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. Leveraging the satellite-based climate data record CLARA-A3 to understand the climatic trend regimes relevant for solar energy applications over Europe

    Efficient transitioning to renewable energy requires a fundamental understanding of the past and ...

    A. Devasthale, S. Andersson, E. Engstrom, F. Kaspar, J. Trentmann, A. Duguay-Tetzlaff, J.F. Meirink, E. Kjellstrom, T. Landelius, M.A. Thomas, K.G. Karlsson | Earth System Dynamics | 2025 | 16
  3. A cross-band transformer on wavelets for pansharpening of satellite imagery

    Pansharpening is the task of fusing panchromatic and low-resolution multi-spectral data to obtain...

    N. Ntantis, J.S. Wijnands, J.F. Meirink, D. Dibenedetto | European Journal of Remote Sensing | 2025 | 58
  4. Analysis of ship emission effects on clouds over the southeastern Atlantic using geostationary satellite observations

    This study investigates the impact of ship emissions on clouds over a shipping corridor in the so...

    N. Benas, J.F. Meirink, R. Roebeling, M. Stengel | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 2025 | 25
  5. Spatiotemporal evolution of broadband seismological networks in the Netherlands and the added value of the NARS-DICTUM array

    Passive seismic networks play critical roles in both seismicity monitoring and subsurface imaging...

    Stephen Akinremi, Islam Fadel, Arie van Wettum, Elmer Ruigrok, Christine Thomas, Mark van der Meijde | Annals of Geophysics | 2025 | 68
  6. Natural and induced seismicity

    Natural seismicity in the Netherlands is mainly associated with large faults in the south of the ...

    Bernard Dost, Elmer Ruigrok, Jesper Spetzler, Pauline Kruiver | 2025
  7. The damaging 1932 Uden Earthquake in the Netherlands – revision of cross-border macroseismic data and its impact on source parameters

    A re-assessment of the macroseismic intensity data was conducted for the second-largest instrumen...

    Bernard Dost, Ben Neefs, Koen van Noten, Elmer Ruigrok | Journal of Seismology | 2025 | 29
  8. Imago onderzoek KNMI 2025

    In opdracht van het KNMI heeft Motivaction een herhaling van het imago-onderzoek uitgevoerd dat e...

    Giovanni Giaquinto, David Borchert: Motivaction | --2025 | pp41
  9. Land Surface precipitation extremes [in “State of the Climate in 2024”]

    For the second year in a row, record-high global surface temperatures were set in 2024, according...

    M. R. Tye, S. Blenkinsop, M. G. Bosilovich, I. Durre, C. Lennard, I. Pinto, A. J. Simmons, and M. Ziese, | Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc | 2025
  10. 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

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.