Conferences 2024
(Co-)organized sessions at conferences are marked in red.
Carbajal Henken, C., J. El Kassar, R. Preusker, 2024: FU Berlin work on moisture retrievals. Expert Workshop on experimental FCI moisture imagery, organized by ESSL (European Severe Storm Lab), 22 - 23 May 2024, online, oral presentation.
Carbajal Henken, C., J. El Kassar, R. Preusker, 2024: Exploring Total Column Water Vapor Retrievals from MTG-FCI for Assessing Spatial and Temporal Distributions in European regions, EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, 30 September - 4 October 2024, Würzburg, Germany, oral presentation.
Emond M., S. Troemel, R. Reinoso-Rondinel, 2024: EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENTS OF A NATIONWIDE RADAR-BASED PRECIPITATION NOWCASTING, 12th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 9 – 13 September 2024, Rome, Italy, https://poster.easyabstract.it/ERAD2024/abstract/15176/162/892, poster.
Evaristo, R., J.-Y. Chen, A. Ryzhkov, and S. Trömel, 2024: Rainfall Estimation for Winter Events with Polarimetric VPR Applied to the German Radar Network, 12th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 9 – 13 September 2024, Rome, Italy.
Evaristo, R., J.-Y. Chen, A. Ryzhkov, and S. Trömel: Testing a new Radar QPE methodology for winter events with a low melting layer. EGU General Assembly 2024, 14 – 19 April 2024, Vienna, Austria & Online.
Conferences 2023
(Co-)organized sessions at conferences are marked in red.
Carbajal Henken, C., J. El Kassar and R. Preusker, 2023: An assessment of thunderstorm/precipitation predictive potential of satellite-observed total column water vapor fields in Germany. EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, 11–15 September 2023, Malmö, Sweden.
El Kassar, J., C. Carbajal Henken and R. Preusker, 2023: Towards a Near Infrared (0.9 micron) and Thermal Infrared (12 micron) Total Column WAter Vapour Retrieval for Meteosat Third Generation Flexible Combined Imager. EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, 11–15 September 2023, Malmö, Sweden.
Evaristo, R., P. Shrestha, S. Trömel, J. Mendrok and U. Blahak, 2023: Investigating the Microphysics of a Simulated Convective Event Using EMVORADO (PFO). 40th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, 28 August – 01 Septmeber 2023, Minneapolis, USA, online, https://ams.confex.com/ams/40RADAR/mediafile/Handout/Paper426108/EvaristoAMSRadar2023_upload.pdf.
Goudenhoofdt, E., H. Leijnse, L. Bogerd, J.-Y. Chen, L. Delobbe, M. Gottschalk, T. Hengstebeck, L. Mathias, K. Mühlbauer, A. Overeem, S. Trömel, T. Vlemmix, E. Weigl and T. Winterrath, 2023:
Analysis of Radar QPE for the 2021 Regional Flooding Events in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. 40th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, 28 August – 01 Septmeber 2023, Minneapolis, USA, https://ams.confex.com/ams/40RADAR/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/425944.
Graf, M., N. Blettner, J. Polz and C. Chwala, 2023. Potential and Limitations of Filling Gaps in Commercial Microwave Link Data Stemming From Complete Loss of Signal During Heavy Rainfall. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), pp. 1–5, June 2023, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10193696.
Graf, M., J. Polz, J.-Y. Chen, T. Winterrath, S. Trömel and C. Chwala, 2023: Improved QPE for the Ahr flooding event using weather radar and CML data. EGU General Assemly 2023, 23 – 28 April 2023, Vienna, Austria, online.
Polz, J., L. Glawion, M. Graf, N. Blettner, E. Lasota, L. Schmidt, H. Kunstmann and C. Chwala, 2023: Expert Flagging of Commercial Microwave Link Signal Anomalies: Effect on
Rainfall Estimation and Ambiguity of Flagging. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Workshops (ICASSPW), Rhodes Island, Greece, pp. 1–5, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10193654.
Conferences 2022
(Co-)organized sessions at conferences are marked in red.
Blanke, A., A. Heymsfield, M. Moser, C. Voigt, S. Trömel, 2022: Evaluation of state-of-the-art polarimetry-based ice microphysical retrievals using ground-based radar and in-situ airborne measurements. Presentation at the 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 29 August – 2 September 2022, Locarno, Switzerland.
