Convective storm systems are of great importance: at the mesoscale, for their role in the hydrological cycle and global circulation, and at the local scale, for their production of hazardous convective weather such as hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. The physical understanding of the factors impacting initiation, upscale growth, intensification, and evolution of these systems remains incomplete and limits our predictive ability.

This session invites recent studies that use theory, observations, and/or model simulations at various spatiotemporal scales that aim to improve our understanding, parameterization, and predictability of convective systems. Efforts that investigate storm structure and dynamics, physical factors contributing to storm development, interactions with large-scale environments, and responses to climate change are of interest. Studies using observation, analysis, and modeling from cloud-resolving to global climate models are particularly encouraged.