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December 04 2015 -
RainGain Conference: videos of the orals are now online8-9 June 2015: RainGain Conference organised by HM&CO at École des Ponts ParisTech COP21 RAINGAIN CONFERENCE "RESEARCHERS & WATER MANAGERS PREPARING CITIES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE" CONFÉRENCE RAINGAIN COP21 &ld...
- November 27 2015 -
Radar inauguration in RotterdamThe new X-band weather radar was inaugurated in Rotterdam on the 12th of October: Download the invitation to the inauguration Read the presentation "Benefits of higher resolution rainfall estimates for urban drainage modelling" Read what th...
- September 29 2015 -
Rain is on air: Auguste Gires presents "La Pluie" on RTL radioby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On 14 September during the RTL programme La curiosité est un vilain défaut, Auguste Gires (École des Ponts ParisTech) presented his publication "La Pluie" , a children book that ...
- June 15 2015 -
RainGain is granted the COP21 LabelOn the 9th of June, Segolene Royal, French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, informed the RainGain partners about the importance that she attributes to "the development of public policies based on sound sicence" and that she supports t...
- May 25 2015 -
Three questions to Antoine Frérot, CEO at Veoliaby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech TROIS QUESTIONS À ANTOINE FRÉROT, PDG DE VÉOLIA Antoine Frérot Ingénieur des Ponts, Eaux, et Forêts, et docteur de l’Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, est l’un des interven...
- May 19 2015 -
Take part to the RainGain photo/video contestby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Do you see the rain falling in your city? Do you hear the tunders outside your houses and and the sound of rain drops pounding angainst your windows? Do you realise that during an intense storm there are millions of cub...
- January 27 2015 -
Drops of science for Dutch and French pupilsby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech RainGain has started the new year with a large range of educational activities. While the new X-band weather radars were being installed on two roofs of Paris and Rotterdam, school studen...
- December 08 2014 -
École des Ponts ParisTech installs a weather radar to improve water management in North-Western Europeby Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On the 4th of December 2014, the rain radar of École des Ponts ParisTech has been installed on the roof of the Bienvenüe building. GEMSEC service and HM&Co team of ENPC coordinated t...
- December 08 2014 -
RainGain @ GreenCity 2014 in ParisText and photos by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On the 18th and 19th of November, the RainGain itinerant laboratory was hosted at Green City 2014, the Paris annual event dedicated to the sustainable city. RainGain was present...
- October 22 2014 -
Three international meetings on the RainGain projectby Wouter Koole / TU Delft From the 6th to 8th October 2014, the RainGain project partners organised three international events in Exeter and in London, UK. On the 6th of October the International Workshop on Urban Pluvial Flood Modelling was hosted by the Met Office ...