in Switzerland, Locarno,
We invite you to join
the online/onsite hybrid conference ERAD 2022

11th European Conference
on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology
GET
INSPIRED
BY OUR
FULLY HYBRID
EVENT
from 29th August
to 2nd September 2022
TOP NEWS
373 ABSTRACTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED!
- Registration (upgrade onsite) is open – deadline 15th July - HERE -
- Book your room for ERAD2022 - extended until 30th June - HERE -
- ERAD Academy is open - extended until 1st July - HERE -
- Extended Abstract - to be submitted until 7th August - SUBMIT NOW -
Only online registration is possible until 15th August
Important information regarding your poster!
If you want to display your poster onsite at the conference centre
you have to either upload your poster (PFS) or reserve the space for your poster
- until 15th July 2022 - INFORMATION HERE -

REGISTRATION
We are happy to announce that the ERAD2022 conference will be held in Switzerland from 29 August to 2 September.
Because of COVID19, we have opted for a fully hybrid format: participants have the possibility to attend either remotely or onsite in Locarno.
If you are sure to join ERAD2022 at least virtually, you are asked to register for the ONLINE participation.
The ONSITE UPGRADE option provides the participants the opportunity to upgrade their registration for their onsite presence during the summer.
Participants that are already sure to come to ERAD2022 in Locarno can select directly the ONLINE + ONSITE UPGRADE.
VAT included
No refunds
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES
EARLY
31 May
REGULAR
30 June
LATE
ONLINE
175 CHF
225 CHF
275 CHF
(15th August)
ONSITE UPGRADE (if you already paid online fee)
245 CHF
295 CHF
345 CHF
(15th July)
ONLINE + ONSITE UPGRADE
420 CHF
520 CHF
620 CHF
(15th July)
Onsite registration includes:
Full conference attendance - Ice-Breaker - Coffee breaks - Lunches - Social event.
Online registration includes:
Full conference attendance online.
Rates are in Swiss Francs (CHF)
Exchange rate: 1CHF = 0.96EURO (May 2022)
ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS CLOSED.
Thank you for having submitted 373 abstracts! More information about oral/poster presentation will be given around mid-May. You can submit your extended abstract until 7th August. For more information press the button below.

Monte Lema - Ticino
KEYWORDS
Following the main keywords that will be targeted during the conference.
1
METEOROLOGY
Microphysics
Particle size distributions
Precipitation physics
Orographic precipitation
Climatological studies
2
APPLICATIONS
Hydrometeor classification
Solid precipitation
Hail
Mesoscale weather
Quantitative precipitation estimation QPE
Radar and raingauge integration
Nowcasting of precipitation
Nowcasting of convection and thunderstorms
Hydrological applications
Nowcasting of debris flows and flash floods
NWP data assimilation
NWP verification
End-to-end applications
Birds, insects, volcano ashes, wild fire and other non-meteorological targets
3
RADAR PROCESSING
Doppler and wind
Spectral processing
Advanced radar signal processing
Synergetic use of data from different sources
Artificial intelligence
Big data approaches
4
DATA QUALITY
Data quality and error structure
Clutter suppression
Uncertainty modelling and propagation
Verification of radar data using conventional and novel reference data (eg crowd sourcing)
5
ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS
Hardware calibration and hardware monitoring
Radar engineering
New transmitter, receiver, antenna solutions
Renewal and deployment of radar systems
Operational radar networks
Radar deployment for field experiments
Interferences (wind turbine, electromagnetic)
Networking and mosaicking
6
TECHNOLOGY
New and emerging radar technologies
Multi-frequency radar
Phased-array radars
Millimeter wavelength radars
Space-borne radars
Airborne radars

LOCATION
The conference will be held at Palacinema, a beautiful theatre inaugurated in 2017 in the city centre of Locarno for the International Film Festival Locarno.
Palacinema is located next to Piazza Grande, in walking distance from the train station, the lake and the hotel with preserved rooms.
ACCOMMODATION
The Ascona-Locarno Tourism Organization has pre-reserved hotel rooms in Locarno for the participants of ERAD-2022. There are rooms in different price categories. The pre-reserved rooms are blocked until June 30th 2022.

View from Locarno Monti - Ticino
PROGRAM COMMITTEE 2022
An International committee

ANNAKAISA VON LERBER
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
(chair of EUMETNET-OPERA)

DANIEL MICHELSON
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada (chair of ERAD 2004, chair of WMO IPET-OWR)

DANIEL SEMPERE TORRES
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain (chair of ERAD 2006)

DAVID BODINE
University of Oklahoma, USA (chair of AMS Radar 2023)

DMITRI MOISSEEV
University of Helsinki, Finland

EFRAT MORIN
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

FRANK MARZANO
Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

HIDDE LEIJNSE
KNMI, Netherlands (chair of ERAD 2018)

KURTULUS ÖZTÜRK
Turkish State Meteorological Service, Turkey (chair of ERAD 2016)

LUCA BALDINI
ISAC-CNR, Italy

MARTIN HAGEN
DLR, Germany (chair of ERAD 2014)

MIGUEL RICO-RAMIREZ
University of Bristol, UK

REMKO UIJLENHOET
Wageningen University, Netherlands (chair of ERAD 2018)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 2022
The Federal Office of Metereology and Climatology MetewoSwiss and L’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL have been nominated on behalf of the international program committee to organize ERAD 2022 in Switzerland.

ALEXIS BERNE
EPFL, Switzerland, chair of ERAD 2022

URS GERMANN
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland, chair of ERAD 2022

FRANZISKA KELLER
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

SILVIA RAO
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

MARCO GABELLA
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

GIONATA GHIGGI - SUPPORT CREW
EPFL, Switzerland

MONIKA FELDMANN - SUPPORT CREW
EPFL, Switzerland

DANIELE NERINI - SUPPORT CREW
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

GRETA FORNERA - SUPPORT CREW
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

CORINA ZEHNDER - SUPPORT CREW
MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

JESSICA CURATO - SUPPORT CREW
Mandated by MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

RACHEL VON DACH - SUPPORT CREW
Mandated by MeteoSwiss, Switzerland

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The conference is financially supported by
If you like to financially support the conference as well, we are pleased to present you the different options.
Please contact us: erad2022@meteoswiss.ch
