CV Timo Vihma

Title Senior Research Scientist

Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute P.O. Box 503 FI-00101 Helsinki Finland

Street address Finnish Meteorological Institute, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki Finland

Phone number +358 0 1929 4173

Fax +358 0 1929 4103

Fields of expertise

Arctic and Antarctic meteorology
Boundary-layer meteorology
Sea ice and snow
Atmosphere-ocean interaction
Numerical weather prediction

On-going scientific projects

Antarctic Meteorology and its Interactions with the Cryosphere and the Ocean (AMICO), 2009-2012, Academy of Finland.
COST Action ES0802 Unmanned Aerial Systems in Atmospheric Research

University and other degrees

2002: Docent in Meteorology, University of Helsinki
1996: PhD, University of Helsinki
1988: MSc., University of Helsinki

List of publications

Peer-reviewed publications (updated October 2010)

Uotila, P., T. Vihma, A. B. Pezza, I. Simmonds, K. Keay, and A. H. Lynch. Relationships between Antarctic cyclones and surface conditions as derived from high resolution NWP data. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

Vihma, T., E. Tuovinen, and H. Savijärvi. The effect of the Antarctic katabatic winds on near-surface temperatures. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

Zhang, Z., A. Stössel, and T. Vihma. On the Impact of a High-resolution wind Forcing over Southern Ocean Sea Ice. Submitted to J. Clim.

Tastula, E.-M., and T. Vihma (2010). WRF model experiments on the Antarctic atmosphere in winter. Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted.

Märiranta, E., T. Vihma, and A. Sjöblom (2010), Observations and modelling of the
atmospheric boundary layer over sea ice in a Svalbard fjord, Boundary-Layer Meteorol., accepted.

Kilpeläinen, T., T. Vihma, and H. Olafsson (2010), Modelling of spatial variability and topographic effects over Arctic fjords in Svalbard, Tellus, in press.

Vihma, T., O.-P. Mattila, R. Pirazzini, and M. M. Johansson. (2010). Spatial and temporal variability in summer snow pack in the Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. The Cryosphere Discuss., 4, 1–44, doi:10.5194/tcd-4-1-2010.

Lüpkes, C., T. Vihma, G. Birnbaum, S. Dierer, T. Garbrecht, V.M. Gryanik, M. Gryschka, J. Hartmann, G. Heinemann, L. Kaleschke, S. Raasch, H. Savijärvi, K.H. Schlünzen, and U. Wacker, Mesoscale modelling of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer and its interaction with sea ice, Chapter 7 in Arctic Climate System Study (book), accepted.

Jakobson, E. and T. Vihma, Atmospheric moisture budget over the Arctic on the basis of the ERA-40 reanalysis. Int. J. Climatol., Published Online: 16 October 2009, DOI: 10.1002/joc.20392009.

Vihma, T. (2010). Atmosphere-snow/ice interactions. In: V.P. Singh, P. Singh, U.K. Haritashya (Eds.) Encyclopedia of snow, ice and glaciers. Springer, in press.

Vihma, T. (2010). Effects of weather on the performance of marathon runners. Int. J. Biometeorol., 54:297–306. DOI 10.1007/s00484-009-0280-x

Valkonen, T., T. Vihma, S. Kirkwood, and M. M. Johansson (2010). Fine-scale model simulation of gravity waves generated by Basen nunatak in Antarctica. Tellus, 62A, 319–332.
Lüpkes, C., T. Vihma, E. Jakobson, G. König-Langlo, and A. Tetzlaff (2010). Meteorological observations from ship cruises during summer to the central Arctic: A comparison with reanalysis data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09810, doi:10.1029/2010GL042724
Riihelä. A., Laine, V., Manninen, T., Palo, T., and Vihma, T. (2010) Validation of the Climate-SAF surface broadband albedo product: comparisons with in situ observations over Greenland and the ice-covered Arctic Ocean. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 2779–2790.

Vihma, T., M. M. Johansson, and J. Launiainen (2009). Radiative and turbulent surface heat fluxes over sea ice in the western Weddell Sea in early summer. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C04019, doi:10.1029/2008JC004995.

Vihma, T., J. Launiainen, and R. Pirazzini (2009). 20-years of Finnish research on boundary- layer meteorology and air-ice-sea interaction in the Antarctic, Geophysica, 45(1-2), 7-26.

Vihma, T. and J. Haapala (2009), Erratum to “Geophysics of sea ice in the Baltic Sea – a review”, Progress in Oceanography, 82, 224, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2009.06.001.

