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
Faster Module Meeting: 3 years of progress and the road ahead
From 1–3 December 2025, the German Weather Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD) and DKRZ jointly organized the annual meeting of WarmWorld’s Faster module in Offenbach.
Enhancing Climate Prediction with AI: DKRZ at UPCLIV workshop
Climate variability on a timescale ranging from one year to several decades was the focus of the UPCLIV workshop, which took place in Bologna from November 18 to 20, 2025.
Hamburg climate scientists receive international award for groundbreaking achievements in high-performance computing
A team led by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the German Climate Computing Center has received the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for their groundbreaking work at the intersection of climate science and high-performance computing.