News
October 30 2013 -
Welcome to the new RainGain website!by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech RainGain has a new website! We have refreshed it with a new design, a new organisation of its contents and new functions. A carousel of images showcases the four pilot cities of the project, and the...
- October 23 2013 -
RainGain met the Local Authorities from France, UK, Belgium and The Netherlandsby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On the 23rd October at the Mac/Val Museum (Vitry-sur-Seine, France), the RainGain partners gathered together and met the representatives from Local Authorities to foster an exchange on local experien...
- July 31 2013 -
RainGain's researchers visited three schools of the Paris RegionText and photos by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The RainGain project has been presented in three secondary schools of Paris Region: Jean Perrin Secondary School (Vitry-sur-Seine) on 14th June, Lucie Faure School (Paris) on 18th&nbs...
- July 31 2013 -
RainGain at the International Precipitation Conferenceby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The 11th International Precipitation Conference, organised by Hydrology and Quantitative Water Group and Royal Netherlands Meteorological Insitute (KNMI) in Ede-Wageningen (The Netherlands),&nbs...
- July 30 2013 -
National Observers Groups have met in Aartselaar, London, Paris and The Hagueby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech National observers are local stakeholders that are in interested in the results of the project and in getting involved in RainGain’s implementation and dissemination. RainGain NOG m...
- June 21 2013 -
An exceptional thunderstorm measured drop by drop at École des Ponts ParisTechby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On Wednesday afternoon, violent storms hit the Paris Region. Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., the Fire brigade of Paris received 6,462 calls related to the storms, a number t...
- May 30 2013 -
Festival de l'Oh : RainGain meets hundreds of inhabitants of the Paris regionby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Every spring, the Marne and the Seine river sides become very lively during Festival de l'Oh!, a great event dedicated to water in all its forms that takes place in Val-de-Marne (France) since 20...
- May 27 2013 -
Impacts of Climate Change on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage Systemsby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The impact of climate change on the increased vulnerability of cities to floods is still a quite unexplored field of research. Accurate description of the rainfall governing processes wo...
- May 24 2013 -
Annual communication results are now available onlineby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Communication activities have a key role in the progress of the RainGain project. Information and education, as well as active involvement and mobilization of citizens, government entiti...
- April 12 2013 -
“The Weather and Climate - Emergent Laws and Multifractal Cascades” presented at EGU 2013Text and photos by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Weather and climate can be investigated at unprecedented levels of accuracy thanks to advances in nonlinear dynamics, especially modern multifractal cascade models that broadly generali...