High-resolution precipitation radar data for research project ISRV

Intelligent flood risk warning based on radar data and measurement data from rain sensors

After providing the real-time data flow of our X-band radar in Aachen, the ISRV project (Intelligent Heavy Rainfall-Related Flood Risk Warning in the Transport Sector) now has access to high-resolution and timely data regarding precipitation fields and intensities over Aachen and the surrounding area.

This allows us to document rainfall events of interest to optimize the AI-based flooding models of the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW) at RWTH Aachen University (https://www.iww.rwth-aachen.de/cms).

At the same time, KISTERS delivered the first TB7 low-budget rain sensors to our partner 4traffic. These will be placed in the city area to measure the actual precipitation on Aachen’s roads by means of the 4traffic detector boxes (https://4traffic.city/) to improve radar data. We are looking forward to the first results this summer!

More information about the ISRV project can be found in the press release here.

Funding notice

The ISRV project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure within the framework of the funding guideline Modernity Fund (“mFUND”) with approximately 500,000 euros.