Research & development

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

Departments

  1. An evaluation of sub-daily precipitation simulations from a new high-resolution regional atmospheric reanalysis ALADIN

    This transboundary study evaluates the ability of the new high-resolution atmospheric reanalysis ...

    Vojtěch Bližňák, Petr Zacharov, Robert Kvak, Aart Overeem | Atmospheric Research | 2026 | 327
  2. Arctic temperature and precipitation extremes in present-day and future storyline-based variable resolution Community Earth System Model simulations

    Over the last few decades, the Arctic region has warmed up at a greater rate than elsewhere on th...

    René R. Wijngaard, Willem Jan van de Berg, Christiaan T. van Dalum, Adam R. Herrington, Xavier J. Levine | Weather and Climate Dynamics | 2025 | 6
  3. How well do the regional atmospheric and oceanic models describe the Antarctic sea ice albedo?

    We assessed how well regional climate models (HCLIM, MAR, RACMO), ocean models (MetROMSUHel, NEMO...

    Kristiina Verro, Cecilia Äijälä, Roberta Pirazzini, Ruzica Dadic, Damien Maure, Willem Jan van de Berg, Giacomo Traversa, Christiaan T. van Dalum, Petteri Uotila, Xavier Fettweis, Biagio Di Mauro, Milla Johansson | The Cryosphere | 2025 | 19
  4. The surface mass balance and near-surface climate of the Antarctic ice sheet in RACMO2.4p1

    This study presents a new near-surface climate and surface mass balance (SMB) product for Antarct...

    Christiaan T. van Dalum, Willem Jan van de Berg, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Maurice van Tiggelen | The Cryosphere | 2025 | 19
  5. Radiative forcing due to shifting southern African fire regimes

    Landscape fires emit climate-influencing greenhouse gases and aerosols. The vast majority of land...

    Tom Eames, Nick Schutgens, Eleftherios Ioannidis, Ivar R. van der Velde, Max J. van Gerrevink, Roland Vernooij, and Guido R. van der Werf | ACP | 2025 | 25
  6. Decadal observations of deep ocean temperature change passively probed with acoustic waves

    The oceans are filled with acoustic waves, which are trapped in a low-velocity layer at about 1 k...

    Läslo Evers | JASA Express Lett. | 2025 | 5
  7. Tropical cyclone intensification and extratropical transition under alternate climate conditions: a case study of Hurricane Ophelia (2017)

    Post-tropical cyclones can have substantial impacts on regions unaccustomed to such powerful stor...

    Marjolein Ribberink, Hylke de Vries, Nadia Bloemendaal, Michiel Baatsen, Erik van Meijgaard | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences | 2025 | preprint
  8. Assessment of synthetic tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Basin

    Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose significant risks due to their associated hazards, including powerfu...

    David Romero, Christian M Appendini, Kerry Emanuel, Chia-Ying Lee, Kees Nederhoff, Nadia Bloemendaal, Pablo Ruiz-Salcines, Jonathan Vigh, Christian Domínguez | Atmospheric Research | 2025 | 327
  9. Navigating and attributing uncertainty in future tropical cyclone risk estimates

    Future tropical cyclone risks will evolve with climate change and socioeconomic development, enta...

    Simona Meiler, Chanan F. Kropf, Jamie W. McCaughey, Chia-Ying Lee, Suzana J. Camargo, Adam H. Sobel, Nadia Bloemendaal, Kerry Emanuel, David N. Bresch | Science Advances | 2025 | 11
  10. Assessing future impacts of tropical cyclones on global banana production

    Tropical cyclones (TCs) are projected to increase in intensity globally, impacting human lives; i...

    Sophie Kaashoek, Ziga Malek, Nadia Bloemendaal, Marleen C. de Ruiter | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences | 2025 | 25

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.