Despite the critical role convection plays in the Earth system, many uncertainties remain owing to the wide variety of processes and scales involved. Processes on the smallest scales of turbulence and microphysics connect through dynamics and radiation to both weather and large-scale circulation: locally through precipitation and hazardous weather, and more broadly through feedbacks on global circulations and the atmospheric energy budget. Improving our understanding of clouds and convection at a process level, their representation in large-scale models, and the ability to forecast related hazards remains an outstanding challenge. This session aims to explore aspects of boundary layer, shallow, and deep convective clouds, considering fundamental processes as well as links to topics such as self-aggregation, land surface interactions, and their role in weather and large-scale dynamics. We invite presentations of theoretical, modeling, and observational studies. We particularly welcome contributions from the INCUS mission and other recent campaigns.

• AE - Atmospheric and Space Electricity
• H - Hydrology
• NH - Natural Hazards
• P - Planetary Sciences