Working

The CNRM (National Centre for Meteorological Research) is a research unit (UMR 3589) established by its supervisory bodies, the CNRS and Météo-France.

The CNRM carries out most of Météo-France’s research activities and consists of six research entities spread across several sites in France: mainly Météopole in Toulouse (approximately 85%), Grenoble with the Snow Research Centre, and Lannion with the Satellite Meteorology Research Centre.
The CNRM’s research activities are supported by a range of administrative and financial support services.

Research entities :

GMAP

– « Groupe de Modélisation et d’Assimilation pour la Prévision » (GMAP, Toulouse) – The “Modelling and Assimilation Group for Forecasting” is responsible for research and development leading to new numerical weather prediction models, including both the assimilation of observational data and the representation of meteorological phenomena and atmospheric dynamics in the models.

GMME

– le « Groupe de Météorologie à Moyenne Échelle » (GMME, Toulouse) – The “Medium-Scale Meteorology Group Group studies (through experiments and numerical simulation) the dynamics of small- and medium-scale phenomena (such as boundary layer processes, turbulent exchanges above continental surfaces, convection, clouds, etc.) in order to improve their understanding and representation in numerical weather prediction and climate study models.étudie.

GMGEC

– le « Groupe de Météorologie de Grande Échelle et Climat » (GMGEC, Toulouse) – The Large-Scale Meteorology and Climate Group studies climate change using global and regional climate models, seasonal forecasting, air-sea interactions, ozone and climate change, and the coupling between atmospheric dynamics and chemistry.

GMEI

– le « Groupe de Météorologie Expérimentale et Instrumentale » (GMEI, Toulouse) – The “Groupe de Météorologie Expérimentale et Instrumentale”, composed of specialists in instrumental research in the field of meteorology, develops and manages innovative instrumentation systems, such as a medium-scale network of automatic weather stations, altitude sounding equipment such as lidars, radars, radiometers, tethered balloons and drones. It actively participates in the organisation and conduct of experimental campaigns.

CEN

– le « Centre d’Études de la Neige » (CEN, Grenoble) – The Centre d’Études de la Neige studies the properties of snow cover, snow-atmosphere interactions, mountain meteorology and climate, and develops tools to help predict avalanche risk.

CEMS

– le « Centre d’Etudes en Météorologie Satellitaire » (CEMS, Lannion) – The Centre for Studies in Satellite Meteorology was recently attached to the CNRM (2019). Located in Lannion, close to the CMS operational services, this team conducts research in the field of space observation.

Administrative and financial support services :

To support the unit’s management and scientific activities, the Administrative and Financial Support Services bring together several teams and provide administrative support to the National Centre for Meteorological Research.