History of MicroRad
MicroRad was born from the need for a meeting of limited size focused on microwave radiometry and its applications. Since then, it has become a venue for the microwave radiometry community to present new research results, instrument designs and applications to an audience understanding these issues.
The first MicroRad was held in Rome in 1983, and the following nine meetings have taken place approximately every other year in locations alternating between the USA and Italy:
| Rome, Italy | March 1-2, 1983 |
| Florence, Italy | March 9-11, 1988 |
| Boulder, Colorado, USA | January 14-16, 1992 |
| Rome, Italy | February 14-17, 1994 |
| Boston, Massachusetts, USA | November 4-6, 1996 |
| Florence, Italy | March 15-18, 1999 |
| Boulder, Colorado, USA | November 6-9, 2001 |
| Rome, Italy | February 24-27, 2004 |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | Feb 28 – Mar 3, 2006 |
| Florence, Italy | March 11-14, 2008 |
The Steering Committee, listed below, includes the chairmen of the organizing committee for previous meetings:
Giovanni Macelloni
CNR-IFAC - Florence (Italy)
Frank Marzano
University "La Sapienza" - Rome (Italy)
Simonetta Paloscia
CNR-IFAC - Florence (Italy)
Paolo Pampaloni
CNR-IFAC - Florence (Italy)
Nazzareno Pierdicca
University of Rome "La Sapienza" - Rome (Italy)
Steven Reising
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO (USA)
Domenico Solimini
University of Rome “Tor Vergata” - Rome (Italy)
Calvin T. Swift
University of Massachusetts - Amherst, MA (USA)
Jothiram Vivekandanan
NCAR - Boulder, CO (USA)
Ed R. Westwater
CIRES-University of Colorado - Boulder, CO (USA)