{"id":992,"date":"2017-06-15T11:42:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T10:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/?page_id=992"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:30:24","slug":"research-divisions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/research\/research-groups\/research-divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>RESEARCH DIVISIONS and RESEARCH IMPACT<\/h3>\n<p>Meteorology has three research divisions &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/research\/themes\/theme-environment\/rd-weather\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9568\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/weather_button-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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wp-image-9569\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/climate_button-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/research\/themes\/theme-environment\/rd-earth-observation-and-space.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9567\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/eo_button-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>World leading research in weather, climate and earth observation is also undertaken in coordination with two Natural Environment Research Council <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerc.ac.uk\/research\/sites\/centres\/\">research centres<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/research\/research-groups\/metofficereading\/\">MetOffice@Reading<\/a> collaborative centre and through the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/met-office-academic-partnership\/\">Met Office Academic Partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncas.ac.uk\/en\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9577 \" style=\"font-size: 1em\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/ncas_logo-300x72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/ncas_logo-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/ncas_logo-1024x245.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/ncas_logo-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/ncas_logo-1536x367.png 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/ncas_logo-2048x490.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nceo.ac.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9580\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/nceo_logo-300x68.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/nceo_logo-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/nceo_logo-768x174.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/nceo_logo.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/research\/research-groups\/metofficereading\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMAGE_Met_Office_logo-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDIES<\/h3>\n<p>The Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading has a long and established track record of impactful research, working with a wide variety of industrial and academic partners to achieve significant social and economic benefits. We welcome partnership enquiries from commercial and industrial organisations; contact us for an initial project discussion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/09\/TAMSAT.pdf\">African farmers<\/a> : satellite-based rainfall monitoring helps African food security<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/Emissions.pdf\">Emissions<\/a> : Assessing the potential climate impacts of industrial gases<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/09\/LondonFlooding.pdf\">Flooding<\/a> : Assessing London\u2019s flood risk up to 2100<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/StingJets.pdf\">Stingjets<\/a> : Better forecasts of extreme windstorms &#8211; understanding \u2018sting jets\u2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/StormTracks.pdf\">Storm tracks<\/a> : Identifying and tracking damaging storms<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/VolcanicAsh2010.pdf\">Volcanic ash<\/a> : Quantifying volcanic ash risks to aviation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/meteorology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Unorganized\/Volcanoes.pdf\">Volcanoes<\/a> : Monitoring volcanic hazards using satellite- and ground-based radar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESEARCH DIVISIONS and RESEARCH IMPACT Meteorology has three research divisions &#8211; 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