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Welcome to the Welcome to the

77thth European Conference on Radar European Conference on Radar in in Meteorology and Meteorology and HydrologyHydrology

ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony –– 25 June 2012 25 June 2012 –– Olivier BousquetOlivier Bousquet

2ERAD 2012 Local Organizing Committee

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Olivier Bousquet (ERAD 2012)

Centre National de Recherches MétéorologiquesMétéo-France, Toulouse, France

Aurora Bell (ERAD 2010)

Bureau of MeteorologyMelbourne, Australia

Alexis BerneEcole Polytechnique de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland

Pierre Tabary (ERAD 2012)

Direction des Systèmes d’ObservationMétéo-France, Toulouse, France

Paul JoeMeteorological Service of Canada (MSC)Downsview, Ontario, Canada

Jarmo Koistinen (ERAD 2008)

Finish Meteorological InstituteHelsinki, Finland

ERAD 2012 Programme Committee

Chris CollierUniversity of LeedsLeeds, United Kingdom

Urs GermannMeteoSwiss Locarno-Monti, Switzerland

Jonathan GourleyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Norman, USA

Martin HagenDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Anthony IllingworthUniversity of ReadingReading, United Kingdom

Remko UijlenhoetWageningen UniversityThe Netherlands

Pavlos KolliasMcGill UniversityMontréal, Canada

Hidde LeijnseRoyal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)De Bilt,The Netherlands

Frank MarzanoUniversity de L'Aquila L’Aquila, Italy

Daniel Michelson (ERAD 2004)

Sweden's Meteorological & Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, Sweden

Dmitri MoisseevUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland

Daniel Sempere-Torres (ERAD 2006)

Universitat Poltiècnica de CatalunyaBarcelona, Spain

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Sponsors

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Practical Information

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ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony –– 25 June 2012 25 June 2012 –– Olivier BousquetOlivier Bousquet

Practical Information

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Operational Radar Center(CMR)

International Conference Center(CIC)

« LA METEOPOLE »

Research Center(CNRM)

School of Meteorology(ENM)

Forecasting CenterToulouse operational Radar

(C-band, Dpol)

Water Flume

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Conference Center (CIC)Floor plan

Upper Level

Amphitheater

Meeting Rooms

Prud’homme Room (// sessions B)

Ground LevelEntranceHallRestroomsBarInternet centerFont deskAmphitheater

Amphitheater (Plenary &// sessions A)

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ERAD 2012 Weather Forecast

Toulouse weather forecast

http://www.meteo.fr

IOS & Android Apps

Toulouse weather forecast

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A Wi-Fi internet connection is available everywhere in and around the Conference Center

An internet center with free access to a printer and computers is available in the lobby.

ComputersPrinter & wifi

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Special transportation to and from the Internationa l Conference Center is provided every day

Buses will leave every morning at 8:00 from two loc ations

TRANSPORTATIONBuses

meeting point 1 : Place Jeanne d’Arc

meeting point 2 : 28, Allées Jean Jaurès

CHECK THE CONFERENCE GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILS

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Conference

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ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony –– 25 June 2012 25 June 2012 –– Olivier BousquetOlivier Bousquet

Conference

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400 Registered participants (as of 23/06)

392 Submitted contributions (431 initially)

ERAD 2012 by the NumbersParticipants

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3 Pre-ERAD Courses have been organized

D-POL (Moisseev and Chandrasekar) : 40 participants

ERAD 2012 by the NumbersShort courses

D-POL (Moisseev and Chandrasekar) : 40 participantsSaturday 23 June

QPE (Berenguer and colleagues) : 30 participantsSunday 24 June

Cloud Radar (Kollias and colleagues) : 20 participantsSunday 24 June

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ERAD 2012 by the NumbersTravel grants

9 Student Travel Grants(transportation & accommodation expenses + registra tion fees)

Paloma Borque (McGill, Canada) Zac Flaming (OU, USA)

Jacopo Grazioli (EPFL, Switzerland) Sung-A Jung (PKNU, S. Korea)

Matthew Kumjian (NCAR, USA) Huan Li (CAS, China)

Maximilian Maahn (Univ. Cologne, Germany) Ida Maello (Italy)

Pascal Moudi (Cameroon)

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ERAD 2012 presentation awards(Prize: 64GB IPAD 3 + radar textbooks)

Best oral presentation by a student (6 candidates)

ERAD 2012 by the Numbersprizes

Best oral presentation by a student (6 candidates)(Foreman of the Jury: Urs German)

Best poster presentation by a student (23 candidates)(Foreman of the Jury: Hidde Leinse)

Best oral presentation by a young scientist (9 candidates)(Foreman of the Jury : Frank Marzano)

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Programme

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Programme

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19 Oral sessions (11 Plenary ; 8 Parallel)

111 Oral presentations (incl. 5 keynote presentations)

Programme

ERAD 2012 by the Numbers

4 Poster sessions (1h30’)

292 Poster presentations

For details check the conference programme (erratum available at the front desk)

Proceedings can be found on the USB stick

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Programme OverviewPoster presentations

Posters will remain in place from Mon. to Fri.

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Programme OverviewPoster presentations

Group I : Posters # 1 – 142 Installation: MondayDismantling: FridayPresentations: Monday and TuesdayPresentations: Monday and Tuesday

Group II : Posters # 143 and aboveInstallation: MondayDismantling: FridayPresentations: Wednesday & Thursday

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Check the conference program for details about oral sessions

One keynote presentation everyday at 11:00 AM

Programme OverviewOral presentations

One keynote presentation everyday at 11:00 AM

Mon: Anthony Illingworth QPETue: Arthur Hou GPMWed: Steve Frasier PARThu: Guy Delrieu HydrologyFri: Felix Liechti Aero-ecology

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Social Events

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ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony ERAD 2012 Opening Ceremony –– 25 June 2012 25 June 2012 –– Olivier BousquetOlivier Bousquet

Social Events

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Monday 19:00-21:00

Musical Icebreaker at CIC(offered by Vaisala)

Social EventsMonday

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Social EventsMonday

Pierre Tabary’s musical tastes(nobody’s perfect!)

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Tuesday 19:30-20:30

Toulouse City Hall(Salle des illustres)

Social EventsTuesday

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Wednesday 17:30-19:00

Cruise on Garonne River

Social EventsWednesday

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Wednesday 19:30-22:00

ERAD 2012 Banquet at Hotel Dieu(offered by Selex Gematronik)

Social EventsWednesday

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Current experiment: Simulation of wind gusts at CDG airport

Social EventsWednesday and Thursday

Visit of Météo-France’s water flume(Simulation of vortex dynamics, atmospheric boundary layer, GWB, turbulence in stratified flows)

Simulation of wind gusts at CDG airport

Wednesday 15:00-15:30Thursday 14:00-14:30

CDG MODEL

30 person max per visitRegister at the front desk

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Things to do, things to see !28

Carcassonne

Albi

le Stade Toulousain

Cordes sur ciel

Orchestre National du Capitole

Toulouse Lautrec

Festival Rio Loco La Cité de l’espace

Airbus

le Stadium

cassoulet

la violette de Toulouse

foie gras

conserves

vins

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le Canal du midi

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Let’s Go!!