : the 41st European Microwave Conference : EuMIC 2011 the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuit Conference : EuRAD 2011 the 8th European Radar Conference
• Ash, M., Brennan, P., Chetty, K., McElwaine, J., & Keylock, C. (2010). FMCW Radar Imaging of Avalanche-Like Snow Movements. In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Radar Conference: 10-14 May 2010, Arlington, Virginia, USA (102-107). https://doi.org/10.1109/radar.2010.5494643
• Turnbull, B., & McElwaine, J. (2009). Potential Flow Models of Suspension Current Air Pressure. In P. Bartelt, & J. Schweizer (Eds.), Proceeding of International Symposium on Snow and Avalanches 6-10 April 2009, SASE, Manali (India) (286-296)
• Brennan, P., Ash, M., Isa, F., Keylock, C., & McElwaine, J. (2009). Advanced Radar Imaging of Geophysical Flows. In L. Trilling, D. Perkins, D. Dionysios, L. Perlovsky, K. Davey, D. Landgrebe, …J. Lund (Eds.), Recent advances in geology and seismology: Proceedings of the 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Geology and Seismology, Cambridge, UK, February 21-26, 2009 (144-147)
• McElwaine, J., & Turnbull, B. (2006). Plume Theories Versus Compact Models for Powder Snow Avalanches.
• Issler, D., Harbitz, C., Kristensen, K., Lied, K., Moe, A., Barbolini, M., …Sailer, R. (2005). A comparison of avalanche models with data from dry-snow avalanches at Ryggfonn. In K. Senneset, K. Flaate, & J. O. Larsden (Eds.),
• McElwaine, J. (2004). Image Analysis For Avalanches. In M. Naaim, & F. Naaim-Bouvet (Eds.),
• McElwaine, J., & Nishimura, K. (2000). Size Segregation in Snow Avalanches: Observations and Experiments. In A. D. Rosato, & D. L. Blackmore (Eds.),
• Hachikubo, A., McElwaine, J., Nemoto, M., Kaihara, T., & Nishimura, K. (1999). A study of an avalanche at the ski resort Niseko, Japan.
• Nishimura, K., Ito, Y., Keller, S., McElwaine, J., Nohguchi, Y., Izumi, K., & Kawada, K. (1998). Snow Avalanche Dynamics: Observations and Experiments. In E. Hestnes (Ed.),

Doctoral Thesis

• Anjum, H. J. A., & McElwaine, J. (in press). Numerical modelling of compositional and particle-driven gravity currents. (Thesis). [Awarding Organisation: Unknown]. Retrieved from https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1618524
• McElwaine, J. (1996). Approximate Consistency and Prediction Algorithms in Quantum Mechanics. (Thesis). DAMTP, Cambridge University. Retrieved from https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1642157

Journal Article

• Zhao, Y., Take, W. A., Kaitna, R., McArdell, B. W., McElwaine, J. N., & Bowman, E. T. (2024). Fluid effects in model granular flows. Granular Matter, 26(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-023-01365-4
• Smith, A. B., Fischer-McMorrow, I., Kolbeinsson, Y., Rasmussen, M., Shero, M. R., McElwaine, J. N., …Mooney, T. A. (2023). Sensitive aerial hearing within a noisy nesting soundscape in a deep-diving seabird, the common murre Uria aalge. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 714, 87-104. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14346
• Taylor‐Noonan, A. M., Bowman, E. T., McArdell, B. W., Kaitna, R., McElwaine, J. N., & Take, W. A. (2022). Influence of Pore Fluid on Grain‐Scale Interactions and Mobility of Granular Flows of Differing Volume. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(12), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jf006622
• McConnochie, C. D., Cenedese, C., & McElwaine, J. N. (2021). Entrainment into particle-laden turbulent plumes. Physical Review Fluids, 6(12), Article 123502. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.6.123502
• Mc Keown, L., McElwaine, J., Bourke, M., Sylvest, M., & Patel, M. (2021). The formation of araneiforms by carbon dioxide venting and vigorous sublimation dynamics under martian atmospheric pressure. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 6445. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82763-7
• McConnochie, C. D., Cenedese, C., & McElwaine, J. N. (2020). Surface Expression of a Wall Fountain: Application to Subglacial Discharge Plumes. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(5), 1245-1263. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-19-0213.1
