Profile

360° cloud image with the measuring device in RGB colours. Photo: Institute for Meteorology

Our reearch profile

We use climate and weather models and apply versatile measurement techniques to study processes that govern the weather and climate.

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The research aircraft Polar 5 flies over the research vessel Polarstern during a stopover on Spitsbergen (2015). Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Thomas Krumpen (CC-BY 4.0)
Two students are sitting on the weather meadow. A student holds up a glass cylinder and a student takes a reading. Photo. Swen Reichhold
A young woman sits in front of a monitor and analyses a weather map. Photo Franziska Frenzel
Abstract connection network concept, stock image, Photo: Colourbox
First synoptic weather charts by H. W. Brandes showing air pressure variations on 24.12.1821, 6 o'clock in the evening. From: H. W. Brandes, De Repentinis Variationibus in Pressione Atmosphaerae Observatis, Leipzig, 1826

Team

Six Hands reaching over each other. Photo: Colourbox

Our Team

Meet our staff and read more about their focus areas in research and teaching.

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Events

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The Meteorological Colloquium

Here you will find the calendar of the Meteorological Colloquium of the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology.

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A doctor's hat stands on a stack of books. Photo: Colourbox
Logos des Transregio-Projekts (AC)3 zur Arktischen Klimaverstärkung
Logo des Schwerpunktprogramms SPP 1294 "Atmospheric and Earth System Research with HALO“

Service

Auf einem Tisch liegen zwei Formulare und ein Kugelschreiber. Foto: Katrin Schandert
A calculator and two euro notes lie on the newspaper with the title Job Market. Photo: Colourbox
Tastatur mit roter Taste FAQ. Foto: Colourbox