M. Reyniers, 2024: Citizen observations via the RMI smartphone app in Belgium: data collection and applications, EUMETNET IoT ET annual meeting 2024, Helsinki, Finland
Radar and lightning detection
Conference talks and posters
2024
M. Reyniers, 2024: Advancing severe weather alerts in Belgium with radar-based convective gust warnings in the INCA-BE system, European Nowcasting and Weather Forecasting Conference (ENWFC-2024), Oslo, Norway
D. R. Poelman, 2024: Eleven years of total lightning insights from Belgium's ground-based Lightning Location System BELLS, 37th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP 2024), Dresden, Germany
D. R. Poelman, 2024: Evaluating EUCLID's location accuracy using lightning strikes to towers, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2024), Madeira, Portugal
M. Reyniers, D. Dehenauw, T. Vanhamel, 2024: Convective gust alerts generated by the radar-based “Severe Weather Index” in the INCA-BE nowcasting system, 12th European Conference on radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2024), Rome, Italy
M. Reyniers, M. Van Ginderachter, L. De Cruz, et al., 2024: The Seamless Prediction Programme at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, EUMETSAT Integrated nowcasting workshop, 23-25 Jan 2024, Darmstadt, Germany
2023
D. Poelman, H. Kohlann, W. Schulz, 2023: Insights into GSP properties in Europe, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2023), Valencia, Spain
D. Poelman, 2023: Total lightning in Belgium: 10-year observations from the ground-based lightning location system BELLS, 11th European Conference on Severe Storms, (ECSS 2023), Bucharest, Romania.
M. Reyniers, L. Delobbe, S. Watelet, 2023: Citizen observations via smartphone in Belgium: data collection and applications, 11th European Conference on Severe Storms, (ECSS 2023), Bucharest, Romania.
S. Watelet, L. Delobbe, M. Reyniers, 2023: Comparison of hail detection techniques using dual-pol radar observations in Belgium, 11th European Conference on Severe Storms, (ECSS 2023), Bucharest, Romania.
D. Poelman, H. Kohlmann, W. Schulz, S. Pedeboy, L. Schwalt, 2023: Ground strike point properties derived from observations of the European Lightning Location System EUCLID, 12th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning (APL 2023), Langkawi, Malaysia
2022
D. Poelman, W. Schulz, S. Pedeboy, D. Hill, M. Saba, H. Hunt, L. Schwalt, C. Schumann, T. Warner, 2022: Global ground strike point characteristics in negative downward lightning flashes, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2022)
D. Poelman, W. Schulz, S. Pedeboy, D. Hill, M. Saba, H. Hunt, L. Schwalt, C. Schumann, T. Warner, 2022: Global ground strike point characteristics in negative downward lightning flashes, 36th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP2022), Cape Town, South Africa
M. Reyniers, L. Delobbe and S. Watelet, 2022: Citizen weather reports at RMIB and their use for radar-based hail detection verification, 11th European Conference on radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2022), Locarno, Switzerland (poster)
E. Goudenhoofdt, L. Delobbe and M. Journee, 2022: Estimation and analysis of extreme rainfall in Belgium during
the July 2021 flood event, 11th European Conference on radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2022), Locarno, Switzerland
2021
D. R. Poelman, 2021: Global lightning properties derived from ISS-LIS, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2021), virtual format
F. Erdmann, and D. R. Poelman, 2021: Analyzing automatically detected lightning jumps from optical Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) lightning observations, EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference
D. R. Poelman, W. Schulz, A. Mäkelä, 2021: Comparison of ground-based LLS network data to ISS-LIS in MTG-LI domain + EUCLID for MTG-LI Cal/Val, 11th MTG-LI Mission Advisory Group meeting (LIMAG)
2019
D. R. Poelman, S. Pedeboy, and W. Schulz, 2019: Performance validation of a ground strike algorithm, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2019), Vienna, Austria
D. R. Poelman and W. Schulz, 2019: Intercomparing EUCLID & ISS-LIS, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2019), Vienna, Austria
Reyniers, M., 2019: Crowdsourcing and related activities at RMI, Belgium, 3rd EUMETNET Crowdsourcing workshop, Exeter, UK.