• Haas, T., McArdell, B., Conway, S., McElwaine, J., Kleinhans, M., Salese, F., & Grindrod, P. (2019). Initiation and flow conditions of contemporary flows in Martian gullies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124(8), 2246-2271. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018je005899
• Sylvest, M. E., Dixon, J. C., Conway, S. J., Patel, M. R., McElwaine, J. N., Hagermann, A., & Barnes, A. (2019). CO2 sublimation in Martian gullies: laboratory experiments at varied slope angle and regolith grain sizes. Geological Society Special Publications, 467(1), 343-371. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp467.11
• Köhler, A., Fischer, J., Scandroglio, R., Bavay, M., McElwaine, J., & Sovilla, B. (2018). Cold-to-warm flow regime transition in snow avalanches. The Cryosphere, 12(12), 3759-3774. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3759-2018
• Sovilla, B., McElwaine, J., & Köhler, A. (2018). The intermittency regions of powder snow avalanches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(10), 2525-2545. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jf004678
• Balmforth, N., & McElwaine, J. (2018). From episodic avalanching to continuous flow in a granular drum. Granular Matter, 20(3), Article 52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-018-0822-1
• Köhler, A., McElwaine, J., & Sovilla, B. (2018). GEODAR Data and the Flow Regimes of Snow Avalanches. Journal of Geophysical Research, 123(6), 1272-1294. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jf004375
• Issler, D., Jenkins, J. T., & McElwaine, J. N. (2018). Comments on avalanche flow models based on the concept of random kinetic energy. Journal of Glaciology, 64(243), 148-164. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2017.62
• Mathias, S., Greenwell, H., Withers, C., Erdogan, A., McElwaine, J., & MacMinn, C. (2017). Analytical solution for clay plug swelling experiments. Applied Clay Science, 149, 75-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2017.07.021
• Dundas, C. M., McEwen, A. S., Chojnacki, M., Milazzo, M. P., Byrne, S., McElwaine, J. N., & Urso, A. (2017). Granular flows at recurring slope lineae on Mars indicate a limited role for liquid water. Nature Geoscience, 10, 903-907. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-017-0012-5
• Mc Keown, L., Bourke, M., & McElwaine, J. (2017). Experiments On Sublimating Carbon Dioxide Ice And Implications For Contemporary Surface Processes On Mars. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 14181. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14132-2
• Bray, V. J., Atwood-Stone, C., Neish, C. D., Artemieva, N. A., McEwen, A. S., & McElwaine, J. N. (2017). Lobate impact melt flows within the extended ejecta blanket of Pierazzo crater. Icarus, 301, 26-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.10.002
• Rogers, T., & McElwaine, J. (2017). On the Chemical Mixing Induced by Internal Gravity Waves. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848(1), Article L1. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa8d13
• Ardeshir Tanha, M., Brennan, P. V., Ash, M., Kohler, A., & McElwaine, J. (2017). Overlapped Phased Array Antenna for Avalanche Radar. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 65(8), 4017-4026. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2017.2712183
• Rogers, T., & McElwaine, J. (2017). The hottest hot Jupiters may host Atmospheric Dynamos. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 841(2), Article L26. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa72da
• Baldini, L., Baldini, J., McElwaine, J., Frappier, A., Asmerom, Y., Liu, K., …Breitenbach, S. (2016). Persistent northward North Atlantic tropical cyclone track migration over the past five centuries. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 37522. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37522
• Köhler, A., McElwaine, J., Sovilla, B., Ash, M., & Brennan, P. (2016). The dynamics of surges in the 3 February 2015 avalanches in Vallée de la Sionne. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121(11), 2192-2210. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jf003887