Carbajal Henken, C., J. El Kassar, R. Preusker, 2022: An assessment of observed variability of high spatio-temporal total columnwater vapor fields and its relation to convective initiation. Poster presentation at the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, 19–23 September 2022, Brussels, Belgium .
Chen, J.-Y., A. Ryzhkov, C. Simmer, S. Trömel, 2022: An advanced approach for quantitative precipitation estimation based on radar-derived specific attenuation. 30th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, 24–28 October 2022, Santa Fe, USA.
Chen, J.-Y., R. Reinoso-Rondinel, S. Trömel, C. Simmer, A. Ryzhkov, 2022: A radar-based quantitative precipitation estimation algorithm to address near-surface vertical gradients of precipitation in warm-rain processes: the flood in western Germany on 14 July 2021. Presentation at the 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 29 August – 2 September 2022, Locarno, Switzerland.
Chen, J.-Y., R. Reinoso-Rondinel, S. Trömel, C. Simmer, A. Ryzhkov, 2022: A radar-based quantitative precipitation estimation algorithm to overcome the impact of vertical gradients of warm-rain precipitation: The flood in western Germany on 14 July 2021. DMG Symposium of the FA Hydrometeorology, 23 June 2022, Germany, https://www.dmg-ev.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20220815_Programm_online_Fachtagung_FA-HYMET_23Jun22.pdf.
Chen, J.-Y., R. Reinoso-Rondinel, S. Trömel, C. Simmer, A. Ryzhkov, 2022: A radar-based quantitative precipitation estimation algorithm to overcome the impact of vertical gradients of warm-rain precipitation: the flood in western Germany on 14 July 2021. EMS Annual Meeting. 4–9 September 2022, Bonn, Germany.
Chwala, C., J. Polz, M. Graf, H. Kunstmann, 2022: Missing extremes in CML rainfall estimates due to total loss of signal. EGU General Assembly 2022, 23–27 May 2022, Vienna, Austria, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-11125.
Djibo, M., C. Chwala, A. Doumounia, J. Polz, M. Graf, W. Y. S. B. Ouédraogo, S. R. Sanou, M. Sawadogo, I. Guira, H. Kunstmann, F. Zougmoré, 2022: Improving rainfall monitoring using commercial microwave link data in Burkina Faso: Results from three years of processing. EGU General Assembly 2022, 23–27 May 2022, Vienna, Austria, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12445.
Evaristo R., R. Reinoso-Rondinel, S. Trömel, 2022: Evolution of Lightning Activity, Zdr Column Properties, and Updrafts. 102nd AMS Annual Meeting, Section 13 – Radar Measurements of Cloud and Precipitation Life Cycles, 27 January, Houston, online.
Evaristo, R., R. Reinoso-Rondinel, J.-Y. Chen, S. Troemel, 2022: A synergetic approach to study differential reflectivity (ZDR) columns for precipitation. Poster presentation at the 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 29 August – 2 September 2022, Locarno, Switzerland.
Polz, J., H. Gebisso, L. Altenstrasser, S. Vogl, C. Chwala, 2022: Projecting radar rainfall to the ground using CNNs. Helmholtz AI conference 2022, Dresden, Germany.
Reimann, L., C. Simmer, S. Trömel, R. Potthast, 2022: Assimilation of Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios Estimated from Dual-Polarization Radar Observations in Germany. 30th AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, 24–28 October 2022, Santa Fe, USA.
Reimann, L., C. Simmer, S. Trömel, R. Potthast, 2022: Estimator-based assimilation of dual-polarimetric radar observations in Germany. Poster presentation at the 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 29 August – 2 September 2022, Locarno, Switzerland.
Reimann, L., C. Simmer, R. Potthast, S. Trömel, 2022: On the assimilation of dual-polarization radar observations via estimators of hydrometeor mixing ratios in Germany. EMS Annual Meeting, 4 – 9 September 2022, Bonn, Germany.
Saadi, M., C. Furusho-Percot, A. Belleflamme, J.-Y. Chen, R. Reinoso-Rondinel, S. Trömel, S. Kollet: Evaluating quantitative precipitation estimates and hydrological models for simulating the 2021 extreme events in Germany. EGU General Assembly 2022, 23–27 May 2022, Vienna, Austria, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7790.
