Weather and Climate Research Programme

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Met Éireann, Ireland’s National Meteorological Service maintained by the State under the Convention of the World Meteorological Organisation, monitors, analyses and predicts Ireland’s weather and climate. We do this to provide Irish decision-makers with world-class weather, climate, and flood services to protect life and property, and to promote wider societal and economic wellbeing.

Research funding is a key component of Met Éireann’s strategy and is central to Met Éireann’s Weather and Climate Research Programme.

Met Éireann’s Weather and Climate Research Programme underpins the expertise and knowledge needed to enable the delivery and continuous improvement of national predictive capability in the areas of weather, climate and hydrology and to ensure that, particularly in the climate context, research outputs provide the evidence and tools necessary to inform government policy and action.

Met Éireann’s Weather and Climate Research Programme’s mission is to contribute to the development of national research capacity and to address key scientific questions in response to the challenges and opportunities facing Ireland from an extreme weather and changing climate’s perspective.

Met Éireann welcomes research in the spirit of diversity, inclusivity, cooperation, co-creation, collaboration, open data and multidisciplinarity.

Weather and Climate Research Programme 2023

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