• DeGiuli, E., & McElwaine, J. (2016). Comment on “What Determines the Static Force Chains in Stressed Granular Media?”. Physical Review Letters, 117(15), Article 159801. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.117.159801
• DeGiuli, E., McElwaine, J., & Wyart, M. (2016). Phase diagram for inertial granular flows. Physical Review E, 94(1), Article 012904. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.94.012904
• Konopliv, N., Llewellyn-Smith, S., McElwaine, J., & Meiburg, E. (2016). Modelling gravity currents without an energy closure. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 789, 806-829. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2015.755
• Baldini, J., Brown, R., & McElwaine, J. (2015). Was millennial scale climate change during the Last Glacial triggered by explosive volcanism?. Scientific Reports, 5, Article 17442. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17442
• Wilson, J., Eke, V., Massey, R., Elphic, R., Jolliff, B., Lawrence, D., …Teodoro, L. (2015). Evidence for explosive silicic volcanism on the Moon from the extended distribution of thorium near the Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(1), 92-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014je004719
• Turnbull, B., Bowman, E. T., & McElwaine, J. N. (2015). Debris flows: Experiments and modelling. Comptes Rendus Physique, 16(1), 86-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crhy.2014.11.006
• Sovilla, B., McElwaine, J. N., & Louge, M. Y. (2015). The structure of powder snow avalanches. Comptes Rendus Physique, 16(1), 97-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crhy.2014.11.005
• Pérez-Guillén, C., Tapia, M., Furdada, G., Suriñach, E., McElwaine, J., & Hiller, M. (2014). Evaluation of a snow avalanche possibly triggered by a local earthquake at Vallée de la Sionne, Switzerland. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 108, 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2014.07.007
• Mathias, S., McElwaine, J., & Gluyas, J. (2014). Heat transport and pressure buildup during carbon dioxide injection into depleted gas reservoirs. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 756, 89-109. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.348
• Sauret, A., Balmforth, N., Caulfield, C., & McElwaine, J. (2014). Bulldozing of granular material. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 748, 143-174. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.181
• Ash, M., Brennan, P. V., Keylock, C. J., Vriend, N. M., McElwaine, J. N., & Sovilla, B. (2014). Two-Dimensional Radar Imaging of Flowing Avalanches. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 102, 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2014.02.004
• Diniega, S., Hansen, C., McElwaine, J., Hugenholtz, C., Dundas, C., McEwen, A., & Bourke, M. (2013). A new dry hypothesis for the formation of martian linear gullies. Icarus, 225(1), 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2013.04.006
• Vriend, N., McElwaine, J., Sovilla, B., Keylock, C., Ash, M., & Brennan, P. (2013). High Resolution Radar Measurements of Snow Avalanches. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(4), 727-731. https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50134
• Rogers, T., Lin, D., McElwaine, J., & Lau, H. (2013). Internal Gravity Waves in Massive Stars: Angular Momentum Transport. Astrophysical Journal, 772(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/1/21
• Kowalski, J., & McElwaine, J. N. (2013). Shallow two-component gravity-driven flows with vertical variation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 714, 434-462. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.489
• Anjum, H. J., McElwaine, J. N., & Caulfield, C. P. (2013). The Instantaneous Froude Number and Depth of Unsteady Gravity Currents. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 51, 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2013.798747
• Sovilla, B., McElwaine, J., Steinkogler, W., Hiller, M., Dufour, F., Suriñach, E., …Baroudi, D. (2013). The full-scale avalanche dynamics test site Vallée de la Sionne
• Holyoake, A. J., & McElwaine, J. N. (2012). High-speed granular chute flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 710, 35-71. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.331
