A046
Convection Processes and Their Environmental and Aerosol Interactions: Theory, Observation, and Modeling

Session ID#: 156817

Session Description:
Convective clouds play an important role in the global energy balance through vertical transport and their redistribution of water and energy. Accurately simulating convective clouds in state-of-the-art models remains extremely challenging, even for fundamental convective characteristics such as the diurnal cycle, strength, and depth of convection. In this session, we will highlight research aimed at improving our understanding of fundamental processes of shallow and deep convection including, but not limited to kinematics, microphysics, entrainment and detrainment, turbulent mixing, precipitation, cold pool processes and their interactions with environmental thermodynamics and dynamics, radiation, aerosols and the underlying surface. The session invites theoretical, observational, experimental, machine learning, and modeling studies that advance the process-level understanding of convection and its representation in models.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • AMS: American Meteorological Society -
Index Terms:

3310 Clouds and cloud feedbacks [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3311 Clouds and aerosols [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3314 Convective processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3371 Tropical convection [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]


Primary Convener:  Dié WANG, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
Conveners:  Andreas F Prein, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, Michael P Jensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States and Yunyan Zhang, Lawrence Livermore Nat Labs, Livermore, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Dié WANG, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
 
Observed and projected changes of large-scale environments conducive to spring MCS initiation over the U.S. Great Plains (1046123)
Fengfei Song, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, L. Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Richland, WA, United States, Zhe Feng, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Xingchao Chen, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, University Park, PA, United States and Qiu Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States
 
The Evolution of Deep Convective Cloud Kinematic Properties over the Amazon Rainforest with Cloud Lifetime (1053578)
Siddhant Gupta1, Dié WANG2, Scott E Giangrande1, Thiago Biscaro3 and Michael P Jensen1, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, (3)INPE National Institute for Space Research, CPTEC, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
 
How Do Inhomogeneous Sea-salt Aerosols Affect the Precipitation of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones? (1072159)
Shoujuan Shu, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, CHINA
 
Impacts of Independent Variation of INP and CCN Concentrations upon a Simulated Case of Mid-Latitude Deep Convection (1073223)
Tobias Ross, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, United States and Sonia Lasher-Trapp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States
 
Stochastic generation of heterogeneous patterns representing natural landscapes (1077158)
Zun Yin, Princeton University, Princeton, United States
 
Seasonal Controls on Isolated Convective Storm Intensity and Lifecycle As Observed During GoAmazon2014/5 (1081127)
Scott E Giangrande, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, Thiago Biscaro, INPE National Institute for Space Research, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil and John Peters, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
 
Surprises in the Study of Smoke Effects on Shallow Convection: Subsidence, Scavenging, and Cellular Organization (Invited) (1092700)
Michael S Diamond, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
 
Entrainment and dilution within cumulus thermals (Invited) (1096225)
Hugh Morrison, NCAR, MMM Laboratory, Boulder, United States and John Peters, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
 
Updraft Dynamics During the CALifornia Investigation of Convection over Ocean (CALICO) (1101401)
Scott W Powell, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, United States and Jessica B Wasserman, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, United States
 
Sub-cloud Rain Evaporation in the North Atlantic Ocean during ATOMIC Campaign (1127199)
Mampi Sarkar1, Adriana Raudzens Bailey1, David Noone2, Peter N Blossey3, Simon P de Szoeke4, Estefanía Quiñones Meléndez5, Mason Douglas Leandro6 and Patrick Y Chuang7, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (2)University of Auckland, Department of Physics, Auckland, New Zealand, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (5)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (6)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, (7)UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
 
Aerosol Impacts on Land and Maritime precipitation in the Maritime Continent (1127533)
Sean William Freeman and Susan C van den Heever, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States
 
Summary of Deep Convective Cloud Cases Observed During the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER) Intensive Operational Period (1132008)
Michael P Jensen1, Pavlos Kollias1,2, Dié WANG3, Scott E Giangrande1, Sue van den Heever4, Stephen Millican Saleeby5, Edward P Luke1, Siddhant Gupta1, Aryeh J Drager1,6, Jiwen Fan7 and Mariko Oue8, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (2)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (6)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (7)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (8)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
 
Examining Impacts of Aerosols on Convective Cell Evolution Using Cloud Resolving Model Simulations and Radar Cell Tracking Observations (1137825)
Mariko Oue1, Stephen Millican Saleeby2, Kristofer Tuftedal3, Jason Barr1, Peter James Marinescu4, Bernat P Treserras5, Edward P Luke6, Pavlos Kollias7 and Susan C van den Heever8, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)McGill University, Montreal, Canada, (6)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (7)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (8)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States
 
How well does SCREAM simulate clouds and precipitation over the GoAmazon campaign region? (1140598)
Jingjing Tian, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States and Yunyan Zhang, Lawrence Livermore Nat Labs, Livermore, CA, United States
 
