Research & development

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

Departments

Publications

On the movement of atmospheric blocking systems and the associated temperature responses
The quasi-stationary behaviour of atmospheric blocking is studied using a Lagrangian framework th...
Jonna van Mourik, Hylke de Vries, Michiel Baatsen | Weather and Climate Dynamics | 2025 | 6
Regional drivers and characteristics of multi-year droughts
Multi-year droughts (MYDs) are severe natural hazards that have become more common due to climate...
Jonna van Mourik, Denise Ruijsch, Karin van der Wiel, Wilco Hazeleger, Niko Wanders | Weather and Climate Extremes | 2025 | 48
Cement and brick factories contribute elevated levels of NO2 pollution in Nepal: Evidence of high-resolution view from space
An upsurge in the pollution level in areas with a high concentration of brick and cement factorie...
Gyawali, M., Lamsal, L. N., Neupane, S., Gyawali, B., Bhattarai, K., Fisher, B, Krotkov, N., van Geffen, J., Eskes, H., Sharma, S., Brunt, C. and Aryal, R. | Atmospheric Environment X | 2025 | 26
Global retrieval of TROPOMI tropospheric HCHO and NO2 columns with improved consistency based on updated Peking University OMI NO2 algorithm,
The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), aboard the Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) satellite...
Zhang, Y., Yu, H., De Smedt, I., Lin, J., Theys, N., Van Roozendael, M., Pinardi, G., Compernolle, S., Ni, R., Ren, F., Wang, S., Chen, L., Van Geffen, J., Liu, M., Cede, A., Merlaud, A., Friedrich, M., Richter, A., Piters, A., Kumar, V., Sinha, V., Wagner, T., Choi, Y., Takashima, H., Kanaya, Y., Irie, H., Spurr, R., Sun, W., and Fabris, L. | Atmos. Meas. Tech. | 2025 | 18
Verification of the Vaisala LT31 Transmissometer
The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is updating its visibility standard which r...
Jessica M. I. Strickland and Hannelore I. Bloemink | --2025 | pp
Prevalence and determinants of profound vitamin D deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D <10 nmol/L) in the UK Biobank and potential implications for disease association studies
Background 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) is the principal biomarker of vitamin D status. Values ...
Shraim, R., Brennan, M.M., van Geffen, J. and Zgaga, L. | Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 2025 | 250
Validation of hourly precipitation extremes in the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO) for the Netherlands and surrounding regions
Hourly precipitation extremes in the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO) are validated for...
Sebastiaan de Haas, Leon van Voorst, Henk van den Brink | --2025 | pp36
Natural emissions of VOC and NOx over Africa constrainted by TROPOMI HCHO and NO2 data using the MAGRITTEv1.1 model
Natural emissions (vegetation, soil, and lightning) are the dominant sources of non-methane bioge...
Opacka, B., Stavrakou, T., Müller, J.-F., De Smedt, I., van Geffen, J., Marais, E. A., Horner, R. P., Millet, D. B., Wells, K. C. and Guenther, A. B. | Atmos. Chem. Phys. | 2025 | 25
Key opportunities for KNMI to enhance its role in wildfire risk management in the Netherlands
Wildfire occurrence and intensity are increasing globally as a result of climate change. This tre...
Joëlle Hansen-Löve | 2025
Impact of a solar farm on temperature and radiation measurements at Groningen Airport Eelde in the Netherlands
In the summer of 2019 a 20 hectares solar farm was installed on Groningen Airport Eelde at a dist...
Theo Brandsma | --2025 | pp45

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