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Session Proposal: NASA’s INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS  (INCUS) Mission: Observing the Drivers of Severe Weather from Space (AGU25)

A079
NASA’s INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS  (INCUS) Mission: Observing the Drivers of Severe Weather from Space

Session ID#: 252749

Session Description:
The upcoming NASA INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS (INCUS) mission (https://incus.colostate.edu) will provide the first ever space-borne observations of convective vertical mass flux and its temporal evolution within deep convective storms throughout the tropics and subtropics. These observations and the suite of developing INCUS products will enhance our understanding of the dynamical processes associated with deep convective clouds, as well as their associated severe weather impacts. INCUS will continue the rich history of convective observations from space, and in particular space-borne radar, that began with TRMM, continued with CloudSat and GPM, and now includes EarthCARE. This session invites abstracts on any science topic related to the INCUS mission, as well as its context within NASA’s long record of spaceborne radar observations. These include any of the following: convection-related observations (ground or space-based), modeling studies, and applications of space-borne radar observations.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • AE - Atmospheric and Space Electricity
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
1853 Precipitation-radar [HYDROLOGY]
3314 Convective processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3371 Tropical convection [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener:  Derek J Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sue van den Heever, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Ft. Collins, United States, Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States and Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States
 
Convective Cores Variability in the RASTA Collection of the Meso-NH-for-C2OMODO Kilometer-Scale Simulation Dataset (1873705)
Jean-Pierre Chaboureau and Jérémy Richard, LAERO - Univ. Toulouse & CNRS, Toulouse, France
 
Understanding the Evolution of Anvil Top Characteristics with Geostationary Satellite Imagery (1915065)
Rachael Auth1, Kristopher M Bedka2, Randy Chase3, John William Cooney4, Sean William Freeman5, Peter Marinescu1 and Sue van den Heever6, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Climate Science Branch, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)Tomorrow.io, Boston, United States, (4)NPP/USRA Post-Doc at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (6)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Ft. Collins, United States
 
Establishing Consistency of Anvil Properties between INCUS and Ground-Based Radar Measurements (1929371)
Gerald G Mace, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
 
Developing a Convection Tracking Database in Support of the INCUS Mission and Beyond: The AUX-GEOIR Product (1930198)
Zhengzhao Johnny Luo, CUNY City College of New York, New York, NY, United States, Hanii Takahashi, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States, Yuliya Selevich, CUNY City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States and Sean William Freeman, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States
 
The INCUS Mission Data Products (1950059)
Pavlos Kollias1, Sue van den Heever2, Simone Tanelli3, Derek J Posselt4, Kristen Lani Rasmussen5, Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan6, Amy Burzynski7, Sean William Freeman8, George John Huffman9, Zhengzhao Johnny Luo10, Gerald G Mace11, Philip Partain12, Sai Prasanth7, Steven C Reising6, Ousmane Sy13, Robert Beauchamp14, Arturo Umeyama3, Hanii Takahashi15, Zhuocan Xu1, Mary G Morris16 and Richard Schulte5, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Ft. Collins, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)University of California, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (6)Colorado State University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, (7)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (8)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (10)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (11)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (12)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (13)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (14)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (15)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States, (16)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
 
Developing A Global, Multi-decadal (1983-2017) Convection Tracking Database Utilizing ISCCP HXG Data (1950665)
Yuliya Selevich, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, United States, Johnny Luo, CUNY City College of New York, New York, NY, United States, Hanii Takahashi, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States and William B. Rossow, Franklin, New York, Franklin, United States
 
TIME-SLICE-AL: A Leveraged Asset Field Campaign for Quantifying Convective Mass Flux using Delta-T Techniques with Adaptive Sampling (1955501)
Sean William Freeman1,2, Pavlos Kollias3,4, Patrick N Gatlin5, Edward P Luke4, Ethan Ebbert6, Corey G Amiot7, Christopher Kwinta6, Bernat P Treserras8, Brenda Dolan9, Kristen Rasmussen9, Walter Arthur Petersen10, Courtney Schumacher11 and Susan C van den Heever9, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth Systems Science Center, Huntsville, United States, (3)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (4)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (5)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (6)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (7)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, AL, United States, (8)McGill University, Montreal, Canada, (9)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (10)NASA MSFC, Science Research and Projects Office, Huntsville, AL, United States, (11)Texas A&M University, Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, United States
 
Unraveling Tropical Storm Dynamics with NASA’s INCUS Mission (1964526)
Susan C van den Heever1, Derek J Posselt2, Simone Tanelli3, Pavlos Kollias4, Kristen Rasmussen1, Philip Partain5, Graeme L Stephens6, Rachael Auth1, Jennifer Bukowski7, Amy Burzynski7, Brenda Dolan1, Sean William Freeman8, Patrick N Gatlin9, Leah D Grant1, George John Huffman10, Gabrielle R Leung1, Zhengzhao Johnny Luo11, Gerald G Mace12, Peter Marinescu1, Mary G Morris3, Walter Arthur Petersen13, Sai Prasanth7, Steven C Reising14, Richard Schulte1, Courtney Schumacher15, Itinderjot Singh1, Rachel L Storer16, Ousmane Sy17 and Hanii Takahashi18, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (7)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (8)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (9)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (10)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (11)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (12)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (13)NASA MSFC, Science Research and Projects Office, Huntsville, AL, United States, (14)Colorado State University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, (15)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, (16)University of California, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, (17)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (18)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Microphysical Considerations in Spaceborne Radar and Microwave Radiometer Observations and Simulations for Deep Convection (1965175)
Derek J Posselt1, Julia Shates2, Rick Schulte3, Simone Tanelli4, Filippo Scarsi5, Ousmane Sy6, Rachel L Storer7, Matthew D Lebsock4 and Sue van den Heever8, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (5)Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States, (8)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Ft. Collins, United States
 
How Does Model Grid Spacing Affect the Horizontal Spatial Variability of Atmospheric Fields? (1969647)
Itinderjot Singh1, Jennifer Bukowski2, Peter Marinescu3, Leah D Grant3, Rachel L Storer4, Gabrielle R Leung3 and Sue van den Heever5, (1)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (4)University of California, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Ft. Collins, United States
 
Evaluation of Different Candidate Indicators of Convective Intensity in a Local Convective Neighborhood (1992471)
Sai Prasanth1, Ziad S Haddad2, Jouni Susiluoto2, Peter Marinescu1, Itinderjot Singh1, Leah D Grant1, Susan C van den Heever1 and Ziad S. Haddad, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
 
High-resolution Numerical Simulations of Tropical Convection for the NASA INCUS Mission (1999682)
Peter Marinescu1, Jennie Bukowski1, Itinderjot Singh1, Leah D Grant1, Rachel L Storer2, Gabrielle R Leung1, Sai Prasanth1, Rick Schulte1, Brenda Dolan1, Derek J Posselt3, Kristen Lani Rasmussen1 and Susan C van den Heever1, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)University of California, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
TIME-SLICE-CO: Detecting and sampling updrafts with ground-based instrumentation (2001567)
Brenda Dolan1, Kristen Lani Rasmussen1, Pavlos Kollias2, Edward P Luke3, V. Chandrasekar4, Ivan Arias Hernandez5, Bernat P Treserras6, Susan C van den Heever1, Sean William Freeman7, Richard Schulte1, Itinderjot Singh1 and Christopher R Williams8, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (6)McGill University, Montreal, Canada, (7)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (8)University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States
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