Scientific publications

Scientific results that have been achieved within the RainGain project are disseminated through academic publications: conferences, papers and books.

37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Oklahoma, USA:

Reinoso-Rondinel, R., Unal, C., Russchenberg, H. (2015), ‘High resolution estimation of specific differential phase and backscatter differential phase for polarimetric X-band weather radars’. 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Oklahoma, USA.
Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Sandford, C., Norman, K., Wang, L.-P., Jewell, S. A., Akerboom, M. & Onof, C. (2015). Evaluation of the Met Office super-resolution C-band radar rainfall product over London. In AMS 37th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Norman, US.

26th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic:

Organisation of session: Schertzer D., Maki M, Seed A: : Precipitation: measurements, instrumentation, statistics, modeling and predictions at all scales
Schertzer D., Tchiguirinskaia I.: Radars and multifractal precipitation variability: data uncertainties and nowcast predictability
ten Veldhuis, J. A. E., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Gires, A., Ichiba, A., Kroll, S., Wang, L.-P., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D. & Willems, P. (2015). The need for high resolution data to improve urban flood risk assessment. In 26th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic.

Water, Megacities And Global Change conference (Paris, 1-4 December 2015):

Schertzer D, Tchiguirinskaia I, Tisserand B, Maksimovic C, Chandrasekar V, Nakatani T., ten Veldhuis MC: Scientific and technological paradigm shifts, innovative platforms to manage megacity water in a changing climate
Bompard P, Ichiba A: Using high-resolution radar data for predictive management of a retention basin

10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015:

Ntegeka, V., Murla Tuyls, D., Wang, L-P., Foresti, L., Reyniers, M., Delobbe, L., Van Herck, K., Van Ootegem, L., Willems, P. (2015), ‘Probabilistic urban inundation nowcasting’, UrbanRain15 - 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015 [abstract]
Muñoz, C., Wang, L-P., Willems, P. (2015), ‘A stochastic spatial-temporal rainfall generator for urban hydrological applications’, UrbanRain15 - 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015 [abstract]
Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Wang, L-P., Gires, A., Pina, L.R., Reinoso Rondinel, R., Bruni, G., Ichiba, A., Gaitan, S., Cristiano, E., van Assel, J., Kroll, S., Murla-Tuyls, D., Schertzer, D., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Onof, C., Willems, P., ten Veldhuis, J.A.E. M-C. (2015), ‘Sensitivity of urban drainage models to the spatial-temporal resolution of rainfall inputs: A multi-storm, multi-catchment investigation’, UrbanRain15 - 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015 [abstract]
Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Wang, L-P., Bailey, A., Schellart, A., Willems, P., Onof, C. (2015), ‘Evaluation of radar-rain gauge merging methods for urban hydrological applications: relative performance and impact of gauge density’, UrbanRain15 - 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015 [abstract]
Reinoso-Rondinel, R., Russchenberg, H., Unal, C. (2015), ‘Polarimetric X-band weather radar: High-resolution Rainfall Estimation’. 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland.
Wang, L-P., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Onof, C., Willems, P. (2015), ‘Generation of high-temporal resolution QPEs through temporal interpolation of radar images: evaluation over multiple spatial-scales’, UrbanRain15 - 10th International Workshop on Precipitation in Urban Areas, Pontresina, Switzerland, 1-5 December 2015 [abstract]

Symposium Waterproef – Naar een klimaatbestendig Antwerpen, beweging.net Antwerpen, 5 oktober 2015:

Willems, P. (2015), ‘Impact van de klimaatverandering op Antwerpen’, Waterproef – Naar een klimaatbestendig Antwerpen, beweging.net Antwerpen, 5 oktober 2015 [invited presentation]

UDM 2015 – 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Québec, Canada, 20-23 September 2015:

Bailey, A., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Wang, L.-P., Schellart, A. N. A. & Tait, S. (2015). The effect of uncertainty in urban spatial rainfall estimates on hydraulic model calibration and verification. In 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
Leitao, J., Simoes, N., Pina, R. D., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Onof, C. & Sa Marques, A. (2015). Stochastic evaluation of sewer inlet capacity on urban pluvial flooding. In 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
Pina, R. D., Braunshweig, F., Silva, A., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Simoes, N. E., Mijic, A., Sa Marques, A. & Maksimovic, C. (2015). Urban stormwater modelling with MOHID. In 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
Pina, R. D., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Simoes, N. E., Mijic, A., Sa Marques, A. & Maksimovic, C. (2015). On the use of semi-distributed and fully-distributed urban stormwater models. In 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
ten Veldhuis, J. A. E., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Gires, A., van Assel, J., Ichiba, A., Kroll, S., Wang, L.-P., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D. & Willems, P. (2015). The need for high resolution precipitation data to improve urban drainage modelling. In 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.

