New Sources and Mechanisms of CCN Production in the Remote Marine Environment Presented on May 4, 2026, by Prof. Jian WangWashington University in St. Louis ABSTRACT Marine low clouds strongly influence Earth’s radiative budget, and their properties are highly sensitive to
Excellent Forecasts and Major Weather Disasters: Why Don’t We Do Better?
Excellent Forecasts and Major Weather Disasters: Why Don’t We Do Better? Presented on March 25, 2026, by Professor Cliff MassAtmospheric and Climate ScienceUniversity of Washington ABSTRACTThe ability to forecast damaging and deadly weather events has increased dramatically during the past decades
Evaluation of a New Warm-Rain Scheme in WRF, FV-3, and MPAS
Evaluation of a New Warm-Rain Scheme in WRF, FV-3, and MPAS Presented on March 24, 2026, by Professor Cliff MassAtmospheric and Climate ScienceUniversity of Washington ABSTRACT A new warm-rain scheme (RCON), a modification of Thompson microphysics, has been developed and
Tropical weather: an evolutionary game
Tropical weather: an evolutionary game Presented on March 3, 2026, by Professor Brian MapesDepartment of Atmospheric SciencesRosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth ScienceUniversity of Miami ABSTRACT: The “why” science of tropical deep convective clouds is easy: radiation drives, water
Improving Very Short-Term Rainfall Prediction in Taiwan: Insights from assimilation of innovative water vapor measurements
Improving Very Short-Term Rainfall Prediction in Taiwan: Insights from assimilation of innovative water vapor measurements Presented on February 25, 2026, by Professor Shu-Chih YangAtmospheric SciencesNational Central UniversityTaiwan ABSTRACT: Improving Very Short-Term Rainfall Prediction in Taiwan: Insights from assimilation of innovative
Diagnosing Synoptic and Local Scale Processes Leading to the 8 August 2023 Downslope Wind-Driven West Maui Fires
Diagnosing Synoptic and Local Scale Processes Leading to the 8 August 2023 Downslope Wind-Driven West Maui Fires Presented on February 11, 2026, by Yi-Leng ChenProfessorAtmospheric SciencesUniversity of Hawaii ABSTRACT: The synoptic and island-scale conditions driving the West Maui downslope wind–driven
Diurnal Pulsing in Tropical Cyclones
Presented on December 19, 2025, by Weixin XuProfessor, Ph.DSchool of Atmospheric ScienceSun Yat-sen UniversityZhuhai, China ABSTRACT: Accurate forecasting of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity still faces great challenges, as intensity change is impacted by complex processes across multiple scales involving both
Coupled Seasonal Data Assimilation of Sea Ice, Ocean, and Atmospheric Dynamics over the Last Millennium
Presented on November 12, 2025, by Zilu MengPhD studentDepartment of Atmospheric and Climate ScienceUniversity of Washington ABSTRACT: Reconstructing past climate is crucial for understanding the dynamics of our climate system and improving climate projections. This presentation introduces the first seasonal-resolution
AI/ML: History and Meteorological Applications
Presented on October 29, 2025, by Melinda PengUCCS ABSTRACT: Artificial Intelligence (AI), a term coined in 1956, has experienced several cycles of rapid advancement followed by periods of stagnation. A breakthrough occurred in 2016 when Google’s AlphaGo demonstrated that machines
Improved Analysis and Prediction of Tropical Storm Hermine (2022) over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Using NASA CPEX-CV Field Campaign Observations
Presented on October 22, 2025, by Prof. Shu-Hua ChenCollege of Agricultural and Environmental SciencesUC Davis ABSTRACT: In September 2022, NASA conducted the Convective Processes Experiment-Cabo Verde (CPEX-CV) campaign over the data-sparse eastern Atlantic. Over this region, CPEX-CV collected a suite