RESEARCH

Atmospheric research at MFF UK covers a wide range of topics, generally focusing on atmospheric phenomena and their mathematical-physical description. A crucial part of our research is the numerical modeling of related processes. These numerical modeling methods form the basis of climate models, allowing us to study the interactions within the climate system and its potential development. Similarly, weather forecasting relies on these methods, further incorporating information from radars and satellites. Satellite observations are also key in other areas where we are active, such as atmospheric chemistry research and chemical-climate modeling.

We also investigate small-scale flow and turbulence, which are essential for urban climate modeling and studying the dispersion of pollutants. Our theoretical research topics also include the deterministic-chaotic nature and predictability of atmospheric processes. Additionally, we explore highly specific areas such as atmospheric electricity (with a lightning detector installed on the roof of MFF UK in Troja) and the study of atmospheric aerosols (in collaboration with the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences).

Our research extends beyond the lowest layers of the atmosphere to higher altitudes, where the influence of atmospheric gravity and planetary waves must be considered. Our students actively participate in all these areas of research. The wide range of research topics lead to establishment of six research groups

An overview of our research projects can be found on the Research Projects page, and a list of our publications is available on the Publications page. The current list of student project topics is provided on the Student Faculty Grants page.

We collaborate on research and education with several other research institutions such as the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzechGlobe), the Czech Technical University in Prague and government institutions as Ministry of Environment and the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. We also actively collaborate with numerous foreign universities and research institutes across Europe and on other continents worldwide.

We cooperate with a number of foreign universities and research institutions in Europe and all over the world:

• Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, BOKU – BOKU-Met, Vienna, Austria – https://boku.ac.at/en/wau/met
• EPhysLab, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain – https://ephyslab.uvigo.es/en/about-us/
• Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany – https://www.physes.uni-leipzig.de/en/fakultaet/institute-bereiche-und-zentren/leipzig-institute-for-meteorology-lim
• Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, Graz University, Graz, Austria – https://wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en
• Laboratoire Atmosphères & Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris, France – https://www.latmos.ipsl.fr/index.php/en
• Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, GMGEC : Groupe de Météorologie de Grande Echelle et Climat, Toulouse, France – http://www.umr-cnrm.fr/spip.php?rubrique89
• National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CA, USA – https://ncar.ucar.edu
• University Tunis El Manar, National School of Engineers of Tunis, Tunis – https://www.utm.rnu.tn/utm/fr/
• Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany – https://www.pks.mpg.de
• Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Hague, Netherlands – https://www.tno.nl/en
• Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany – https://mpimet.mpg.de
• Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain – https://www.bsc.es
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF), Reading, United Kingdom – https://www.ecmwf.int/en
• Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland – https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway – https://www.met.no
• Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden – https://www.chalmers.se/en
• Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway – https://nersc.no/en

Czech cooperating institutions

Foreign partners