15th EMS Annual Meeting & 12th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology (ECAM) (Sofia, Bulgaria, 07–11 September 2015):

Organisation of 1 session: Lengfeld K, Clemens M, ten Veldhuis M C, Gires A., Bohnenstengel S.: Sub-kilometre Scale Precipitation Variability and its Impact on Hydrology

World Canals Conference 2015 (WCC 2015), Gent, 7-10 September 2015:

Willems P. (2015), ‘Impact of climate change on water systems’, World Canals Conference 2015 (WCC 2015), Gent, 7-10 September 2015 [invited presentation, abstract]

Training for Taiwanese officials on Climate change issues, College of Europe, Brugge, 17 July 2015:

Willems, P. (2015), ‘Climate change impacts’, Training for Taiwanese officials on Climate change issues, College of Europe, Brugge, 17 July 2015 [invited guest lecture]

Journée Scientifique SIRTA 2015, 13 ème édition (22 June 2015, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France):

Schertzer D., Tchiguirinskaia I, Gires A,: Un radar en bande X à l'Ecole des Ponts, synergies de recherches et innovations en télédétection à haute résolution des précipitations

RAINGAIN CONFERENCE "RESEARCH & WATER MANAGERS PREPARING CITIES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COP21 REPARATION", Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015:

Gires A. et al. Virtual X-band radar as a tool to quantify unmeasured small scale rainfall variability
Gires A. et al. Scaling features of rainfall fields through 1D and 2D disdrometers measurements
Gires A. et al. Fractal analysis of urban catchments and their representation in semi-distributed models: imperviousness and sewer system
Ichiba A. et al. Scale dependency in urban hydrology: data analysis and multi-scale modelling
Ichiba A. et al. Multifractal comparison of two radar products
Schertzer D. Multifractal radar meteorology: beyond the scalar case
Tchiguirinskaia I. Rainfall sensing and business opportunities with smart systems and fractal networks
Muñoz, C., Wang, L-P., Willems, P. (2015), ‘Enhancing high-resolution storm cell tracking: a multi-threshold TITAN algorithm in synergy with optical flow technique’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract and poster]
Murla, D., Foresti, L., Wang, L-P., Ntegeka, V., Reyniers, M., Delobbe, L., Willems, P; (2015), ‘Propagation of uncertainties in rainfall and surface model structure to urban flood simulation and forecasting results’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract and poster]
Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Sandford, C., Norman, K., Wang, L.-P., Jewell, S. A., Akerboom, M. & Onof, C. (2015). Evaluation of the Met Office super-resolution C-band radar rainfall product over London. In Final RainGain Conference, ENPC Paris.
Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Wang, L-P., Gires, A., Pina, R.D., Rondinel, R.R., Bruni, G., Ichiba, A., Gaitan, S., Cristiano, E., Van Assel, J., Kroll, S., Murlà-Tuyls, D., Tisserand, B., Schertzer, D., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Onof, C., Willems, P., ten Veldhuis, M-C. (2015), ‘Spatial-temporal rainfall input resolution requirements for urban drainage modelling: a multi-catchment investigation’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract]
Pina, R., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Simoes, N., Mijic, A., Sa Marques, A. & Maksimovic, C. (2015). Semi- vs. fully-distributed urban stormwater models. In Final RainGain Conference, ENPC Paris.
Reinoso-Rondinel, R., Russchenberg, H., Unal, C. (2015), ‘Dual polarimetric X-band weather radar: Accurate rainfall estimation and storm observation’. RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract and poster]
ten Veldhuis, M-C., Rondinel, R.R., Russchenberg, H., Schertzer, D., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Gires, A., Onof, C., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Wang, L-P., Van Assel, J., Willems, P. (2015), ‘High resolution radar for precipitation observation in cities: opportunities and pitfalls’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract]
Wang, L-P., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Akerboom, M., Willems, P., Onof, C. (2015), ‘Temporal interpolation of radar rainfall images: performance assessment across spatial scales’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract and poster]
Willems, P. (2015), ‘Climate change as a driver for paradigm change in urban water management’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [abstract and poster]
Willems, P. (2015), ‘RainGain WP2 Overview: Fine-scale rainfall acquisition and prediction’, RainGain Conference “Researchers & water managers preparing cities for a changing climate in the framework of the COP21 preparation”, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 8-9 June 2015 [invited presentation]

