Weather Radar Tech, Calibration & Electromagnetism
Radar hardware, wave propagation and scattering, and the calibration practice that makes measurements comparable between sites.
About the conference
9th Conference on India Radar Meteorology
Advancing Radar Meteorology for Weather, Climate, Water and Society
5-8 January 2027 | ACARR, CUSAT, Cochin
Hosted by Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)
Advancing Radar Meteorology in India
ACARR at CUSAT invites participants to iRAD-2027. The conference aims to advance radar meteorology in India by bringing together researchers, professionals, and industry experts. ACARR is a premier research center dedicated to radar atmospheric profiling; iRAD-2027 marks a decade of the 205 MHz ST Radar (2017-2027).
Unravelling Tropical Atmosphere and Extreme Weather Events: Integrated Radar Profiling and Future Horizons. Celebrating 10 years of the 205 MHz ST Radar (2017-2027).
At a glance
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05-08 January 2027
Four days of scientific sessions
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12 Thrust Areas
From radar technology to AI/ML applications
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Pre-Conference School
Hands-on workshop on Radar and its Applications
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A Decade of Probing
10 years of the 205 MHz ST Radar (2017-2027)
Our goals
Conference Objectives
What this conference sets out to achieve.
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Advance radar meteorology in India
Bring the national radar community together around a shared research agenda spanning observation, prediction and application.
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Connect research and industry
Put researchers, operational forecasters and instrument manufacturers in the same room to shorten the path from method to deployment.
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Unravel the tropical atmosphere
Focus attention on monsoon dynamics and extreme weather, where tropical radar observation still has the most ground to cover.
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Support early-career scientists
Through the Young Scientist Award, the Student Paper Competition, and travel and registration support for eligible researchers under 35.
Two phases, one week
Phase I
Pre-Conference School: Radar and its Applications
A hands-on workshop preceding the main scientific sessions.
Phase II
9th Conference on India Radar Meteorology
The main scientific sessions of iRAD 2027, covering twelve thrust areas in radar meteorology.
Conference themes
Technical Focus Areas
12 thrust areas spanning instrumentation, observation, prediction and application.
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Operational Radar Networks & Data Processing
Running radar networks at national scale: quality control, clutter suppression, compositing and the processing chains behind operational products.
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Applications in Meteorology, Hydrology & Urban Planning
Putting radar output to work in flood forecasting, catchment hydrology, urban drainage design and disaster response.
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Unravelling Tropical Monsoons & Extreme Weather
Monsoon dynamics and extreme events over the tropics, where convection is deep, fast and still poorly constrained by observation.
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Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE)
Turning reflectivity into rainfall: retrieval algorithms, gauge adjustment, and the error structure of radar rainfall estimates.
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Microphysical Studies & Dual-Polarization
Drop size distributions, hydrometeor classification and the microphysical insight that dual-polarization variables make accessible.
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Severe Weather & Storm Electrification
Squall lines, hail, tornadic signatures and lightning, and what radar reveals about the charge structure of convective storms.
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Radar Data Assimilation for NWP Models
Ingesting radial velocity and reflectivity into numerical models, and the observation operators and error covariances that assimilation requires.
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Airborne & Spaceborne Radar Platforms
Precipitation and cloud radars flown on aircraft and satellites, and how their sampling complements ground-based networks.
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Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radars
Ka- and W-band observation of cloud structure, boundary-layer processes and the thin hydrometeors longer wavelengths miss.
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ST & MST Radars / Wind Profiling Radars
Continuous wind and turbulence profiling through the troposphere and above, including the 205 MHz ST Radar celebrating a decade of operation.
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AI/ML Techniques in Radar Data Applications
Machine learning for nowcasting, quality control, echo classification and the emerging use of learned models alongside physical retrievals.
Organised by
The institutions behind iRAD 2027
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ACARR
Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research
A premier research centre dedicated to radar atmospheric profiling.
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CUSAT
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Host institution for iRAD 2027.
Venue
Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research, CUSAT
ACARR is a premier research centre dedicated to radar atmospheric profiling, hosting the 205 MHz ST Radar.
Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research (ACARR), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, Kerala - 682022, India
Travel & accommodation- Nearest airport
- Cochin International Airport (COK) About 20 km from campus. Taxis and buses available.
- Nearest railway
- Aluva and Ernakulam railway stations Both well connected to the campus by road.
- Dates
- 5-8 January 2027 | ACARR, CUSAT, Cochin
Join us in January 2027
Abstracts close 31 August 2026. Registration opens 15 August 2026.