Vihma, T. and J. Haapala (2009), Geophysics of sea ice in the Baltic Sea – a review, Progress in Oceanography, 80, 129-148 , doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.02.002

Lüpkes, C., T. Vihma, G. Birnbaum, and U. Wacker (2008), Influence of leads in sea ice on the temperature of the atmospheric boundary layer during polar night, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L03805, doi:10.1029/2007GL032461.

Valkonen, T., T. Vihma, and M. Doble (2008), Mesoscale modelling of the atmospheric boundary layer over the Antarctic sea ice: a late autumn case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1457-1474.

Vihma, T., J. Jaagus, E. Jacobson, and T. Palo (2008), Meteorological conditions in the Arctic Ocean in spring and summer 2007 as recorded on the drifting ice station Tara, Gephys. Res. Lett., 35, L18706, doi: 10.1029/2008GL034681.

Stössel, A., W.-G. Cheon, and T. Vihma (2008), Interactive momentum flux forcing over sea ice in a global ocean GCM, J. Geophys. Res, 113, C05010, doi:10.1029/2007JC004173.

Tisler, P., T. Vihma, G. Müller, and B. Brümmer (2008), Modelling of warm-air advection over Arctic sea ice, Tellus, 60A, 775–788.

Tietäväinen, H. and T. Vihma (2008), Atmospheric moisture budget over Antarctica and Southern Ocean on the basis of ERA-40 reanalysis. Int. J. Climatol., 28, 1977-1995,
doi: 10.1002/joc.1684.

Cheng, B., Z. Zhang, T. Vihma, M. Johansson, L. Bian, Z. Li and H. Wu (2008). Model experiments on snow and ice thermodynamics in the Arctic Ocean with CHINARE2003 data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C09020, doi:10.1029/2007JC004654.

Cheng, B., T. Vihma, Z. Zhang, Z. Li, and H. Wu (2008). Snow and sea ice thermodynamics in the Arctic: Model validation and sensitivity study against SHEBA data. Chinese J. Polar Sci., 19, 108-122.

Heino, R., H. Tuomenvirta, V. S. Vuglinsky, B. G. Gustafsson, H. Alexandersson, L. Bärring, A. Briede, J. Cappelen, D. Chen, M. Falarz, E. Førland, J. Haapala, J. Jaagus, L. Kitaev, A. Kont, E. Kuusisto, G. Lindström, H. E. M. Meier, M. Mietus, A. Moberg, K. Myrberg, T. Niedzwiedz, Ø. Nordli, A. Omstedt, K. Orviku, Z. Pruszak, E. Rimkus, V. Russak, C. Schrum, Ü. Suursaar, T. Vihma, R. Weisse, and J. Wibig (2008), Past and current climate change. in: BACC Author Team: Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, p. 35-131.

Mäkynen, M., B. Cheng, M. Similä, T. Vihma, and M. Hallikainen (2007), Comparisons between SAR backscattering coefficient and results of a thermodynamic snow/ice model for the Baltic Sea land-fast sea ice, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45, 1131-1141, 2007.

Pirazzini, R., T. Vihma, M. A. Granskog, and B. Cheng, Surface albedo measurements over sea ice in the Baltic Sea during the spring snowmelt period, Ann. Glaciol., 44, 7-14, 2006.

Cheng, B., T. Vihma, R. Pirazzini and M. Granskog, Modeling of superimposed ice formation during spring snow-melt period in the Baltic Sea. Ann. Glaciol., 44, 139-146, 2006.

Granskog, M, T. Vihma, R. Pirazzini, and B. Cheng, Superimposed ice formation and surface fluxes on sea ice during the spring melt-freeze period in the Baltic Sea, J. Glaciol., 52, 119-127, 2006.

Vihma, T., Preface (for the Special Issues on the atmospheric boundary layer over sea ice), Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 117, 1-4, 2005.

Vihma, T., and R. Pirazzini, On the factors controlling the snow surface and 2-m air
temperatures over the Arctic sea ice in winter, Bound.-Layer Meteorol., 117, 73-90, 2005.

Vihma, T., C. Lüpkes, J. Hartmann, and H. Savijärvi, Observations and modelling of cold-air advection over Arctic sea ice in winter, Bound.-Layer Meteorol., 117, 275-300, 2005.

Vihma, T., J. Hartmann, and C. Lüpkes, A case study of an on-ice air flow over the Arctic marginal sea ice zone, Bound.-Layer Meteorol., 107 (1): 189-217, 2003.

Schröder, D., T. Vihma, A. Kerber, and B. Brümmer, On the parameterization of turbulent surface fluxes over heterogeneous sea ice surfaces, J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. C6, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001385, 2003.