General stakeholders meeting of the water company “De Watergroep”, Brussels, 5 June 2015:

Willems, P. (2015), ‘Klimaatverandering en impact op de waterhuishouding in Vlaanderen’, Algemene Vergadering De Watergroep, Brussel, 5 juni 2015

Energy and Climate Day for local authorities (Energie- en klimaatdag voor lokale besturen), Vlaamse Vereniging voor Steden en Gemeenten (VVSG), Leuven, 7 mei 2015:

Willems, P. (2015), ‘Wateropvang in groenzones aan de bron versus end of pipe buffering afwaarts in riolen of waterlopen’, Energie- en klimaatdag voor lokale besturen, VVSG, Leuven, 7 mei 2015 [invited presentation]

EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION (EGU) GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015, 12-17 April 2013, Vienna, Austria

Organisation of an union session: Schertzer D., Chandrasekar V., Maki M, Nakatani T.: Geophysics and Resilience, what is at stake?
1 medal lecture: Schertzer D., Motionless travel across scales: Gulliver's scale free geophysics and the Pandora's multifractal box (EGU Lewis Fry Richardson medal lecture)
Organisation of 2 sessions:
- Franzke C, |Schertzer D, Friederichs P, Williams P, Nadiga B., Chekroun M., Lark R M: Chaotic and Stochastic Geosciences
- ten Veldhuis MC, Willems P, Uijlenhoet R, Schertzer D, Rebora N, Leijnse H, Ochoa Rodriguez S: Spatial-temporal rainfall input resolution requirements for urban drainage modelling: a multi-storm, multi-catchment investigation
Gires A, Tchiguirinskaia I, Schertzer D, Berne A : Scaling features of polarimetric radar parameters retrieved from 3 disdrometers and an X-band radar
Gires A, Ni V, Bosser P, Tchiguirinskaia I, Schertzer D, Multifractal comparison of the extremes of rain rates and integrated vapour content
Ichiba A, Gires A, Tchiguirinskaia I, Bompard P, Schertzer D: High resolution modeling in urban hydrology: comparison between two modeling approaches and their sensitivity to high rainfall variability
Murla & Willems. (2015). Nested 1D-2D approach for urban surface flood modelling. In Proceedings of European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2015 (Vol. 17, EGU2015-7162-1, 2015), Vienna, Austria.
Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Wang, L-P., Gires, A., Pina, R., Reinoso-Rondinel, R., Bruni, G., Ichiba, A., Gaitan, S., Cristiano, E., van Assel, J., Kroll, S., Murlà-Tuyls, D., Schertzer, D., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Willems, P., Onof, C., ten Veldhuis, M-C. (2015), ‘Spatial-temporal rainfall input resolution requirements for urban drainage modelling: a multi-storm, multi-catchment investigation’, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-14050: EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015 [abstract and oral presentation]
Wang, L-P., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Onof, C., Willems, P. (2015), ‘Temporal interpolation of radar rainfall fields: meeting the stringent requirements of urban hydrological applications’, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-14485: EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015 [abstract and oral presentation]
Willems, P. (2015), ‘Climate change adaptation accounting for huge uncertainties in future projections - the case of urban drainage’, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015-7172: EGU General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015 [abstract & poster]

Symposium by the l'Alliance Emploi-Environnement - Axe Eau, Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / de as Water van de Alliantie Werkgelegenheid-Leefmilieu, MundoB, Brussels, 3 April 2015:

