Meteorology and Air Quality Group
The Meteorology and Air Quality Group studies the atmosphere in all its beauty and variety of phenomena and its relevance for weather, climate and air quality. In particular we deal with the atmosphere above land and how it relates to life and the environment.
About usChairs
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prof.dr. AAM (Bert) Holtslag Professor of Meteorology
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prof.dr. MC (Maarten) Krol Professor
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prof.dr. W (Wilco) Hazeleger Externe medewerker
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Weather Station De Veenkampen
Weather station De Veenkampen is located to the west of Wageningen, The Netherlands and is a fully automated weather station.
Read moreOur Education
As a university group we are responsible for the education in subjects of Meteorology and Air Quality at the BSc and MSc level and the training of PhD candidates. Students are guided in the basics of Weather and Climate, Forecasting, Turbulence and Dispersion, Boundary-Layer Meteorology and Chemistry, Atmospheric Dynamics, Desertification and Land use, and many other subjects.
Our research
The Meteorology and Air Quality department (MAQ) aims to contribute to the further understanding of atmospheric processes and their relevance for weather, air quality and climate. We do research on a variety of topics and horizontal scales.
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Latest publications
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Analytical solution for the convectively-mixed atmospheric boundary layer (Online first)
Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2013). - ISSN 0006-8314 - p. 27.
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Measuring H2O and CO2 fluxes at field scales with scintillometry: Part II-Validation and application of 1-min flux estimates (online first)
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2013). - ISSN 0168-1923
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Exploring the Impact of Land Cover and Topography on Rainfall Maxima in the Netherlands
Journal of Hydrometeorology 14 (2013)2. - ISSN 1525-755X - p. 524 - 542.