Saadi, M., C. Furusho-Percot, A. Belleflamme, J.-Y. Chen, S. Trömel, S. Kollet, 2022: Testing state-of-the-art radar-based precipitation estimates to simulate the exceptional European floods of July 2021, IAHS-AISH Scientific Assembly 2022, 29 May – 3 Jun 2022, Montpellier, France, IAHS2022-164, https://doi.org/10.5194/iahs2022-164.
Scharbach, T., S. Trömel, 2022.: Polarimetric retrievals of ice water content (IWC), total number concentration (Nt) and mean volume diameter (Dm) for improved parametrizations. Poster presentation at the 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 29 August – 2 September 2022, Locarno, Switzerland.
Trömel, S., C. Simmer, U. Blahak, R. Potthast, M. Saadi, 2022: Seamless Precipitation Prediction from minutes to days. Session at the EMS Annual Meeting. 4 – 9 September 2022, Bonn, Germany, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EMS2022/session/44544.
Conferences 2021
Chen, J.-Y., C. Simmer, A. Ryzhkov, S. Trömel, 2021: Snowfall estimation exploiting polarimetric C-band radars. 3rd International Summer Snowfall Workshop, 31 August – 3 September 2021, online.
Evaristo, R., R. Reinoso-Rondinel, S. Trömel, C. Simmer, 2021: Validation of Wind Fields Retrieved by Dual-Doppler Techniques Using a Vertically Pointing Radar. Proc. 21st International Radar Symposium (IRS), 21–22 June 2021, ONLINE. Organizer DGON Germany. Publisher IEEE ISBN: 978-3-944976-31-0. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9466173.
Reinoso-Rondinel, R., R. Evaristo, M. Schmidt, F., Crijnen, S. Trömel, C. Simmer, 2021: Storm cell observation and prediction using polarimetric weather radars. Proc. 21st International Radar Symposium (IRS), 21–22 June 2021, ONLINE. Organizer DGON Germany. Publisher IEEE ISBN: 978-3-944976-30-3. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9466168.
Conferences 2020
Carbajal Henken, C., R. Preusker, 2020: Assessment of satellite- and ground-based observed total column water vapor variabilities and their relation to convective initiation Germany, RealPEP online conference: Presentation at the Online Conference on Precipitation and Flash Flood Prediction from Minutes to Days, Online, 6 October 2020.
Chen, J.-Y., S. Trömel, C. Simmer, A. Ryzhkov, 2020: Assessing the benefits of specific attenuation for quantitative precipitation estimation with a C-band radar network. Presentation at the Online Conference on Precipitation and Flash Flood Prediction from Minutes to Days, 5–7 October 2020.
Chen, J.-Y., S. Trömel, C. Simmer, A. Ryzhkov, 2020: An optimized rainfall algorithm using specific attenuation for the C-band radar network. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 31 August – 4 September 2020, Locarno, Switzerland.
Chwala, C., T. Winterrath, G. Smiatek, M. Graf, J. Polz, H. Kunstmann, 2020: A country-wide combination of CML and radar data in Germany using the RADOLAN approach. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 31 August – 4 September 2020, Locarno, Switzerland.
Chwala, C., G. Smiatek, M. Graf, J. Polz, T. Winterrath, H. Kunstmann, 2020: Current and future CML-rainfall estimation in Germany: Improved data processing, real-time rainfall maps and fusion with weather radar data, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020.
Graf, M., C. Chwala, J. Polz, H. Kunstmann, 2020: How to evaluate rainfall estimation performance? - A discussion of metrics, thresholds and aggregations for one year of country-wide CML rainfall estimation, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020.
Polz, J., C. Chwala, M. Graf, H. Kunstmann, 2020: Pros and cons of weather radars as a rainfall reference data set for commercial microwave links. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 31 August – 4 September 2020, Locarno, Switzerland.
Polz, J., C. Chwala, M. Graf, H. Kunstmann, 2020: Big commercial microwave link data: Detecting rain events with deep learning, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020.
Preusker, R., 2020: Assessment of OLCI's Water vapor products and new developments, The 6th Sentinel3 Validation Team (S3VT) virtual meeting, 17 December 2020.