Murla, D., Willems, P. (2015), ‘Modélisation, cartographie et prévision immédiate d'inondations dans des zones urbaines / Modellering van stedelijk water en afvalwater, het geïntegreerd beheer van afvalwatersystemen en het beheer van watervoorraden’, Les Midis du Maillage Bleu + Quand la science se mêle de la gestion des eaux pluviales / De Middagen van het Blauwe Netwerk + Wanneer wetenschap samengaat met regenwaterbeheer, GroupOne pour l'Alliance Emploi-Environnement - Axe Eau, Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / de as Water van de Alliantie Werkgelegenheid-Leefmilieu, MundoB, Brussels, 3 April 2015 [invited presentation]

STAR-FLOOD workshop “Overstromingen beheren in Vlaanderen en Wallonië: resultaten van vergelijkend onderzoek door STAR-FLOOD”, Huis van het Nederlands, Brussel, 26 March 2015:

Berlamont, J., Willems, P. (2015), ‘Belang en huidige knelpunten van de stroomgebiedbenadering inzake overstromingsbeleid vanuit technisch oogpunt’, STAR-FLOOD workshop “Overstromingen beheren in Vlaanderen en Wallonië: resultaten van vergelijkend onderzoek door STAR-FLOOD”, Huis van het Nederlands, Brussel, 26 maart 2015 [invited presentation]

Conference “Environmental challenges & Climate change opportunities”, Antwerp, 24-25 March 2015:

Willems, P. (2015), ‘Climate change and impacts on hydrological extremes’, Conference “Environmental challenges & Climate change opportunities”, Antwerp, 24-25 March 2015 [invited presentation)

Congres Publieke Ruimte 2015, Steunpunt Straten, Mechelen, 3 March 2015:

Willems, P. (2015), ‘Inleiding Congres Publieke Ruimte’, Congres Publieke Ruimte 2015, Steunpunt Straten, Mechelen, 3 maart 2015 [invited lecture, congress opening]; paper “Urbanisatie en klimaatverandering: zowel meer droogte als meer overstromingen in Vlaanderen”, Praktijkboek Publieke Ruimte 2015, 12-14

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION FALL MEETING, 15-19 December 2014, San Francisco, United States of America

Poster: "Fractal analysis of urban environment: land use and sewer system" by Auguste Gires, Susana Ochoa Rodriguez, Johan Van Assel, Guendalina Bruni, Damian Murla Tulys, Lipen Wang, Rui Pina, Julien Richard, Abdellah Ichiba, Patrick Willems, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis and Daniel Schertzer;
Poster: “Multiscale Resilience of Complex Systems” by Tchiguirinskaia, I, Schertzer, D J M, Giangola-Murzyn, A, Hoang Cong, T;
Poster: "How to Visualize and Communicate Challenges in Climate and Environmental Sciences?" by Vicari, R, Schertzer, D J M, Deutsch, J C.

ROYAL ACADEMY FOR OVERSEAS SCIENCES - YOUNG RESEARCHEARS OVERSEAS' DAY, 16 December 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Invited: ‘Impact of climate variability and change on hydrological extremes’ by P. Willems

THIRD NORDIC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, 25-27 August 2014, Copenhagen, Danemark

Invited key note: 'Climate change as driver for paradigm change in urban water management' by P. Willems.

SCHELDECONGRES: De Schelde in 2050 - Beleids- en beheersopportuniteiten voor een welvarende toekomst, 8th May 2014, Antwerpen, Belgium

Invited: ‘De impact van de klimaatwijziging op de waterhuishouding in het Scheldebekken: wat staat ons te wachten? / L'impact du changement climatique sur les ressources en eau de l'Escaut: ce qui nous attend?’ by P. Willems

JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION MEETING, Yokohama, 28 April - 2 May 2014, Yokohama, Japan.

Invited: "Transition to resilience to extreme weather, high-resolution monitoring and international synergies" by D. Schertzer, M. Maki, I. Tchiguirinskaia.

EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCE UNION GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 28 April - 2 May 2014, Wien, Austria.

