In my research on urban climatology, I mainly focus on the characteristics of the urban heat island. The urban heat island is one of the characteristic phenomena of the urban climate: artificial land cover, low proportion of green areas and water surfaces, and anthropogenic heat emissions modify the energy balance of cities, which usually causes heat gain. To monitor the urban heat island, I mainly use satellite surface temperature data to detect the surface urban heat island. I also investigate the effects of different surface materials, built-up areas and green surfaces on urban temperatures. The aim of this research is to provide recommendations for urban planners and policy makers to effectively reduce the adverse effects of the urban heat island and to contribute to the development of effective climate adaptation strategies.

One expected consequence of climate change is an increase in the number and frequency of extreme weather events. In Hungary, cold snaps, heat waves, drought and heavy precipitation events are generally associated with characteristic large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns.  In our research, we investigate weather extremes primarily in terms of the atmospheric patterns that cause them. Our aim is to perform a complex synoptic-climatological analysis of these events and to investigate changes in the intensity and frequency and other characteristics of these events since the beginning of the last century. The monthly and seasonal predictability of the circulation patterns causing the extremes will also be investigated, with a particular focus on the applicability of the forecasts to the Carpathian Basin region.