Research

Research and Development at DWD is targeted at improving weather forecasts, weather warnings and climate services, including user-oriented adaption to climate change. The DWD works closely with universities, research institutes and partner weather services.

  1. Platform for displaying global deterministic forecasts and ensemble forecasts (Source DWD)
    Platform for displaying global deterministic forecasts and ensemble forecastsThe Deutscher Wetterdienst in its function of WMC of WMO provides various products generated by its numerical weather prediction system ICON:
  2. New: Nowcasting products of the RSMC for Nowcasting are online now (Source DWD)
    New Nowcasting products are ONLINE
    Three new Nowcasting products of the RSMC (Regional Specialized Meteorological Center) for Nowcasting are online now!
  3. Lidar (Source DWD)
    Lidar
    Atmospheric areosols are measured with a Lidar at the meteoroligical observatory Hohenpeißenberg
  4. AFC Radom of the research radar at Hohenpeißenberg. (Source DWD / FEZE)
    AFC Radom of the research radar at Hohenpeißenberg.
    Als bodengebundene Radarmessysteme betreibt der Deutsche Wetterdienst einen Verbund aus Wetterradarsystemen.
  5. Weather forecasts for renewable energy (Source DWD/ FE1)
    Weather forecasts for renewable energy
    Wind power and photovoltaics have become two important energy sources for generation of power in Germany
  6. ICON-ART 3 hours forecasts (Source DWD/ FE1)
    ICON-ART 3 hours forecasts
    The model systems ICON-ART (global) and COSMO-ART (regional) are characterized by the online-coupling of the NWP-models of DWD with the ART modules for the treatment of Aerosols and Reactive Trace gases in the atmosphere developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
  7. Portrait of Hans Ertel
    Portrait of Hans Ertel
    In the Hans Ertel Centre basic research is carried out so as to improve weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

The area of research at DWD

Einstiegsseite zur Numerischen Wettervorhersage (Source DWD-numerische Wettervorhersage)

Numerical models ICON and ICON-D2

There are numerical models for global and regional weather prediction.

Einstiegsseite zu den Meteorologische Fachverfahren (Source DWD/FE2)

Meteorological applications

Meteorological algorithms and applications are scientific and technological tools, of wide-ranging types, that supplement and build upon NWP or observations to help deliver valuable output to customers.

Zur Beschreibung des Global Atmosphere Watch (Source DWD)

Global Atmosphere Watch

GAW as part of the United Nations (UN), the Global Atmosphere Watch Programme of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is a worldwide programme to monitor the composition of the atmosphere.

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