Oral: "Modelling of the peri-urbain catchments with the help of a modular physically-based model : Mutli-Hydro" by Agathe Giangola-Murzyn, Auguste Gires, Julien Richard, Abdellah Ichiba, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, and Daniel Schertzer;
PICO: "Multi-Hydro: towards a hydrological and hydraulic modelling of peri-urban catchment" by Agathe Giangola-Murzyn, Auguste Gires, Abdellah Ichiba, Julien Richard, Daniel Schertzer, and Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia
Poster: "Transfer of spatio-temporal multifractal properties of rainfall to simulated surface runoff” Auguste Gires, Agathe Giangola-Murzyn, Julien Richard, Jean-Baptiste Abbes, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Daniel Schertzer, Bernard Willinger, Hervé Cardinal, and Thomas Thouvenot;
Poster: "Insights into the 3+1 D structure of rainfall through a multifractal analysis of 2DVD data" by Gires A, Tchiguirinskaia I, Schertzer D, Berne A ;
Poster: "Teaching (an introduction to!) fractals and rainfall features in kinder garden" by Auguste Gires, Mélanie Villepoux, and Valérie Rouellé;
Poster: "Comparing two radar rainfall products with the help of Multifractal Analysis” by Abdellah Ichiba, Auguste Gires, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Philippe Bompard, and Daniel Schertzer;
Oral: "Multi-storm, multi-catchment investigation of rainfall spatial resolution requirements for urban hydrological applications" by Ochoa Rodriguez S, ten Veldhuis MC, Bruni G, Gires A, van Assel J, Wang L, Reinoso-Rodinel R, Ichiba A, Kroll S, Schertzer D, Onof C, Willems P;
PICO: "Open source 3D visualization and interaction dedicated to hydrological models" by Richard J, Giangola-Murzyn A, Gires A, Tchiguirinskaia I, Schertzer D.
Oral: "A high-resolution C-band radar composite for urban hydrological modelling" by Caroline Sandford, Timothy Darlington, Selena Georgiou, Jacqueline Sugier, Katie Norman.
Poster: "Communication on urban resilience to extreme weather: challenges and achievements in the dialogue between the international scientific community and local stakeholders” by Rosa Vicari, Auguste Gires, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, and Daniel Schertzer;
Poster: "Assessing the impact of science communication in the development of resilient cities to extreme weather” by Rosa Vicari, Auguste Gires, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, and Daniel Schertzer.
Poster : ‘Singularity-sensitive merging of radar and raingauge rainfall data’ by Wang, L., Willems, P., Ochoa-Rodriguez, S., Onof, C.

COLLOQUIUM SHF/ASTEE - Optimisation of sewage systems management for the protection of aquatic environment. 19-20 March 2014, Bordeaux, France.

Invited speaker: "X-band radars and high resolution water management: case studies in Paris, Europe and Japan" by D. Schertzer.

HYDROFRACTALS, FACETS OF UNCERTAINTY, 17-19 Ocober 2013, Kos Island, Greece

Oral presentation: "Scaling comparison of the rainfall outputs of two different disdrometers" by A. Gires, I. Tchiguirinskaia, D. Schertzer, S. Lovejoy ;
Oral presentation: "Multifractal facets of uncertainty and predictability: From the butterfly effect to ensemble and multifractal predictions" by D. Schertzer, I. Tchiguirinskaia, S. Lovejoy
Oral presentation: "High-resolution rainfall field re-construction based upon Kriging and local singularity analysis." Wang, L. and Onof, C.

11th INTERNATIONAL PRECIPITATION CONFERENCE, 30 June - 3 July 2013, Ede-Wageningen, The Nederlands

