DKRZ - Partner for Climate Research
to provide high performance computing platforms, sophisticated and high capacity data management and superior service for premium climate science.
Services:
DKRZ’s expert staff support climate scientists in the optimal utilization of the systems and offer a range of services around climate models, climate simulations and climate data: from support in carrying out climate simulations, through parallelization and optimization of the simulation programs, via management, storage and publication of the data, up to analysis and visualization of the simulation results.
Projects and Partners:
Cutting-edge research requires solid networks and strong partners. Get to know the partners and network and find out about the scientific topics handled with the support of DKRZ. DKRZ itself does not conduct climate research but is a partner in various scientific projects with the aim of further improving support for climate science.
Communication:
Climate change and model-based climate projections are time and time again at the center of public attention. On this page, you will find a variety of media and information materials illustrating, among other things, the results of climate research obtained through the assistance of DKRZ and its high performance computers.
News
StuMeTa 2025 – Meteorology Student Conference in Hamburg
From May 28 to June 1, 2025, this year's StuMeTa – Studentische Meteorologie Tagung (Student Meteorology Conference) – took place in Hamburg. Over 200 students of meteorology and atmospheric sciences from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland came together to network and exchange knowledge.
Millions in funding for climate research in CLICCS
The CLICCS Cluster of Excellence – “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” at the University of Hamburg has been recognized for its forward-looking research project and will receive funding for another seven years. This was announced today by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Science Council (WR).
More than 100 scientists join the Hamburg node of the WCRP Global Km-Scale Hackathon
Researchers from around the globe gather, virtually and physically, for the first World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Km-Scale Hackathon, a coordinated effort to accelerate research using regional and global climate simulations at unprecedented kilometer-scale resolution. The event is taking place simultaneously at ten research institutions on five continents across nine time zones. The Hamburg node, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, kicked off on May 12, with more than 100 scientists attending.
Invitation to the “Open User Exchange”
DKRZ, together with the DKRZ user group, cordially invites its users to the next Open User Exchange meeting (formerly known as the “Schneesturm” meeting) – the first public agenda item of the upcoming user group meeting. The meeting will take place on May 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM in seminar room 034 at DKRZ in Hamburg.