Research & development

Research & development at KNMI is mission-driven. The scientific activities are divided over four R&D departments

Departments

  1. The European Volcano Observatories and their use of the aviation colour code system

    Volcano observatories (VOs) around the world are required to maintain surveillance of their volca...

    Barsotti Sara, Scollo Simona , Macedonio Giovanni, Felpeto Alicia, Peltier Aline, Vougioukalakis Georgios, de Zeeuw van Dalfsen Elske, Ottemöller Lars, Pimentel Adriano, Komorowski Jean‑Christophe. Loughlin Susan, Carmo Rita, Coltelli Mauro, Corbeau Jordane Vye‑Brown Charlotte, Di Vito Mauro, Jean‑Bernard de Chabalier, Ferreira Teresa, R., Fontaine Fabrice, Lemarchand Arnaud, · Marques Rui, Medeiros Joana, Moretti Roberto, Pfeffer Melissa Anne, Saurel Jean‑Marie, Vlastelic Ivan, Vogfjörd Kristín, Engwell Samantha, Salerno Giuseppe | Bulletin of Volcanology | 2024 | 68 (23)
  2. De staat van ons klimaat in 2023 = The state of Our Climate in 2023: Weather in Caribbean Netherlands in a Changing Climate = Estado di nos Klima 2023: Wer na Hulanda Karibense den tempunan di kambio di Klima

    Het weer in het Caribisch gebied werd in 2023 sterk beïnvloed door La Niña, die rond maart ten ei...

    Nadia Bloemendaal, Carine Homan, Iris Keizer, Eva van der Kooij, Frédérik Ruijs, Peter Siegmund, Bart Verheggen | --2024 | pp20
  3. Richtlijn voor seismische monitoringsstations - versie 1

    Seismische monitoringstations zijn nodig om aardbevingen te lokaliseren en karakteriseren. Deze s...

    P. Kruiver, E. Ruigrok, G.J. van den Hazel, D. de Vos, E. Stoffer, L. Evers | --2024 | pp13
  4. Merging with crowdsourced rain gauge data improves pan-European radar precipitation estimates

    Ground-based radar precipitation products typically need adjustment with rain gauge accumulations...

    Aart Overeem, Hidde Leijnse, Gerard van der Schrier, Else van den Besselaar, Irene Garcia-Marti, Lotte Wilhelmina de Vos | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | 2024 | 28
  5. KNMI flitspeilingen 2023

    Het KNMI geeft weerwaarschuwingen af wanneer zij gevaarlijk weer verwacht dat invloed kan hebben ...

    Bram Doms, Melle Conradie, Enschede :  I&O Research | 2024
  6. De staat van ons klimaat 2023 : Nederlands weer in tijden van klimaatverandering

    De gevolgen van klimaatverandering zien we, zowel in Nederland als wereldwijd, steeds duidelijker...

    KNMI | --2024 | pp29
  7. Interplay between climate change and climate variability: the 2022 drought in Central South America

    Since 2019, Central South America (CSA) has been reeling under drought conditions, with the last ...

    Arias, P.A., Rivera, J.A., Sörensson, A.A., Zachariah, M., Barnes, C., Philip, S., Kew, S., Vautard, R., Koren, G., Pinto, I. and Vahlberg, M. | Climatic Change | 2024
  8. Estimating trends and the current climate mean in a changing climate

    Describing the climate evolution using trend lines and estimating the current climate mean (CCM) ...

    Scherrer, S. C., de Valk, C., Begert, M., Gubler, S., Kotlarski, S., & Croci-Maspoli, M. | Climate Services | 2024 | 33
  9. Rapid attribution of the record-breaking heatwave event in North China in June 2023 and future risks

    A record-breaking heatwave event occurred in North China from 22 to 24 June 2023, with temperatur...

    Qian, C., Ye, Y., Jiang, J., Zhong, Y., Zhang, Y., Pinto, I., Huang, C., Li, S. and Wei, K. | Environmental Research Letters | 2024 | 19
  10. Transdimensional ambient-noise surface wave tomography of the Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland

    Ambient noise seismic tomography has proven to be an effective tool for subsurface imaging, parti...

    Amin Rahimi Dalkhani, Thorbjörg Ágústsdóttir, Égill Arni Gudnason, Gylfi Páll Hersir, Xin Zhang, and Cornelis Weemstra | Geophysical Journal International | 2024 | 236

About KNMI

The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)

Is the dutch national weather service. Primary tasks of KNMI are weather forecasting, and monitoring of weather, climate and seismic activity. KNMI is also the national research and information centre for meteorology, climate, air quality, and seismology