Come rain or come shine: Recent improvements in understanding and predicting convective storms.
LOCATION
Periodicals Section
Central Library
South Kensington Campus
London
SW7 2AZ
UK
The meeting will focus on the key dynamical and microphysical processes that lead to intense convective precipitation. What are these processes, where in the clouds do these occur (and when), how do we observe and simulate them?
An introductory talk outlining the problems with simulating (and observing) convection, such as the various important time and length scales and difficulty of measuring key processes (first ice, entrainment, and updraft velocity). There will follow talks centred on a number of observational projects covering different key aspects of convective storms. The meeting will conclude with a talk on state-of-the-art projections of future convective storms of the UK.
The meeting will focus on the key dynamical and microphysical processes that lead to intense convective precipitation. What are these processes, where in the clouds do these occur (and when), how do we observe and simulate them?
An introductory talk outlining the problems with simulating (and observing) convection, such as the various important time and length scales and difficulty of measuring key processes (first ice, entrainment, and updraft velocity). There will follow talks centred on a number of observational projects covering different key aspects of convective storms. The meeting will conclude with a talk on state-of-the-art projections of future convective storms of the UK.