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

Institute participation at DIE EXZELLENZUNIVERSITÄT BONN LÄDT on the topic Storms, Heat, Floods – Extreme Weather

On November 19, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hense, PD Dr. Petra Friedrichs, and Junior Professor Dr. Leonie Esters represented our institute at the event “The Excellence University Bonn Invites You: Storms, Heat, Floods – Extreme Weather” and presented their research to a broad audience.

Climate monitoring by the University of Bonn at the Bundeskunsthalle

The working group Climate Monitoring led by junior professor Leonie Esters from the Department of Meteorology at the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Bonn is contributing to the exhibition ‘Expedition Weltmeere’ at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn.

Celebrating Excellence: Yohanes Ginting Honored with DAAD Prize at the 2025 International Days

Yohanes Ginting, a PhD student at our institute received the prestigious DAAD Prize during the International Days of the University of Bonn. The DAAD Prize is an award presented by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) in recognition of Yohanes outstanding academic achievements and social and community engagement.

OERcamp 2025 Hannover

At the beginning of October, some of our team took part in OERcamp 2025 in Hannover. The aim of the camp is to facilitate exchange between participants. We gained many new insights through exciting workshops and lectures. Ellen Arimond gave a workshop on OEP on our behalf, and we also began the first test phase of our best practice example there.

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