• Hewitt, I., Balmforth, N., & McElwaine, J. (2012). Granular and fluid washboards. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 692, 446-463. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.523
• McElwaine, J. N., Takagi, D., & Huppert, H. (2012). Surface curvature of steady granular flows. Granular Matter, 14(2), 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-012-0339-y
• Takagi, D., McElwaine, J. N., & Huppert, H. H. (2011). Shallow Granular Flows. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 83(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.83.031306
• Satheesha, S., Cookson, V. J., Coleman, L. J., Ingram, . N., Madhok, . B., Hanby, . A. M., …Hughes, . T. A. (2011). eIF4E predicts sensitivity in cell lines and acquired changes in eIF4E regulation in breast cancer. Molecular Cancer, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-10-19
• Hewitt, I., Balmforth, N., & McElwaine, J. (2011). Continual Skipping on Water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 669, 328-353. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010005057
• Percier, B., Manneville, S., McElwaine, J. N., Morris, S., & Taberlet, N. (2011). Lift and drag forces on an inclined plow moving over a granular surface. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 84(5), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.84.051302
• DeGiuli, E., & McElwaine, J. N. (2011). Laws of Granular Solids I. Geometry and Topology. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 84(4), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.84.041310
• Sovilla, B., McElwaine, J. N., Schaer, M., & Vallet, J. (2010). Variation of deposition depth with slope angle in snow avalanches: measurements from Vallée de la Sionne. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jf001390
• Turnbull, B., & McElwaine, J. (2010). Potential Flow Models of Suspension Current Air Pressure. Annals of Glaciology, A51(54), 113-122
• Coleman, L., Peter, M., Teall, T., Brannan, R., Hanby, A., Honarpisheh, H., …Hughes, T. (2009). Combined analysis of eIF4E and 4E-binding protein expression predicts breast cancer survival and estimates eIF4E activity. British Journal of Cancer, 100(9), 1393-1399. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605044
• Börzsönyi, T., Ecke, R., & McElwaine, J. (2009). Patterns in flowing sand: Understanding the physics of granular flow. Physical Review Letters, 103(17), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.103.178302
• -F. Bitbol, A., Taberlet, N., Morris, S., & McElwaine, J. (2009). Scaling and dynamics of washboard road. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 79(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.79.061308
• Turnbull, B., & McElwaine, J. (2008). Experiments on the Non-Boussinesq Flow of Self-Igniting Suspension Currents on a Steep Open Slope. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, https://doi.org/10.1029/2007jf000753
• Turnbull, B., McElwaine, J., & Ancey, C. (2007). The Kulikovskiy-Sveshnikova-Beghin Model of Powder Snow Avalanches: Development and Application. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006jf00048
• Taberlet, N., Morris, S., & McElwaine, J. (2007). Washboard Road: The dynamics of granular ripples formed by rolling wheels. Physical Review Letters, 99, https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.99.068003
• Turnbull, B., & McElwaine, J. (2007). A Comparison of Powder Snow Avalanches at Vallée de la Sionne with Plume Theories
• Aumaitre, S., Puls, C., McElwaine, J., & Gollub, J. (2007). Comparing flow thresholds and dynamics for oscillating and inclined granular layers. Physical review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 75, https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.75.061307
• Hughes, T., & McElwaine, J. (2006). Mathematical and Biological Modelling of RNA Secondary Structure and Its Effects on Gene Expression. Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 7(1), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/10273660600906416
