University of Innsbruck
Alexander Gohm

Dr. Alexander Gohm

Associate Professor
Atmospheric Dynamics

  alexander.gohm(at)uibk.ac.at

+43 512 507-54488

  Room 60836

Research Interests

Atmospheric Dynamics; Mountain meteorology; Numerical modeling; Remote sensing

Projects

Penetration and Interruption of Alpine Foehn (PIANO)

Quantifying exchange processes over mountainous Terrain

Courses

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Publications 2022

Contributions to Books / Journals

Journal Article (Original Paper)
  • Haid, M.; Gohm, A.; Umek, L.; Ward, H.; Rotach, M. (2022): Cold-Air Pool Processes in the Inn Valley During Föhn: A Comparison of Four Cases During the PIANO Campaign.
    In: Boundary-Layer Meteorology 182, pp. 335 - 362. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Saigger, Manuel; Gohm, Alexander (2022): Is it north or west foehn? A Lagrangian analysis of Penetration and Interruption of Alpine Foehn intensive observation period 1 (PIANO IOP 1).
    In: Weather and Climate Dynamics 3/1, pp. 279 - 303. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Umek, L.; Gohm, A.; Haid, M.; Ward, H.; Rotach, M. W. (2022): Influence of grid resolution of large-eddy simulations on foehn-cold pool interaction.
    In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 148/745, pp. 1840 - 1863. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Ward, H. C.; Rotach, M.; Gohm, A.; Graus, M.; Karl, T.; Haid, M.; Umek, L.; Muschinski, T. (2022): Energy and mass exchange at an urban site in mountainous terrain – the Alpine city of Innsbruck.
    In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22/10, pp. 6559 - 6593. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Weiß, Cornelius; Gohm, Alexander; Rotach, Mathias Walter; Minda, Thomas Torora (2022): Dynamics of gap winds in the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia: emphasis on strong winds at Lake Abaya.
    In: Weather and Climate Dynamics 3/3, pp. 1003 - 1019. (DOI) (Web link)

Publikationen 2021

Beiträge in Büchern / Zeitschriften

Zeitschriftenaufsatz (Originalarbeit)
  • Adler, Bianca; Gohm, Alexander; Kalthoff, Norbert; Babic, Nevio; Corsmeier, Ulrich; Lehner, Manuela; Rotach, Mathias W.; Haid, Maren; Markmann, Piet; Gast, Eckhard; Tsaknakis, George; Georgoussis, George (2021): CROSSINN - a field experiment to study the three-dimensional flow structure in the Inn Valley, Austria.
    In: Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society 102/1, S. E38 - E60. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • Babić, Nevio; Adler, Bianca; Gohm, Alexander; Kalthoff, Norbert; Haid, Maren; Lehner, Manuela; Ladstätter, Paul; Rotach, Mathias (2021): Cross-valley vortices in the Inn valley, Austria: Structure, evolution and governing force imbalances.
    In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 147/740, S. 3835 - 3861. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • Horak, J.; Hofer, M.; Gutmann, E.; Gohm, A.; Rotach, M. W. (2021): A process-based evaluation of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research Model (ICAR) 1.0.1.
    In: Geoscientific Model Development 14/3, S. 1657 - 1680. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • Muschinski, T.; Gohm, A.; Haid, M.; Umek, L.; Ward, HC. (2021): Spatial heterogeneity of the Inn Valley Cold Air Pool during south foehn: Observations from an array of temperature loggers during PIANO.
    In: Meteorologische Zeitschrift 30/2, S. 153 - 168. (DOI) (Weblink)

  • Umek, L.; Gohm, A.; Haid, M.; Ward, H. C.; Rotach, M. W. (2021): Large‐eddy simulation of foehn–cold pool interactions in the Inn Valley during PIANO IOP 2.
    In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 147/735 (Part B), S. 944 - 982. (DOI) (Weblink)

Publications 2020

Contributions to Books / Journals

Journal Article (Original Paper)
  • Haid, M.; Gohm, A.; Umek, L.; Ward, H. C.; Muschinski, T.; Lehner, L.; Rotach, M. W. (2020): Foehn–cold pool interactions in the Inn Valley during PIANO IOP2.
    In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 146/728, pp. 1232 - 1263. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Karl, T.; Gohm, A.; Rotach, M.; Ward, H.; Graus, M.; Cede, A.; Wohlfahrt, G.; Hammerle, A.; Haid, M.; Tiefengraber, M.; Lamprecht, C.; Vergeiner, J.; Kreuter, A.; Wagner, J.; Staudinger, M. (2020): Studying Urban Climate and Air quality in the Alps - The Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory.
    In: Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society 101/4, pp. E488 - E507. (DOI) (Web link)

Publications 2019

Contributions to Books / Journals

Journal Article (Original Paper)
  • Goger, B.; Rotach, M.; Gohm, A.; Stiperski, I.; Fuhrer, O.; de Morsier, Guy (2019): A New Horizontal Length Scale for a Three-dimensional Turbulence Parameterization in Meso-scale Atmospheric Modeling over Highly Complex Terrain.
    In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 58/9, pp. 2087 - 2102. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Horak, J.; Hofer, M.; Maussion, F.; Gutmann, E.; Gohm, A.; Rotach, M. W.: (2019): Assessing the added value of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research (ICAR) model for precipitation in complex topography.
    In: Hydrology And Earth System Sciences 23, pp. 2715 - 2734. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Tollinger, Mathias; Gohm, Alexander; Jonassen, Marius O. (2019): Unravelling the March 1972 northwest Greenland windstorm with high‐resolution numerical simulations.
    In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 145/725, pp. 3409 - 3431. (Full-text) (DOI) (Web link)

Publications 2018

Contributions to Books / Journals

Journal Article (Original Paper)
  • Goger, B.; Rotach, M.W.; Gohm, A.; Fuhrer, O.; Stiperski, I.; Holtslag, A. (2018): The Impact of Three-Dimensional Effects on the Simulation of Turbulence Kinetic Energy in a Major Alpine Valley.
    In: Boundary-Layer Meteorology 168/1, pp. 1 - 27. (DOI) (Web link)

Journal Article (Review)
  • Serafin, S.; Adler, B.; Cuxart, J.; De Wekker, S.F.J.; Gohm, A.; Grisogono, B.; Kalthoff, N.; Kirschbaum, D.J.; Rotach, M.; Schmidli, J.; Stiperski, I.; Vecenaj, Z.; Zardi, D. (2018): Exchange Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain.
    In: Atmosphere 9/3, No. 102. (DOI) (Web link)

Publications 2017

Contributions to Books / Journals

Journal Article (Original Paper)
  • Leukauf, D.; Gohm, A.; Rotach, M. (2017): Toward Generalizing the Impact of Surface Heating, Stratification, and Terrain Geometry on the Daytime Heat Export from an Idealized Valley.
    In: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 56/10, pp. 2711 - 2727. (DOI) (Web link)

  • Rotach, M. W.; Stiperski, I.; Fuhrer, O.; Goger, B.; Gohm, A.; Obleitner, F.; Rau, G.; Sfyri, E.; Vergeiner, J. (2017): Investigating Exchange Processes over Complex Topography: the Innsbruck-Box (i-Box).
    In: Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society 98/4, pp. 787 - 805. (DOI) (Web link)