Poster: The use of X-band polarimetric radar to assess the impact of different temporal and spatial resolution on a drainage system in Rotterdam urban area. Bruni, Guendalina; Reinoso Rondinel, Ricardo; Russchenberg, Herman; ten Veldhuis, Marie- Claire.
Oral: Validation of a spatio-temporal multifractal model of small scale rainfall variability with the help of dense networks of point measurements. Auguste Gires, Ioulia Tchinguirinskaia, Daniel Schertzer, Alexis Berne, Alma Schellart, and Shaun Lovejoy.
Oral: High resolution radar observations of intense rainfall: cellular structures in rain fronts. Herman Russchenberg.
Oral: New Challenges for Multifractals and Precipitations. Daniel Schertzer, Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, and Shaun Lovejoy.
Poster: Rainfall measurement comparison between two types of disdrometers. Fillon, Samuel; Gires, Auguste; Tchinguirinskaia, Ioulia; Schertzer, Daniel; Lovejoy, Shaun.
Poster: Toward the optimal resolution of rainfall estimates to obtain reliable urban hydrological response: X-band polarimetric radar estimates applied to Rotterdam urban drainage system. Reinoso Rondinel, Ricardo; Bruni, Guendalina; ten Veldhuis, Marie-Claire; Russchenberg, Herman.
Oral: High resolution rainfall estimates based on X-band radar technology for urban hydrological modeling. Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis and Herman Russchenberg.
Oral: Multifractal IDF and non-conservation of the rain rate. Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Daniel Schertzer, and George Fitton.
Oral: Radar rainfall event reconstruction using Bayesian radar-raingauge data merging: analysis of the associated uncertainty and its propagation through urban storm-water drainage modeling. Li-Pen Wang, Susana Ochoa-Rodriguez, Nuno Eduardo Simões, and Christian Onof.
Poster: Multidecadal oscillations of rainfall extremes in Europe. Willems, Patrick.
Poster: Climate change impact analyis on rainfall extremes and urban drainage. Willems, Patrick; Olsson, Jonas; Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Karsten; Beecham, Simon; Pathirana, Assela; Bülow Gregersen, Ida; Madsen, Henrik; Van Nguyen, Van Thanh

8^th ANNUAL MEETING OF DANISH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PLATFORM (DWRIP), Frederiksberg, Denmark, 30 January 2014

Invited key note: 'Rainfall variability and change and its impact on urban water management’ by P. Willems

ASIA OCEANIA GEOSCIENCES SOCIETY (AOGS) 10th Annual Meeting, 24 - 28 June 2013, Brisbane, Australia

Climate Change Impacts on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage: Stateoftheart Review. A. Pathirana, P. Willems, J. Olsson, K. Arnbjergnielsen, S. Beecham, I. Bülow Gregersen, H. Madsen, V. Nguyen

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER RESOURCES CONGRESS 2013: Showcasing the Future, Cincinatti, Ohio, 19-23 May 2013

Climate Change Impacts on Rainfall Extremes and Urban Drainage: a State-of-the-Art Review. P. WillemS, J. Olsson, K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen, S. Beecham, A. Pathirana, I. Bülow Gregersen, H. Madsen, V.T. Van Nguyen

EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION (EGU) GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2013, 7-12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria

Poster presentation : Multi-Hydro: a multi-component model for evaluation of the hydrological behavior of peri-urban catchment. Giangola-Murzyn, A., Gires, A., Ichiba, A., Richard, J., Schertzer, D., and Tchiguirinskaia, I. See the abstract.
Poster presentation : A Multi-Hydro simulation for evaluation of the impacts of flood management at Heywood, RU. Giangola-Murzyn, A., Richard, J., Hennermann, K., Gires, A., Schertzer, D., and Tchiguirinskaia, I. See the abstract.
Pico presentation : Validation of a Universal Multifractal downscaling process with the help of dense networks of disdrometers. Gires, A., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D., Berne, A., Lovejoy, S. See the abstract. See the Pico presentation.
Poster presentation : Multifractal analysis of the outputs of a fuly distributed model for two case studies in urban hydrology. Gires, A., Giangola-Murzyn, A., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D., Lovejoy, S. See the abstract. See the poster.
Poster presentation : Comparison between fully distributed model and semi-distributed model in urban hydrology modeling. Ichiba, A., Gires, A., Giangola-Murzyn, A., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D., Bompart, P. See the abstract.
Poster presentation : Open Source assimilation tool for distributed hydrological model. Richard, J., Giangola-Murzyn, A., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D. See the abstract.
Oral presentation: Fractionaly Integrated Flux model and Scaling Laws in Weather and Climate. Schertzer, D., Lovejoy, S. See the abstract.
Poster presentation: A Bayesian Approach to Multifractal Extremes. Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D., Lovejoy, S. See the abstract.
Oral presentation : High resolution weather data for urban hydrological modelling and impact assessment, ICT requirements and future challenges. M. ten Veldhuis, B. van Riemsdijk. See the abstract.
Oral presentation: EU Climate-KIC Innovation Blue Green Dream Project: Creation of Educational Experience, Communication and Dissemination. Vicari, R., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Gires, A., Schertzer, D., Maksimovic, C. See the abstract. See the presentation.
Oral presentation : Multidecadal oscillations in rainfall and hydrological extremes. Willems, P. See the abstract.
Oral presentation : Climate change impacts on rainfall extremes and urban drainage: state-of-the-art review. Willems, P., Olsson, J., Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Beecham, S., Pathirana, A., Gregersen, I.B., Madsen, H., Nguyen, V. See the abstract.
Oral presentation : Data-based information gain on the response behavior of hydrological models at catchment scale. Willems, P. See the abstract.