Reimann, L., C. Simmer, S. Trömel, 2020: Towards the Assimilation of Polarimetry-Derived Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios over Germany. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 31 August – 4 September 2020, Locarno, Switzerland.
Reinoso-Rondinel, R., S. Trömel, C. Simmer, M. Rempel, 2021: Radar-based ensemble nowasting: predictability analysis. (AGU) Fall Meeting 2020, 1–17 December 2020. Earth and Space Science Open Archive, https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505879.1.
Reinoso-Rondinel, R., M. Rempel, S. Trömel, C. Simmer, 2020: Radar-based Nowcasting: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the STEPS Methodology. Presentation at the RealPEP Online Conference on Precipitation and Flash Flood Prediction from Minutes to Days, 5–7 October 2020.
Reinoso-Rondinel, R., S. Trömel, C. Simmer, 2020: Radar-based ensemble nowcasting: predictability analysis. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 31 August – 4 September 2020, Locarno, Switzerland.
Trömel, S, C. Chwala, J. Polz, T. Poméon, C. Carbajal Henken, R. Reinoso-Rondinel, E. Bauernschubert, C. Simmer, R. Potthast, 2020: Precipitation and Flash Flood Prediction from Minutes to Days. RealPEP Online Conference 2020, 5–7 October 2020, https://indico.scc.kit.edu/event/883/.
Trömel, S., J.-Y. Chen, C. Furusho, E. Haziiev, C. Carbajal Henken, J. Polz, R. Reinoso-Rondinel, L. Reimann, K. Vobig, 2020:
The research group on Near-Realtime Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Prediction (RealPEP). Presentation at the Online Conference on Precipitation and Flash Flood Prediction from Minutes to Days, 5–7 October 2020.
Trömel S., V. Pejcic, A. Ryzhkov, S. Hörnig, K. Mühlbauer, C. Simmer, 2020: Ground- and satellite-based microphysical retrievals: reliability and benefit for process detection. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD), 31 August – 4 September 2020, Locarno, Switzerland.
Conferences 2019
Carbajal Henken, C. K., J. Fischer, R. Preusker, 2019: Relating Satellite-Observed Total Column Water Vapor Variability to Convective Initiation to Potentially Improve Precipitation Now-casting. Presentation at the Joint Satellite Conference, 30 September – 4 October 2019, Boston MA, USA.
Chen, J.-Y., A. Ryzhkov, C. Simmer, S. Trömel, 2019: Optimized Specific-Attenuation-Based Algorithm for Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation at C-band in Germany. Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Polz, J., C. Chwala, M. Graf, H. Kunstmann, 2019: Detecting rainfall events in CML attenuation time series using convolutional neural networks. Presentation at the symposium on the hydrometeorological usage of data from commercial microwave link networks, 25–28 June 2019, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Pomeón, T., N. Wagner, C. Furusho, H.-J. Hendricks-Franssen, S. Kollet, 2019 : Performance of the physically-based ParFlow hydrological model in a flash-flood nowcasting framework. Presentation at the American Geophysical Union, 9–13 December 2019, San Francisco, USA.
Reimann, L., C. Simmer, S. Trömel, 2019: Towards the assimilation of polarimetry-derived hydrometeor mixing ratios in Germany. Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Evaristo, R., M. Schmidt, C. Simmer, S. Trömel, 2019: Relationship between Zdr columns, updraft intensity and hail growth deduced from Dual-Doppler retrievals and Polarimetric radar. Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Hickman, B., C. Simmer, S. Trömel, R. Evaristo, 2019: Testing a new Winter hydrometeor classification algorithm for distinction between ice pellets and freezing rain. Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Schmidt, M. L., C. Simmer, S. Trömel, A. Ryzhkov, 2019: Sizing and Nowcasting Severe Hail Exploiting a Polarimetric C-band Radar Network. Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Trömel, S., S. Crewell, P. Knott, U. Löhnert, C. Simmer, 2019: The Clouds and Precipitation Exploration Laboratory in Germany (CPEX-Lab). Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.
Trömel, S., J. Carlin, A. Ryzhkov, C. Simmer, 2019: Nowcasting of stratiform rain exploiting signatures in the dendritic growth layer, microphysical retrievals and spectral bin modelling. Poster at 39th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 15–20 September 2019, Nara, Japan.