Wednesday program








Plenary session Schouwburg Chair: Marc Schleiss Wednesday, 4 July 2018






8:30–9:00	Keynote on Hydrological Studies Using Weather Radar DESERT PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS AND FLASH FLOOD RESPONSE STUDIED USING WEATHER RADAR DATA E. Morin, M. Armon, I. Belachsen, F. Marra, N. Peleg, J. Smith, and Y. Enzel abstract 045
9:00–9:30	Keynote on Radar Calibration And Monitoring MODELING DIFFERENTIAL REFLECTIVITY BIAS DUE TO ANTENNA TOPOLOGY AND OPERATING FREQUENCY J. Hubbert, C. Cappellin, U. Romatschke, R. Jørgensen, and M. Dixon abstract 386
9:30–10:00	Keynote on Open-Source Radar Software ANYWHERE NEAR THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH? ON THE STATE OF WRADLIB UPON THE RELEASE OF V1.0 K. Mühlbauer and M. Heistermann abstract 069







Coffee and exhibition - 10:00–10:30, New York












Microphysical Studies Schouwburg Wednesday, 4 July 2018 Chair: Remko Uijlenhoet






10:30–10:45	ICE MICROPHYSICAL RETRIEVALS USING POLARIMETRIC RADAR DATA A. Ryzhkov, A. Murphy , and G. Mcfarquhar abstract 040, extended abstract
10:45–11:00	INVESTIGATION OF ICE MICROPHYSICS USING SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS AT C- AND KA-BAND M. Hagen, F. Ewald, S. Gross, Q. Li, B. Mayer, and T. Zinner abstract 326
11:00–11:15	FINGERPRINTS OF PRECIPITATION PROCESSES REVEALED BY UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION OF PROFILES OF POLARIMETRIC RADAR VARIABLES J. Tiira and D. N. Moisseev abstract 146
11:15–11:30	CHARACTERISATION OF THE MELTING LAYER VARIABILITY IN THE SWISS ALPS USING POLARIMETRIC X-BAND RADARS F. Van Den Heuvel, M. Gabella, and A. Berne abstract 208, extended abstract
11:30–11:45	IMPACT OF RIMED AND UNRIMED SNOW ON SNOWFALL RETRIEVALS AT X, KA AND W BAND M. T. Falconi, A. Von Lerber, D. Ori, F. S. Marzano, and D. Moisseev abstract 275, extended abstract
11:45–12:00	A PROBABILISTIC POLARIMETRIC RADAR FORWARD MODEL FOR SMALL ICE PARTICLES Robert S. Schrom and Matthew R. Kumjian abstract 219, extended abstract







Radar Calibration And Monitoring Cerise Wednesday, 4 July 2018 Chair: Hidde Leijnse






10:30–10:45	MONITORING OF THE NEXRAD NETWORK USING SOLAR SIGNALS I. Holleman and A. Huuskonen abstract 034
10:45–11:00	OPERATIONAL SOLAR MONITORING FOR IMPROVING THE HOMOGENEITY OF THE EUROPEAN RADAR NETWORK A. Huuskonen, G. Haase, D. Michelson, H. Leijnse, I. Holleman, M. Probert, R. Gill, M. Frech, M. Kurri, and H. Hohti abstract 085, extended abstract
11:00–11:15	CENTER FOR CLOUD REMOTE SENSING: DOPPLER CLOUD RADAR CALIBRATION CAMPAIGN F. Toledo, J. Yin, J. Delanoe, J-C. Dupont, M. Haeffelin, and H. Russchenberg abstract 058
11:15–11:30	ENHANCING THE CONSISTENCY OF SPACEBORNE AND GROUND-BASED RADAR COMPARISONS BY USING QUALITY FILTERS I. Crisologo, R. Warren, K. Mühlbauer, and M. Heistermann abstract 126
11:30–11:45	MONITORING THE ONGOING UPGRADE OF THE SWEDISH WEATHER RADAR NETWORK D. Dufton, G. Haase, D. Johnson, and G. Vulpiani abstract 093, extended abstract
11:45–12:00	UAV-AIDED WEATHER RADAR CALIBRATION J. Yin, F. Van Der Zwan, E. Oudejans, P. Hoogeboom, C. Unal, and H. Russchenberg abstract 138







Lunch and exhibition - 12:00–13:00, New York












Special session in honor of Isztar Zawadzki Schouwburg Chair: Daniel Sempere-Torres Wednesday, 4 July 2018






13:00-13:30	STORIES ABOUT ISZTAR FROM FRIENDS Remko Uijlenhoet, Frederic Fabry, Urs Germann, Marc Berenguer, Gyuwon Lee, Daniel Sempere-Torres
13:30-14:00	RADAR METEOROLOGY Isztar Zawadzki







Excursion and conference dinner - 14:00–23:00