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.

Read more
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

Facilities

Vilhelm Bjerknes lecture hall during a lecture. Photo: Swen Reichholdd
The Institute for Meteorology has a closed Göttinger-type wind channel. Photo: Swen Reichhold
Ground based observation: LIMHAT, LIMRAD und LIMCUBE during the measuring operation on the roof of the Leipzig Institute of Meteorology. Photo: Heike Kalesse-Los / Universität Leipzig

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.

Read more

Events

Blick in einen Hörsaal auf den Vortragenden

The Meteorological Colloquium

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

Read more

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