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.

Events

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Abbildung MessungenAmerican Meteorological Society
Wind measurements are the key to tropical weather prediction

New research from IMKTRO underlines the outstanding importance of this hard-to-measure weather variable through targeted modelling studies

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Sturmzugbahn von Sturm AnnaSvenja Christ
What causes the intensification of winter storms over Europe?

As winter storms develop, energy released by cloud formation accelerates their intensification, bringing heavier rainfall and stronger wind gusts.

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WetterprozesseTuule Müürsepp, ETH Zürich
Improving Winter Weather Process Predictions


International Measurement Campaign Coordinated by IMKTRO Studies the Dynamics of Weather Systems over the North Atlantic

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HUNGA AusbruchWCRP Report 10/2025, APARC Report No. 11 [1]
How the 2022 Hunga Eruption Changed Earth’s Atmosphere

IMKTRO scientists contributed to a comprehensive assessment revealing how the 2022 Hunga eruption reshaped the atmosphere.

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CCN GrafikLucas et al. (2025)
Stronger thunderstorms and more hail through climate warming?

Pseudo-global warming simulations reveal enhanced supercell intensity and hail growth in a future Central European climate

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RegensammlerAndreas Fink
IMKTRO researcher joins the WMO GPEX WG2 Team

Simon Ageet joins the WCRP GPEX team of international scientists to tackle observational data challenges to improve global precipitation prediction

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Gemeinde Ihringen TeaserGemeinde Ihringen, Johannes Meger
Strengthening heat action planning for small municipalities

The second phase of PROLOK is developing a practical tool to enable small municipalities to implement effective heat action plans independentlyn

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Teaser_Klimaexperten
KIT experts on ten years of the Paris Climate Agreement

Today, we know much more about the climate system – and there is no end in sight.

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Ensemble-MittelwertSiyu Li
Using ML models for advanced understanding of subseasonal predictability

Scientists explore how computationally cheap machine learning-based weather prediction (MLWP) models may advance our understanding of tropical-extratropical teleconnections.

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