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| Institute of Experimental Meteorology | |
|---|---|
| Name | Institute of Experimental Meteorology |
| Established | 1950s |
| Type | Research institute |
| Location | Example City |
| Director | Example Director |
| Affiliations | National Academy of Sciences; University of Example |
Institute of Experimental Meteorology
The Institute of Experimental Meteorology is a research institute specializing in atmospheric physics and applied meteorology. The institute conducts field campaigns, instrument development, and numerical studies in collaboration with academic, governmental, and industry partners. Researchers at the institute engage with international programs to study weather systems, climate processes, and atmospheric composition.
The institute traces roots to postwar initiatives associated with the International Geophysical Year, the World Meteorological Organization, and national science academies such as the National Academy of Sciences (United States), the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Max Planck Society. Early projects included collaborations with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Met Office, and the Deutscher Wetterdienst. During the Cold War era the institute exchanged data with programs linked to the Global Atmospheric Research Program, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the United Nations Environment Programme. Notable historical field campaigns connected the institute to the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere program, the GEWEX initiative, and the ARM Climate Research Facility. Over decades the institute hosted visiting scientists from the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Tokyo, Peking University, ETH Zurich, University of Paris (Sorbonne), University of Toronto, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
The institute is organized into divisions reflecting partnerships with the University of Oxford, Harvard University, Stanford University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and the California Institute of Technology. Laboratory facilities include aerosol chambers established with input from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, cloud microphysics wind tunnels adapted from designs used by NASA, and radar test ranges modeled after those at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Campus observatories share data protocols with the European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Canadian Space Agency. Administrative oversight has interactions with funding bodies such as the National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the Wellcome Trust.
Research programs span convective dynamics, boundary-layer processes, aerosol-cloud interactions, and atmospheric chemistry. The institute’s convective studies link to datasets from the TROPOZ II campaigns, the VORTEX projects, and the HyMeX experiments. Boundary-layer investigations align with the LBLAST and BACH campaigns and maintain ties to the Flatland Project and the LoWES initiative. Aerosol-cloud research coordinates with the AERONET network, the SAGE mission, and the CALIPSO satellite. Atmospheric chemistry groups contribute to research themes shared with the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CSIRO, INPE, and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Climate-relevant activities connect to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, the European Space Agency Climate Office, and the World Climate Research Programme.
Instrument development includes Doppler wind lidars influenced by work at DLR, microwave radiometers based on designs from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and cloud probes derived from instruments used by NCAR and ARM. The institute operates X-band and C-band radar systems similar to systems at the Météo-France radar network, and deploys dropsondes patterned on equipment from NOAA hurricane reconnaissance. Aerosol samplers were developed with collaboration from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Experimental methods are informed by standards from the International Organization for Standardization, measurement protocols from the World Meteorological Organization, and calibration techniques used at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt.
The institute maintains bilateral agreements with the European Commission, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and bilateral research centers such as the Beijing Climate Center, the Korean Meteorological Administration, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and the Mexican National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change. It participates in consortia with the CERN detector teams for data-processing techniques, with the European Centre for Research and Advanced Training initiatives, and with industrial partners originating from Siemens, Honeywell, and IBM Research. Long-term partnerships include joint laboratories with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and the Italian National Research Council.
Educational programs include graduate fellowships co-funded with the European Research Council, postdoctoral exchanges with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and visiting-scholar programs with the Fulbright Program and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Outreach activities coordinate with museums such as the Smithsonian Institution, science festivals like the World Science Festival, and media outlets including the BBC and Nature. Public data portals mirror efforts by the Copernicus Programme and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.
The institute contributed to improvements in operational forecasting through advances shared with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and the National Meteorological Center (China). Instrument innovations were adopted by the World Meteorological Organization networks and influenced satellite missions like Aqua, Terra, Sentinel-5P, and GOES. Field campaign leadership linked to the institute supported breakthroughs reported in journals such as Science, Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research, and Geophysical Research Letters. Honorary awards to staff include recognitions from the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, the European Geosciences Union, and national science academies including the Royal Society.
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