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Research & development

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

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Publications

  1. An inter-comparison of inverse models for estimating European CH4 emissions

    Atmospheric inversions are widely used to evaluate and improve inventories of methane (CH4) emis-...

    Eleftherios Ioannidis, Antoon Meesters, Michael Steiner, Dominik Brunner, Friedemann Reum, Isabelle Pison, Antoine Berchet, Rona Thompson, Espen Sollum, Frank-Thomas Koch, Christoph Gerbig, Fenjuan Wang, Shamil Maksyutov, Aki Tsuruta, Maria Tenkanen, Tuula Aalto, Guillaume Monteil, Hong Lin, Ge Ren, Marko Scholze, and Sander Houweling | ESSD | 2026 | 18
  2. An efficient transformer-based aerosol retrieval algorithm for the polarization crossfire (PCF) satellite senor suite: development and validation

    Multi-angle polarimetric (MAP) satellite observations provide information on aerosol optical and ...

    Haoran Gu , Zhengqiang Li , Yan Ma , Luo Zhang , Cheng Chen , Gerrit de Leeuw , Zihan Zhang , Cheng Fan , Li Li , Zhenwei Qiu , Zhenhai Liu , Jin Hong , Qian Yao , Zhe Ji | Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer | 2026 | 351
  3. 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
  4. Treatment of Key Aerosol and Cloud Processes in Earth System Models – Recommendations from the FORCeS Project

    Uncertainty in estimations of the net contribution of anthropogenic aerosol particles, particular...

    I Riipinen, S Talvinen, A Chassaing, P Georgakaki, X Li, C Pérez García-Pando, T Bergman, SM Kommula, U Proske, A Gkouvousis, AP Tsimpidi, M Chatziparaschos , A Neuberger, VA Karydis, SM Calderón, S Romakkaniemi, DG Partridge, T Khadir, L Dada, T van Noije, S Decesari, Ø Seland, P Zieger, F Bender, K Carlslaw, J Cermak, M Costa-Surós, M Gonçalves Ageitos, Y Gramlich, OW Haugvaldstad, E Holopainen, C Hoose, O Jorba, S Kakavas, M Kanakidou, H Kokkola, R Krejci, T Kühn, M Kulmala, P Le Sager, R Makkonen, SEI Manavi, TF Mentel, A Milousis, S Myriokefalitakis, A Nenes, T Nieminen, SN Pandis, D Patoulias, T Petäjä, J Quaas, L Regayre, SMC Scholz, M Schulz, K Skyllakou, R Sousse, P Stier, MA Thomas, JT Villinger, A Virtanen, K Wyser, AML Ekman | Tellus B: Chem. Phys. Meteorol. | 2026 | 78
  5. Ozone dry deposition through plant stomata: multi-model comparison with flux observations and the role of water stress as part of AQMEII4 Activity 2

    A substantial portion of tropospheric O3 dry deposition occurs after diffusion of O3 through plan...

    Anam M. Khan, Olivia E. Clifton, Jesse O. Bash, Sam Bland, Nathan Booth, Philip Cheung, Lisa Emberson, Johannes Flemming, Erick Fredj, Stefano Galmarini, Laurens Ganzeveld, Orestis Gazetas, Ignacio Goded, Christian Hogrefe, Christopher D. Holmes, László Horváth, Vincent Huijnen, Qian Li, Paul A. Makar, Ivan Mammarella, Giovanni Manca, J. William Munger, Juan L. Pérez-Camanyo, Jonathan Pleim, Limei Ran, Roberto San Jose, Donna Schwede, Sam J. Silva, Ralf Staebler, Shihan Sun, Amos P. K. Tai, Eran Tas, Timo Vesala, Tamás Weidinger, Zhiyong Wu, Leiming Zhang, Paul C. Stoy | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 2025 | 25
  6. Assessing the relative impacts of satellite ozone and its precursor observations to improve global tropospheric ozone analysis using multiple chemical reanalysis systems

    Chemical reanalysis products have been produced by integrating various satellite observational da...

    Takashi Sekiya, Emanuele Emili, Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Antje Inness, Zhen Qu, R. Bradley Pierce, Dylan Jones, Helen Worden, William Y. Y. Cheng, Vincent Huijnen, Gerbrand Koren | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 2025 | 25
  7. Burning of woody debris dominates fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado

    The Amazon forest is fire sensitive, but, where fires were uncommon as a natural disturbance, def...

    Matthias Forkel, Christine Wessollek, Vincent Huijnen, Niels Andela, Jos de Laat, Daniel Kinalczyk, Christopher Marrs, Dave van Wees, Ana Bastos, Philippe Ciais, Dominic Fawcett, Johannes W. Kaiser, Carine Klauberg, Erico Kutchartt, Rodrigo Leite, Wei Li, Carlos Silva, Stephen Sitch, Jefferson Goncalves De Souza, Sönke Zaehle, Stephen Plummer | nature geoscience | 2025 | 18
  8. An evaluation of the regional distribution and wet deposition of secondary inorganic aerosols and their gaseous precursors in IFS-COMPO preparatory to cycle 49R1

    Secondary Inorganic Aerosol (SIA) makes up a considerable fraction of the total particulate matte...

    Jason E. Williams, Swen Metzger, Samuel Rémy, Vincent Huijnen, Johannes Flemming | Geoscientific Model Development | 2025 | 18
  9. Extending the range and reach of physically-based Greenland ice sheet sea-level projections

    We present an ensemble of physically-based ice sheet model projections for the Greenland ice shee...

    H Goelzer, C J Berends, F Boberg, G Durand, T L Edwards, X Fettweis, F Gillet-Chaulet, Q Glaude, P Huybrechts, S Le Clec h, R Mottram, B Noel, M Olesen, C Rahlves, J Rohmer, M R van den Broeke and R S W van de Wal‬‬. | The Cryosphere | 2025
  10. Large-scale mapping of nocturnal bird migration to accelerate a nature-inclusive energy transition

    The energy transition intensifies spatial conflicts between energy infrastructure (EI) and migrat...

    Bart Hoekstra, Bart Kranstauber, Maja Bradarić, Johannes De Groeve, Stacy Shinneman, Berend C. Wijers, Hidde Leijnse, Hans van Gasteren, Adriaan M. Dokter, Emiel van Loon, Judy Shamoun-Baranes | Journal of Environmental Management | 2025 | 395

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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.

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