2018
D. R. Poelman, W. Schulz, and S. Pedeboy, 2018: Ground strike points, European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW2018), Warsaw, Poland
D. R. Poelman, L. Delobbe, 2018: Producing convection daily maps based on OPERA composite and EUCLID lightning data, 10th European Conference on radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2018), Ede-Wageningen, the Netherlands (poster)
L. De Cruz , M. Reyniers, L. Delobbe, and L. Foresti , 2018. Blending high-frequency NWP precipitation forecasts in an ensemble nowcasting system : STEPS-ALARO. 10th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2018), Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands.
M. Lukach, L. Quibus, D. Vanhoenacker, and L. Delobbe, 2018. Rain attenuation at Ka-Band estimated from weather radar observations. 10th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2018), Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands.
L. Delobbe , S. Wilfert, A. Watlet, and M. Van Camp, 2018. Weather radar ans superconducting gravimeter for esttimating heavy rainfall. Keynote presentation. 10th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2018), Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands
De Cruz, L., Reyniers M., Foresti L., Delobbe L., 2018. Progress at RMIB towards a seamless nowcasting system: STEPS-ALARO. Joint ASIST / SRNWP-EPS EUMETNET Workshop Connecting Nowcasting and mesoscale EPS, Bologna, Italy.
Reyniers, M., Brabant, R., Lukach, M., Schmid, B., Boos, M., 2018. Comparison of onshore and offshore bird migration by different radar systems near the Belgian coast. 10th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2018), Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands
Reyniers, M., 2018. Implementation of WOW-BE and related crowdsourcing activities at RMI, 2nd EUMETNET Crowdsourcing workshop, Helsinki, Finland.
2017
Reyniers, M., De Cruz, L., Delobbe, L., and Foresti, L., 2017: Nowcasting activities at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, 2nd European Nowcasting Conference (ENC2017), Offenbach, Germany
2016
Poelman, D. R., E. Goudenhoofdt, L. Delobbe, W. Schulz, 2016. Determining lightning outliers based on Belgian radar data to evaluate the performance of EUCLID. Oral presentation at the European Lightning Detection Workshop (ELDW), Toulouse, France
Poelman, D. R., E. Goudenhoofdt, L. Delobbe, W. Schulz, 2016. Determining lightning outliers based on Belgian radar data to evaluate the performance of EUCLID. Oral presentation at the International Lightning Detection Conference (ILDC), San Diego, USA
Reyniers M., 2016. Recent additions in the precipitation nowcast of INCA-BE: uncertainty plumes and hail. 9th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2016), Antalya, Turkey
2015
Lukach M., Foresti L., Delobbe L., 2015. Advection correction of radar-based probability of hail in Belgium. 8th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2015), Wiener Neustadt, Austria (pdf)
Foresti L., Reyniers M., and Delobbe L., 2015. Development and verification of a real-time stochastic precipitation nowcasting system in Belgium. 8th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2015), Wiener Neustadt, Austria (pdf)
Reyniers M., 2015. Development and verification of a lightning nowcast in the nowcasting system INCA-BE. 8th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2015), Wiener Neustadt, Austria (pdf)
2014
Foresti L., Reyniers M., and Delobbe L., 2014. Implementation of the Short-Term Ensemble Prediction System (STEPS) in Belgium and verification of case studies. In European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria.
Foresti L., Reyniers M., and Delobbe L. Probabilistic precipitation nowcasting with the Short Term Ensemble Prediction System in Belgium. In EUMETNET European nowcasting conference, 2014.
Goudenhoofdt E., and Delobbe L.. Radar-based statistics of point and areal rainfall. Oral presentation at the 8th European Conf. on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2014.