• Patterson, M., Caulfield, C., McElwaine, J., & Dalziel, S. (2006). Time-dependent mixing in stratified Kelvin-Helmholtz billows: Experimental observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006gl026949
• McElwaine, J., & Turnbull, B. (2005). Air pressure data from the Vallée de la Sionne avalanches of 2004. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(F3), Article F03010. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004jf000237
• McElwaine, J. (2005). Rotational Flow in Gravity Current Heads. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 363, 1603-1623. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2005.1597
• McElwaine, J., Sugiura, K., & Maeno, N. (2004). The splash function for snow from wind-tunnel measurements. Annals of Glaciology, 38, 71-78
• Kern, M., Tiefenbacher, F., & McElwaine, J. (2004). The rheology of snow in large chute flows. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 39(2-3), 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2004.03.006
• McElwaine, J. (2004). Calculation of Two-Dimensional Avalanche Velocities From Opto-Electronic Sensors. Annals of Glaciology, 38, 139-144. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756404781814997
• McElwaine, J., & Tiefenbacher, F. (2003). Calculating Internal Avalanche Velocities from Correlation With Error Analysis
• Ogura, T., McElwaine, J., & Nishimura, K. (2003). Drag Forces and Ping-Pong Ball Avalanches. Seppyou, 65(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.5331/seppyo.65.117
• Yamada, T., & McElwaine, J. (2000). Avalanche Research Card for Skiers and Climbers
• McElwaine, J., Hachikubo, A., Nemoto, M., Kaihara, T., Yamada, T., & Nishimura, K. (2000). Observations and simulations of the formation of the faceted snow crystals in the weak-layer of the 1998 Niseko Haru no Taki avalanche. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 31(3), 235-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-232x%2800%2900018-5
• Kosugi, K., Abe, O., Sato, A., Nohguchi, Y., Yamada, Y., Nishimura, K., …Izumi, K. (1999). Analysis of particle motion in ping-pong ball avalanches
• Yamada, T., Hachikubo, A., Nemoto, S., Kaihara, T., McElwaine, J., Nishimura, K., & Shinya, A. (1998). A Report on the Niseko Haru no Taki avalanche of 28th January 1998
• Hachikubo, A., Yamada, T., Nemoto, M., Kaihara, T., McElwaine, J., Nishimura, K., & Shinya, A. (1998). Formation mechanism of the weak layer which caused an avalanche at Niseko
• Yamada, T., Hachikubo, A., McElwaine, J., Sugano, M., Nishimura, K., Niita, T., …Nouguchi, Y. (1998). The Snow Cover Characteristics at Niseko
• Nishimura, K., McElwaine, J., Izumi, K., & Nouguchi, Y. (1998). Size segregation in granular flows
• Nouguchi, Y., Izumi, K., Itoh, Y., Keller, S., McElwaine, J., & Nishimura, K. (1998). Ping-pong Ball Avalanches (V) - Ski-Jump Experiments
• Nishimura, K., Keller, S., McElwaine, J., & Nohguchi, Y. (1998). Ping-pong ball avalanche at a ski jump
• Hachikubo, A., Yamada, T., McElwaine, J., Sugano, M., Nishimura, K., Niita, T., …Nouguchi, Y. (1998). The Special Character of Fresh Snow at Niseko Annupuri
• Nishimura, K., Niita, T., McElwaine, J., & Karada, Y. (1998). 25 Years of Snow avalanche Research at NGI Anniversary Conference ni sanka shite. Seppyou, 60(5), 389-393
• McElwaine, J. (1997). Maximum information and quantum prediction algorithms. Physical Review A, 56(3), 1756-1766. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.56.1756
• McElwaine, J., & Kent, A. (1997). Quantum Prediction Algorithms. Physical Review A, 55, 1703-1720
• McElwaine, J. (1996). Approximate and exact consistency of histories. Physical Review A, 53, 2021-2032

Other (Print)

• McElwaine, J. (1998). Random Hamiltonian Models and Quantum Prediction Algorithms

Report

• McElwaine, J. (2005). Calibration and Design of Multi-hole Pitot Probes for Snow Avalanches. Avalanche Studies and Model Validation in Europe (SATSIE)
• Sovilla, B., Gruber, U., Tiefenbacher, F., Hiller, M., Felber, A., Turnbull, B., …Bartelt, P. (2005). Avalanche dynamics experimental site "VAllée de la Sionne" Arbaz, Valais: Final Report Winter 2003/2004. [No known commissioning body]
• McElwaine, J. (2003). Filming Avalanches. Avalanche studies and model validation in Europe(SATSIE)