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. Chapter 6 - Future changes in precipitation distributions over Africa

    The African continent is home to approximately 1.4 billion people, about 18% of the world's popul...

    Paul-Arthur Monerie, Hamida Ngoma Nadoya, Izidine Pinto, Alain T. Tamoffo, Koffi Worou | Developments in Weather and Climate Science | 2025
  3. Modeling of precipitation over Africa: progress, challenges, and prospects

    In recent years, there has been an increasing need for climate information across diverse sectors...

    A. A. Akinsanola, C. N. Wenhaji, R. Barimalala, P.-A. Monerie, R. D. Dixon, A. T. Tamoffo, M. O. Adeniyi, V. Ongoma, I. Diallo, M. Gudoshava, C. M. Wainwright, R. James, K. C. Silverio, A. Faye, S. S. Nangombe, M. W. Pokam, D. A. Vondou, N. C. G. Hart, I. Pinto, M. Kilavi, S. Hagos, E. N. Rajagopal, R. K. Kolli & S. Joseph | ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 2025 | 43
  4. KNMI Climate Scenarios for Sint Maarten

    The climate scenarios for Sint Maarten show what the island's future climate could look like in 2...

    Meteorological Department St. Maarten (MDS), International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas (IPDC) and KNMI: Sheryl Etienne-Leblanc, Joseph Isaac, Anneloes Teunisse, Iris Keizer, Frédérik Ruys, Peter Siegmund, Rein Haarsma, Hylke de Vries. | --2025 | pp28
  5. KNMI Climate Scenarios for Curaçao

    The climate scenarios for Curaçao show what the island's future climate could look like in 2050 a...

    Meteorological Department of Curaçao (MDC), International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas (IPDC) and KNMI: Joffrey Boekhoudt, Jonathan Zoetrum, Pédzi Flores-Girigori, Anneloes Teunisse, Iris Keizer, Rein Haarsma, Hylke de Vries, Frédérik Ruys and Peter Siegmund. | --2025 | pp29
  6. KNMI Climate Scenarios for Aruba

    The climate scenarios for Aruba show what the island’s future climate could look like in 2050 and...

    Departamento Meteorologico Aruba (DMA), International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas (IPDC) and KNMI: Lothar Irausquin, Anneloes Teunisse, Iris Keizer, Frédérik Ruys, Peter Siegmund, Rein Haarsma, Hylke de Vries. | --2025 | pp29
  7. Human-induced climate change increased 2021–2022 drought severity

    From October 2020 to early 2023, Eastern Africa experienced five consecutive failed (SPEI -2.6) r...

    Joyce Kimutai, Clair Barnes, Mariam Zachariah, Sjoukje Y Philip, Sarah F Kew, Izidine Pinto, Piotr Wolski, Gerbrand Koren, Gabriel Vecchi, Wenchang Yang, Sihan Li, Maja Vahlberg, Roop Singh, Dorothy Heinrich, Julie Arrighi, Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Lisa Thalheimer, Cheikh Kane, Emmanuel Raju, Friederike EL Otto | Weather and Climate Extremes | 2025 | 47
  8. Een Extreem Rapport

    Extreem weer in tijden van klimaatverandering. In Een Extreem Rapport beschrijven we negen weerse...

    KNMI-auteurs: Nadia Bloemendaal, Maarten Boonekamp, Bram van Duinen, Job Dullaart-van Veen, Geert Lenderink, Erik van Meijgaard, Lone Mokkenstorm, Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Gerard van der Schrier, Peter Siegmund, Bart Verheggen, Leon van Voorst, Hylke de Vries. | --2025 | pp75
  9. Phantom Motion of the Ocean: Leakage of Geometrical Doppler Into Geophysical Motions Observed With Doppler Scatterometers

    The interactions among geometrical Doppler, beam pattern, and normalized radar cross section (NRC...

    Owen O’Driscoll, Paco López-Dekker, Alexandre Payez | IEEE TGRS | 2025 | 63
  10. Stratospheric Ozone [in “State of the Climate in 2024”]

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    M. Weber, W. Steinbrecht, C. Arosio, R. van der A, S. M. Frith, J. Anderson, L. M. Ciasto, M. Coldewey-Egbers, S. Davis, D. Degenstein, V. E. Fioletov, L. Froidevaux, J. de Laat, D. Loyola, A. Rozanov, V. Sofieva, K. Tourpali, R. Wang, T. Warnock, J. D. Wild | Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. | 2025 | 106(8)

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.