Mathias W. Rotach

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
138 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Mathias W. Rotach is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathias W. Rotach has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Atmospheric Science, 76 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 74 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mathias W. Rotach's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (78 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (67 papers) and Climate variability and models (42 papers). Mathias W. Rotach is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (78 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (67 papers) and Climate variability and models (42 papers). Mathias W. Rotach collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Switzerland and United States. Mathias W. Rotach's co-authors include Natascha Kljun, Hans Peter Schmid, Pierluigi Calanca, Alain Clappier, Alberto Martilli, Petra Klein, Alexander Gohm, Ivana Stiperski, Andreas Weigel and Dino Zardi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mathias W. Rotach

134 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Urban Surface Exchange Parameterisation for Mesoscale ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2015 2004 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Urban Surface Exchange Parameterisation for Mesoscale Models
    2002 909 citations Mathias W. Rotach et al. Boundary-Layer Meteorology profile →
  2. A simple two-dimensional parameterisation for Flux Footprint Prediction (FFP)
    2015 681 citations Natascha Kljun, Mathias W. Rotach et al. Geoscientific model development profile →
  3. A Simple Parameterisation for Flux Footprint Predictions
    2004 617 citations Natascha Kljun, Mathias W. Rotach et al. Boundary-Layer Meteorology profile →

Peers

Mathias W. Rotach
Andreas Christen Canada
Jordi Vilà-Guerau De Arellano Netherlands
Guangjian Yan China
Pedro M. M. Soares Portugal
Bo‐Hui Tang China
Thomas Foken Germany
Isabel F. Trigo Portugal
Tilden P. Meyers United States
Mukul Tewari United States
Huazhong Ren China
Andreas Christen Canada
Mathias W. Rotach
Citations per year, relative to Mathias W. Rotach Mathias W. Rotach (= 1×) peers Andreas Christen

Countries citing papers authored by Mathias W. Rotach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mathias W. Rotach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mathias W. Rotach

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All Works

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Lee, Junhong, et al.. (2025). Are the Largest Benefits of Kilometer‐Scale Climate Models Over Mountains or Over Flatland?. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(8). 1 indexed citations
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Hammerle, Albin, et al.. (2024). Agreement of multiple night- and daytime filtering approaches of eddy covariance-derived net ecosystem CO2 exchange over a mountain forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 356. 110173–110173. 2 indexed citations
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Rotach, Mathias W., et al.. (2023). A gridded multi-site precipitation generator for complex terrain: an evaluation in the Austrian Alps. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(11). 2123–2147.
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Gohm, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Influence of grid resolution of large‐eddy simulations on foehn‐cold pool interaction. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 148(745). 1840–1863. 12 indexed citations
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Ward, Helen C., et al.. (2022). Energy and mass exchange at an urban site in mountainous terrain – the Alpine city of Innsbruck. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(10). 6559–6593. 10 indexed citations
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Gohm, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Cold-Air Pool Processes in the Inn Valley During Föhn: A Comparison of Four Cases During the PIANO Campaign. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 182(3). 335–362. 14 indexed citations
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Hofer, Marlis, et al.. (2021). A process-based evaluation of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research Model (ICAR) 1.0.1. Geoscientific model development. 14(3). 1657–1680. 6 indexed citations
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Gohm, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Large‐eddy simulation of foehn–cold pool interactions in the Inn Valley during PIANO IOP 2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 147(735). 944–982. 30 indexed citations
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Kitz, Florian, Georg Wohlfahrt, Mathias W. Rotach, et al.. (2020). Cycling of carbon and water in mountain ecosystems under changing climate and land use (CYCLAMEN). 1 indexed citations
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Giovannini, Lorenzo, Enrico Ferrero, Thomas Karl, et al.. (2020). Atmospheric Pollutant Dispersion over Complex Terrain: Challenges and Needs for Improving Air Quality Measurements and Modeling. Atmosphere. 11(6). 646–646. 72 indexed citations
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Mallaun, Christian, Andreas Giez, Georg J. Mayr, & Mathias W. Rotach. (2019). Subsiding shells and the distribution of up- and downdraughts in warm cumulus clouds over land. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(15). 9769–9786. 5 indexed citations
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Hofer, Marlis, et al.. (2019). Assessing the added value of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research (ICAR) model for precipitation in complex topography. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(6). 2715–2734. 10 indexed citations
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Richter, Bettina, Jürg Schweizer, Mathias W. Rotach, & Alec van Herwijnen. (2019). Validating modeled critical crack length for crack propagation in the snow cover model SNOWPACK. ˜The œcryosphere. 13(12). 3353–3366. 19 indexed citations
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Mallaun, Christian, Andreas Giez, Georg J. Mayr, & Mathias W. Rotach. (2018). Subsiding shells and vertical mass flux in warm cumulus clouds over land. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 2 indexed citations
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Serafin, Stefano, Bianca Adler, Joan Cuxart, et al.. (2018). Exchange Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain. Atmosphere. 9(3). 102–102. 167 indexed citations
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Lehner, Manuela & Mathias W. Rotach. (2018). Current Challenges in Understanding and Predicting Transport and Exchange in the Atmosphere over Mountainous Terrain. Atmosphere. 9(7). 276–276. 90 indexed citations
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Gohm, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Quantifying horizontal and vertical tracer mass fluxes in an idealized valley during daytime. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(20). 13049–13066. 28 indexed citations
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Pauling, Andreas, et al.. (2013). EMPOL 1.0: a new parameterization of pollen emission in numerical weather prediction models. Geoscientific model development. 6(6). 1961–1975. 39 indexed citations

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