KMI - Most prominent achievements

Most prominent achievements

The development of a theory of the error growth in unstable dynamical systems and its application to low and intermediate order atmospheric models
The modelling of the quaternary glaciations and the discovery of the phenomenon of stochastic resonance, providing a qualitative explanation of the sensitivity of the climatic system to weak external forcings
The discovery of the chaotic nature of the dynamics of the quaternary glaciations and its modelling
The development of statistical prediction models and their use in the classification and prediction of weather and hydrological regimes
The investigation of the dynamics of realistic operational regional models
The development of a theory of recurrent events and extreme values in the context of deterministic systems
The development of data assimilation shemes taking into account of the deterministic nature of model errors
The discovery of mechanisms for the development of atmospheric low-frequency variability through coupling with the ocean
The development of statistical postprocessing techniques for weather and climate forecasts