European Severe Storms Laboratory

The ESSL is a young and rapidly growing research institute seated in Wessling, Germany founded in 2006 by European scientists.

ESSL's mission is to...

• advance research on severe convective storms and extreme weather events on a European level
• operate and extend the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD.eu)
• support or organize the European Conferences on Severe Storms (ECSS.eu)

ESSL focuses on research questions concerning convective storms and other extreme weather phenomena which, in the light of a changing global climate, can be treated or answered exclusively, preferably or more efficiently on a pan-European scale.

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Nikolai Dotzek Award and Heino Tooming Award

At the 6th European Conference of Severe Storms, the first Nikolai Dotzek Award was presented to Paul Markowski, and the third Heino Tooming award to Mária Putsay, Martin Setvák, André Simon and Jochen Kerkmann. Read more...

The ESSL Testbed

A new project is being planned in June 2012, which will bring European forecasters and researchers who deal with severe thunderstorms closer together than ever before.  Read more about the ESSL Testbed.

6th European Conference on Severe Storms in Palma

From 3 until 7 October 2011, the 6th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS 2011) took place in Museo Es Baluard, in Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain. All abstracts and extended abstracts as well as most presentations and some poster will be made available here within the coming two weeks. Click here for more information.