PETER WOLF EARLY CAREER HYDROLOGISTS EVENT, 25-26 March 2013, London, UK

Oral presentation : On the possibility of calibrating urban storm-water drainage models using gauge-based adjusted radar rainfall estimates. Ochoa-Rodríguez, S., Wang, L., Simões, N., Onof, C. and Maksimović, Č. This presentation was awarded as best presentation of the conference.

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION FALL MEETING, 03-07 December 2012, San Francisco, USA

Poster presentation : A Multi-Hydro simulation for the evaluation of the hydrologic behavior of a peri-urban catchment. Giangola-Murzyn, A., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Schertzer, D., Hoang, C.T.
Poster presentation : Outliers and Extremes: Dragon-Kings or Dragon-Fools? Schertzer D., Tchiguirinskaia I., Lovejoy S.
Oral and poster presentation : The Multifractal Flood Frequency Analysis to Account Long Range Dependencies and the Clustering of Extremes. Tchiguirinskaia, I., D. Schertzer, S. Lovejoy.

SYMPOSIUM AND WWRP_RDP KICK OFF MEETING FOR TOMACS, 24-25 October 2012, Tokyo, Japan

Solicited talk : Potential, multiscale contributions to TOMACS and WWRP. Schertzer, D., Blanchet, F., Tchiguirinskaia, I., Tisserand, B.

EUROPEAN GEOSCIENCES UNION (EGU) GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2012, 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

Poster presentation : Multi-Hydro: a multi module physically based model to evaluate effect of implementation of the flood resilience measure. A. Giangola-Murzyn, A. Gires, J. Richard, I. Tchiguirinskaia, and D. Schertzer.
Poster presentation: A multi module physically based model for the evaluation of the effect of the land use changes. A. Giangola-Murzyn, A. Gires, J. Richard, I. Tchiguirinskaia, and D. Schertzer.
Oral presentation : Rainfall resolution from weather radars and their application in urban drainage modelling. G. Bruni, J.A.E. ten Veldhuis, T. Otto, and H. Leijnsein session HS7.1.
Poster presentation : A toy model to deal with zero rainfall in a Universal Multifractal framework. A. Gires, I. Tchiguirinskaia, D. Schertzer, and S. Lovejoy in session NP3.1; This presentation was awarded with an "Outstanding Student Poster" award.
Solicited talk : Next generation paradigm for urban pluvial flood modelling, prediction, management and vulnerability reduction - Interaction between RainGain and Blue Green Dream projects. C. Maksimovic in session EG4.
Poster presentation : Advanced GIS data assimilation interface for evaluation of flood resilient systems. J. Richard, A. Giangola-Murzyn, A. Gires, I Tchiguirinskaia, and D. Schertzer
Poster presentation : Scientific challenges for enhancing urban pluvial flood resilience. S. Ochoa Rodriguez, J.A.E. ten Veldhuis, C. Maksimovic, D. Schertzer, and P. Willems in session EG4.
Poster presentation : RainGain – Radar for high resolution urban rainfall estimation and flood prediction. J.A.E. ten Veldhuis, C. Maksimovic, D. Schertzer, and P. Willems in session HS7.1.

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON X-BAND WEATHER RADAR, 14-16 November 2011, Delft, Netherlands

Poster presentation : Improving the fine-scale rainfall estimates of a local area weather radar: Case of X-band radar at Leuven, Belgium. Decloedt, L. C., Goormans, T., Willems, P., Van Assel, J.

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