Experiment of Sea Breeze Convection, Aerosols, Precipitation and Environment (ESCAPE) (1143785)
Pavlos Kollias1,2, Greg M McFarquhar3, Mengistu Wolde4, Paul Lawson5, David Joseph Bodine6, Roelof T Bruintjes7, Eric C Bruning8, V. Chandrasekar9, Paul J DeMott10, Andrew Dzambo11, Michael P Jensen2, Matthew R Kumjian12, Katia Lamer13, Zachary J Lebo14, Timothy Logan15, Kelly Lombardo12, Edward P Luke2, Mariko Oue16, Gregory C Roberts17, Raymond A Shaw18, Jeffrey Snyder19, Susan C van den Heever10, Nithin Allwayin18, Ben Ascher20, Jason Barr16, Kenny Bala21, Natalia Bliankinshtein22, Anthony Brown23, Kelcy N Brunner24, Zackary Mages16, Christina S McCluskey25, Katherine McKeown26, Erin Leghart27, Leonid Nichman28, Miles Litzmann29, Cuong Nguyen22, Ryan J Patnaude30, Saurabh Patil31, Russell Perkins10, Peisang Tsai25, Keyvan Ranjbar32, Elise Rosky33, Bernat P Treserras34, Kristofer Tuftedal1 and Cory Wolff35, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States, (4)National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (5)SPEC Inc, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University of Oklahoma, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK, United States, (7)National Center for Atmospheri, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, United States, (9)Colorado State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (10)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (11)Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, (12)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (13)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven, United States, (14)University of Wyoming, Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States, (15)Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (16)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (17)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (18)Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States, (19)National Severe Storms Lab Norman, Norman, OK, United States, (20)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Ft. Collins, United States, (21)National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada, (22)National Research Council Canada, Flight Research Laboratory, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (23)National Research Council - Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (24)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (25)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (26)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, State College, United States, (27)Stony Brook University, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (28)National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (29)Stony Brook University, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, United States, (30)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (31)University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, United States, (32)National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, (33)Michigan Technological University, Houghton, United States, (34)McGill University, Montreal, Canada, (35)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Effects of Boundary Layer Dynamics and Meteorology on the Surface Aerosol Dynamics in the Southeastern United States (1153824)
Shanhu Lee1, Zach Watson2, Lee Tiszenkel1 and Kevin R Knupp3, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Atmospheric Science, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Evaporation Processes in Marine Atmospheric Cold Pools during ATOMIC (1156727)
Estefanía Quiñones Meléndez1, Simon P de Szoeke2, Peter N Blossey3, Mampi Sarkar4, David Noone5 and Adriana Raudzens Bailey4, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (5)University of Auckland, Department of Physics, Auckland, New Zealand
 
Life cycle of deep convective clouds in the Houston, TX region (1158426)
Dié WANG1, Robert Clyde Jackson2, Michael P Jensen3 and Siddhant Gupta3, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States
 
The Influence of Shear on Deep Convection Initiation (1158784)
John Peters, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Hugh Morrison, NCAR, MMM Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Connor Nelson, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, James Marquis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Jake Mulholland, Naval Postgraduate School, Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States and Christopher John Nowotarski, Texas A&M University, Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX, United States
 
Humidity Effects on Mixed Carbon and Dust Aerosols in Houston Measured to Evaluate Radiative Forcing and Deep Convection Modules in Climate Models (1173175)
Manvendra Krishna Dubey1, Christopher D Cappa2, Qi Zhang3, Kyle Gorkowski4, James Edward Lee5, Ryan Nilsson Farley3, Rachael Dal Porto6, Katherine Benedict4, Allison C Aiken4, Abu Sayeed Md Shawon7, Aaron Meyer8 and Spencer Jordan9, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos, United States, (2)University of California, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, CA, United States, (3)University of California Davis, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Davis, CA, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-14: Earth Systems Observations, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (6)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (7)Michigan Technological University, Houghton, United States, (8)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (9)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
 
Airborne Doppler Radar Observations of Convective Updrafts and Downdrafts from the ESCAPE Field Campaign (1173614)
Zackary Mages1, Pavlos Kollias2,3, Cuong Nguyen4 and Mengistu Wolde4, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, (3)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (4)National Research Council Canada, Flight Research Laboratory, Ottawa, ON, Canada
 
A Holistic View of Atmospheric Convection and Their Sensitivity to Aerosol Concentration: Idealized Cloud-Resolving Modeling Study (1178046)
Xiaowen Li, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Monir Sharker, Morgan State University, Baltimore, United States
 
The physics behind precipitation onset bias in CMIP6 models (1191349)
Todd Emmenegger1, Yi-Hung Kuo2, Fiaz Ahmed2, J David Neelin2, Shaocheng Xie3, Chengzhu Zhang4 and Cheng Tao4, (1)University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore Nat''l Lab, Livermore, CA, United States, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
 
Land Surface Impacts on Cold Pools, Haboobs, and Dust Lofting in Dryland Regions (1192165)
Jennie Bukowski1,2 and Susan C van den Heever2, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States
 
Impact of the drop size distribution spatial variability and shape in the optical properties of cumulus clouds (1197221)
Steven Paul Chavez, Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NC, United States
 
Agile Adaptive Polarimetric Radar Observations of Isolated Convective Cells from the TRACER and ESCAPE field campaigns (1201336)
Jason Barr1, Mariko Oue1, Edward P Luke2, Bernat P Treserras3 and Pavlos Kollias2,4, (1)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, United States, (3)McGill University, Montreal, Canada, (4)Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, United States
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