Cheng, B., J. Launiainen, and T. Vihma, Modelling of superimposed ice formation and sub-surface melting in the Baltic Sea, Geophysica, 39, 31-50, 2003.

Vihma, T. and B. Brümmer, Observations and modelling of on-ice and off-ice flows in the northern Baltic Sea, Bound.-Layer Meteorol., 103, 1-27, 2002.

Vihma, T., J. Uotila, B. Cheng, and J. Launiainen, Surface heat budget over the Weddell Sea: buoy results and comparisons with large-scale models, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (C2), doi: 10.1029/2000JC00037, 2002.

Brümmer, B., D. Schröder, J. Launiainen, T. Vihma, A.-S. Smedman, and M. Magnusson, Temporal and spatial variability of surface fluxes over the ice edge zone in the northern Baltic Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 107(C8), 3096, doi:10.1029/2001JC000884, 2002.

Cheng, B., and T. Vihma, Idealized study of a 2-D coupled sea-ice/atmosphere model during warm-air advection, J. Glaciol., 48, 425-438, 2002.

Pirazzini, R., T. Vihma, J. Launiainen, and P. Tisler, Validation of HIRLAM boundary-layer structures over the Baltic Sea Boreal Env. Res., 7, 211-218, 2002.

Niros, A., T. Vihma and J. Launiainen, Marine meteorological conditions and air-sea exchange processes over the Baltic Sea in 1990s, Geophysica, 38, 59-87, 2002.

Brümmer, B., A. Kirchgässner, G. Müller, D. Schröder, J. Launiainen, and T. Vihma, The BALTIMOS field campaigns over the Baltic Sea during all four seasons, Boreal Env. Res., 7, 371-378, 2002.

Kaleschke, L., C. Lüpkes, T. Vihma, J. Haarpaintner, A. Bochert, J. Hartmann, and G. Heygster, SSM/I Sea Ice Remote Sensing for Mesoscale Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Analysis, Canadian J. Remote Sensing, 27, 526-536, 2001.

Cheng, B, J. Launiainen, T. Vihma, and J. Uotila, Modelling sea ice thermodynamics in BALTEX-BASIS, Ann. Glaciol., 33, 243-247, 2001.

Launiainen, J. B. Cheng, J. Uotila, and T. Vihma, Turbulent surface fluxes and air-ice coupling in the Baltic Air-Sea-Ice Study (BASIS), Ann. Glaciol., 33, 237-242, 2001.

Uotila, J., T. Vihma, and J. Launiainen, Response of the Weddell Sea ice pack to wind forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1135-1151, 2000.

Vihma, T., and C. Kottmeier, A modelling approach for optimizing flight patterns in airborne meteorological measurements, Bound.-Layer Meteorol., 95, 211-230, 2000.

Vihma, T., J. Uotila, and J. Launiainen, Air-sea interaction over a thermal marine front in the Denmark Strait, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 27,665-27,678, 1998.

Uotila, J., J. Launiainen, and T. Vihma, An Analysis of Buoy Drift in the Northern North Atlantic with Detection of Drogue Loss Events, Atmosphere-Ocean, 35, 474-494, 1997.

Vihma, T., J. Launiainen, and J. Uotila, Weddell Sea ice drift: kinematics and wind forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 18,279-18,296, 1996.

Vihma, T., Subgrid parameterization of surface heat and momentum fluxes over polar oceans, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 22,625-22,646, 1995.

Uotila, J., J. Launiainen, and T. Vihma, Analysis of the surface drift currents in the Bothnian Sea, Geophysica, 31, 37-49, 1995.

Vihma, T., Atmosphere-surface interactions over polar oceans and heterogeneous surfaces, Finnish Marine Research, 264, 41 p. (PhD-Thesis), 1995.

Launiainen, J., and T. Vihma, On the surface heat fluxes in the Weddell Sea, in: The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Nansen Centennial Volume, edited by O.M. Johannessen, R. Muench, and J.E. Overland, Geophysical Monograph Series, 85, American Geophysical Union, pp. 399-419, 1994.

Vihma, T. and J. Launiainen, Ice drift in the Weddell Sea in 1990-1991 as tracked by a satellite buoy. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 14471-14485, 1993.

Vihma, T. and H. Savijärvi, On the effective roughness length for heterogeneous terrain. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc, 117, 399-407, 1991.

Vihma, T., J. Launiainen and G. Krause, On the air-sea interaction in areas of thermal marine fronts in the Greenland Sea. Atmosphere-Ocean, 29, 596-610, 1991.

Launiainen, J. and T. Vihma, Derivation of turbulent surface fluxes - an iterative flux-profile method allowing arbitrary observing heights. Environmental Software, 5, 113-124, 1990.