Welcome to the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Troposphere Research (IMKTRO)

The institute deals adresses important scientific questions of the atmosphere and climate and carries out projects in close cooperation with other research institutions. It conveys basic knowledge about the atmosphere and the climate system to students of meteorology and other disciplines in its courses.Findings from research are among others presented in publications and research highlights on this website. In addition, the research results are made available for applications in politics, administration, business and for citizens.

KI-Modell Hitzebelastung StaedteFerdinand Briegel, KIT
The AI model makes future heat pollution in cities visible at a granular level

Researchers at KIT and the University of Freiburg have used AI to calculate, at high resolution and over long periods of time, how the heat load per square metre will develop in urban areas in the future.

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GlobusMarkus Breig (KIT)
KIT Leads Atmospheric Sciences in Germany

New rankings from U.S. News and ShanghaiRanking reaffirm KIT’s long-standing leadership in atmospheric sciences at the national level

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Tektonik und Topografie während des PETM; Ausschnitt aus Scotese (2016).Gabor Ujvari
Ancient Soils Could Help Predict the Effects of Climate Change

Ancient soils and climate model data reveal a 5°C soil warming and flatter temperature gradients about 56 million years ago

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Windenergieanlage und metorologischer Messmast auf dem Windenergietestfeld WINSENTStefan Emeis
Wind Energy in Complex Terrain

KIT Students Visit the WINSENT Wind Energy Test Site for Research on Wind Turbines in Mountainous Terrain on the Swabian Alb

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Superzelle ICECHIP TX SMSusanna Mohr
Progress in hail research: the LIFT project and the ICECHIP campaign

Insights into an extraordinary measurement campaign on hail formation: storm chasing, supercells and spectacular updraft measurements

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TestbettWilhelm et al. (2025)
A testbed to explore weather prediction in times of AI

The newly established TEEMLEAP testbed enables fair and systematic intercomparisons between numerical and machine-learning forecasts

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HagelJannik Wilhelm
Searching hailstones...

Hailstone in the freezer: Please send an email to hagel@imktro.kit.edu

 

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kitcubeMarkus Breig, KIT
Measurement Campaign to Improve Forecast Models and Severe Weather Warnings in the Alps

Weather research: International field campaign aims to better understand air exchange processes over the Alps

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WolkenMagdalena Vallon
Science Camp Climate and Environment

What influences our climate? How can we recognize changes in our environment? At the Science Camp: Climate & Environment, teenagers have the chance to become researchers themselves.

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