The aim of research and teaching at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics is to better understand physical processes on our planet. We use mathematical and physical methods, in particular field measurements, experiments, computer models, remote sensing methods and, increasingly, artificial intelligence.
We deal with weather forecasting and the assimilation of meteorological data into weather forecast models, climate change and the underlying processes such as cloud formation or extreme precipitation, by means of climate and atmospheric transport modelling, the influence of water in soils and near-surface rock layers, and the use of seismological methods to explore geothermal potential. Environmental topics such as the determination of greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of the space industry on the composition of the atmosphere, or the influence of aerosols on clouds and climate are also in our focus.
On Thursday, 22 October, tens of thousands of people marched along Vienna’s Ringstraße under the motto “Alarmstufe Rot – #UnisRetten!” to protest the…
The Institute’s Seismology Group gathered for a farewell dinner to bid farewell to Clement Esteve.
On June 24th,2026 the annual come2gether of the department took place at the "Heurigen Zimmermann".
Wen Liu, a PhD student in the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna, has received the SEG Near Surface Research Award…
The main topic was: Why does it rain—and why sometimes so intensely?
Climate change is lengthening our days because rising sea levels slow Earth's rotation. Researchers from the University of Vienna and ETH Zurich now…