Foresti L., Goudenhoofdt E., Reyniers M., Delobbe L., and Seed A. Evaluation of a scale decomposition-based stochastic ensemble quantitative precipitation estimation scheme. In 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2014.
Lukach M. and Delobbe L., 2014, Quality aspect related to radar-based hail detection, the 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2014), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (pdf)
Lukach M., Reyniers M. , Salasar Celis O., Cuyt A., 2014, An echo top estimation using vertical interval interpolation, the 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2014), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (pdf)
Delobbe L. and E. Goudenhoofdt, 2014, Polarimetric radar observations in Belgium, the 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2014), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (pdf)
Lukach M., and Delobbe L. , 2014, Generating a radar-based hail climatology for Belgium, the 1st European Hail Workshop, University of Bern, Switzerland (pdf)
Pardon B., Vanneste E., Poelman D. R., Chiers K., Deprez P., Weyens P., 2014: Added value of lightning location data in the confirmation of lightning-related fatalities in livestock by the veterinary expert, IX Annual General Meeting of the European College of Bovine Health Management (AGM-ECBHM), Oviedo, Spain (pdf)
Poelman D.R., Pédeboy S., Honoré F., Anderson G., 2014, Comparing a Regional, Subcontinental and Long-range Lightning Location System over the Benelux and France, XV International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE), Norman, Oklahoma, USA (pdf)
Reyniers, M., 2014, The operational nowcasting system INCA-BE at the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Fine-scale Rainfall Nowcasting, RainGain international workshop, Antwerp, Belgium
Reyniers M., 2014, Overview and recent developments of the nowcasting system INCA in Belgium (INCA-BE), the 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2014), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (pdf)
2013
Lukach M., Delobbe L., 2013, Radar-based Hail Statistics Over Belgium, 2003-2012, 11th International Precipitation Conference (IPC11), Wageningen, The Netherlands (pdf)
Foresti L., Seed A., 2013, Towards spatially inhomogeneous stochastic simulations for flow-dependent nowcasting of orographic rainfall, 11th International Precipitation Conference (IPC11), Wageningen, The Netherlands (abstract).
Mäkelä A., Haapalainen J., Poelman D., Honoré F., Biron D., Meri L., Konarski J., Lipovscak B., Huuskonen A., and Varga B., 2013, Operational programma for the exchange of lightning location data: feasible or not?, 7th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2013), Helsinki, Finland (pdf)
Lukach M., Delobbe L., 2013, Radar-based Hail Statistics Over Belgium, 7th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2013), Helsinki, Finland (pdf)
Smet, G., Van den Bergh, J., Reyniers, M., Poelman, D., Degrauwe, D., Deckmyn, A., Hamdi, R., Termonia, P., Delobbe, L., 2013: The INtegrateD RMI Alert system (INDRA). In EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 10). Reading, UK., http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8560651
2012
Reyniers M., Delobbe L., 2012, The nowcasting system INCA-BE in Belgium and its performance in different synoptic situations, the 7th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD2012), Toulouse, France (pdf)
2011
Poelman D.R., 2011, Present status and preliminary results of the Belgian lightning detection network, 6th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2011), Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (pdf)
2010
Reyniers M., Delobbe L., Kann A., Haiden T., Wittmann C., Deckmyn A., 2010, The implementation of the nowcasting system INCA for Belgium: current status, the Sixth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology (ERAD 2010), Sibiu, Romania (pdf)
2009
Goudenhoofdt E., Reyniers M., Delobbe L., 2009, Statistical analysis of convective storms based on C-band radar observations, WMO Symposium on Nowcasting, Whistler, B.C., Canada (pdf)
Reyniers M., Delobbe L., Dierickx P., Thunus M., Tricot C., 2009: Storm severity nowcasting by real-time return period imaging, WMO Symposium on Nowcasting, Whistler, B.C., Canada (pdf)