News
- April 16 2014 -
Help us to make the Netherlands climate-proofby Procap The Province of South Holland, the Technology University of Delft and Rotterdam City cooperate on the implementation of RainGain in The Netherlands. A high-resolution rainfall radar will be tested ...
- July 02 2014 -
WRaH 2014 : RainGain partners present a study on weather radar for urban hydrology in North-Western Europeby TU Delft From the 7th to the 10th of April, the Weather Radar and Hydrology conference was organized in Washington DC. The conference included two sessions on Weather Radar Applications in Urban Areas, an emerging topic a...
- March 20 2014 -
Technical meetings on the rain radar in Leuvenby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On 20 and 21 February two days of technical meeting took place at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) to discuss about the upgrade of the Leuven radar.&n...
- January 24 2014 -
Floods alert in South-Est of France : interview to Emphoux and Aicardi (City of Antibes)by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Floods, landslides, mudslides, fallen trees: southeast of France was hit hard by last weekend weather. Between 17th and 19th January it rained the equivalent of two months in several muni...
- January 17 2014 -
Young budding scientists observe the fractal features of the rainby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The RainGain itinerant laboratory continues its trip. After the success of the RainGain animations at Festival de l’Oh and in three ...
- December 10 2013 -
Last updates on the installation of the French radarby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Last week two important meetings were held at École des Ponts ParisTech. On 27th November 2013, Daniel Schetzer, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia and Patrick Elias met a representative from the en...
- November 29 2013 -
Rotterdam inaugurates the first large-scale square for water storage, greenery and sportby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On 4th December, the first large-scale water square of Rotterdam City will officially open. Benthemplein was originally a fully paved square that has been transformed in an attractive are...
- November 18 2013 -
How flood risk warning system in the UK can improve? Some enlightening insights from Local Authoritiesby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The first workshop held in February 2012 at WSP House, London. In the summer of 2007, due to heavy showers, a series of de...
- December 18 2013 -
4th project meeting: minutes, presentations and photos are onlineby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Each half-year all the RainGain partners meet for a general project review. École des Ponts ParisTech hosted the last project meeting from the 21st to 23rd October. The first day of mee...
- November 04 2013 -
Floods in western Netherlands: things could change in the futureby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On the 12th and 13rd of October, the West of the Netherlands suffered from floods due to heavy rainfall, especially in the regions around Rotterdam, A...