3rd RainGain Project Meeting

09:00 – 09:30 Arrival & Coffee

09:30 – 09:40 Welcome and introduction of meeting agenda (by Susana Ochoa)

09:40 – 10:00 Update WP1 – summary report of purchase and installation of X-band radars in Paris and Rotterdam (by WP leader – Daniel Schertzer)

10:00 – 10:20 Update WP2 – summary report of fine-scale rainfall estimation and forecasting related activities (by WP leader – Patrick Willems)

10:20 – 10:40 Update WP3 – summary report of implementation of fine-scale rainfall estimates/forecasts into flood models – platform (by WP leader – Cedo Maksimovic)

10:40 – 11:00 Update WP4 – summary report of urban pluvial flood risk management related activities (by WP leader – Marie Claire ten Veldhuis)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Update on activities at pilot locations (30 min each): (1) Rotterdam (2) Paris (3) Leuven

 

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 Continuation – update on activities at pilot locations (30 min each): (4) London (Click here to see the video of raw radar data)

14:30 – 15:00 Discussion technical aspects – problems to date, analysis of interactions/exchange between partners

15:00 – 15:20 Report on how the JTS is experiencing the RainGain project (Anke Moellers from JTS)

15:20 – 15:45 Report on communication plan and activities (Rosa Vicari – ENPC)

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 16:30 Progress report / payment claim period June – December 2012 (Alwin Wink & Regina Edoo)

16:30 – 17:00 Steering committee decisions (Marie Claire ten Veldhuis)

17:00 – 17:30 Wrap up – review of milestones, next activities, next project meeting (Marie Claire ten Veldhuis)

17:00 Closure

08:00 – 12:00 Field trip – Chenies Radar Site (leaving from and returning to ICL)

14:00 – 15:30 Short WP3 Technical Meeting (at ICL)