Section Meteorology

Meteorology is devoted to the study of atmospheric processes that influence the Earth's weather and climate and has applications in weather and climate prediction, aerospace, agriculture, energy production, environmental research, and disaster management. The focus of the IfG Meteorology Section in Bonn is on climate dynamics and monitoring and statistical methods, radar remote sensing, boundary layer dynamics and observation, theoretical synoptic, and general meteorology and atmospheric dynamics. The meteorology section of the IfG is involved, among others, in the Collaborative Research Center 1502 DETECT, leads the BMBF joint project ClimXtreme and the Priority Program 2115 PROM as well as the Forschergruppe FOR 2589 RealPEP.

Education includes the B.Sc. Meteorology and Geophysics and the M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere.

News

Lecture at the Bundeskunsthalle on 25 March 2026: From Waves to Data Deluge: Life and Work at Sea

Join us on a research expedition and hear about scientific findings first-hand. Two researchers from our institute will talk about their unusual workplace, situated between the university and the world’s oceans! How does a research team live and work on a research vessel in the middle of the ocean? What research-relevant data is measured?

Bonn Alaaf! The Meteorology Department represented at the Bonn Rose Monday Parade

On Rose Monday, the Meteorology Department actively contributed to Bonn's local traditions with plenty of enthusiasm, representing our institute in the Rose Monday parade.

Expedition World Oceans and the Journey of CO₂: How does global warming affect our oceans?

These questions were the focus of a workshop for children and parents at the Bundeskunsthalle on the first Sunday of this year. With the help of CO₂ sensors and experiments from the climate kit, we traced the path of CO₂ together and learned how it changes the pH value in the ocean and why this endangers coral reefs.

Presentation on meteorology and geophysics at the 25th Schnupper-Uni – join in!

The University of Bonn invites all female students in grades 10 to 13 to attend the 25th Schnupper-Uni for Female Students on Tuesday, 10 February 2026, offering exciting insights into the worlds of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geodesy and geoinformation, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, meteorology and geophysics, molecular biomedicine, pharmacy and physics.

Our working groups

Photo: Clouds in front of a blue sky. Photographed from the air.

Section Meteorology

Our working groups

WG Theoretical Meteorology

WG Climate Dynamics and Statistics

WG Remote Sensing

WG General Meteorology

WG Climate Monitoring

WG Regional Weather and Climate Modeling