Session Cloud Properties in Winter Storms


Description:

Winter storms are weather phenomena with significant societal impacts, including disruption to commerce, power grids, and transportation networks, and are manifest from rapidly deepening synoptic-scale cyclones to narrow but intense mesoscale bands of lake-effect snow and local snow squalls. Analysis of new cloud observations are critical to understanding the relationships between the cloud structure and microphysical properties of these clouds, cloud processes that impact precipitation amounts, and thermodynamic drivers of cloud and precipitation evolution. Case studies and contributions from recent and ongoing field campaigns, including NASA IMPACTS, OLYMPEX, WINTRE-MIX, and the WPC Winter Weather Experiment are encouraged.


Papers:
Characterizing the Vertical Slope and Maintenance Mechanisms of Mesoscale Snow Bands in Mid-latitude Winter Storms
Charles N. Helms, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and G. Heymsfield and S. D. Nicholls

Determining Cloud Particle Types During the IMPACTS Field Campaign Using Backscatter Lidar Data and a Clustering Approach
John E. Yorks, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Finlon, P. Selmer, and E. P. Nowottnick

An Evaluation of a Convolutional Neural Network for Classifying Images from In-situ, High-resolution Cloud Probes
Marwa Majdi, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and C. Nairy and D. Delene

Chain Aggregate Particles in Mid-to-upper Tropospheric Clouds during IMPACTS - 15 January Case Study
Christian Nairy, University of North Dakota, GRAND FORKS, ND; and D. J. Delene, A. Detwiler, J. E. Yorks, and J. Finlon

Use of In-Situ Airborne Measurements of Cloud Microphysical Properties to Quantify Processes Occurring in Wintertime Snow Storms
Greg M. McFarquhar, CIWRO/SOM, Norman, OK; and R. M. Rauber, D. M. Plummer, B. Jewett, A. M. Dzambo, P. A. Brechner, MS, C. Hall, J. Schima, P. Davis, J. Douglas, A. M. Murphy, D. J. Delene, C. Nairy, D. W. Toohey, D. Noone, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, J. Finlon, K. L. Thornhill, A. J. Heymsfield, and A. Bansemer

A Multi-Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign
Julian Christopher Schima, Penn State University, University Park, PA; CIWRO, Norman, OK; and G. M. McFarquhar, D. J. Delene, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, and J. Finlon

Multimodal Ice Crystal Size Distributions in Atlantic Coast Snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS
Peter Anthony Brechner, MS, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. M. McFarquhar, J. C. Schima, D. J. Delene, C. Nairy, K. L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D. W. Toohey, D. Noone, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. M. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter

Cloud and Precipitation Analyses Using Merged Datasets from Two Airborne Microwave Radiometers Covering 10-183 GHz
Corey G. Amiot, NASA Postdoctoral Program, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and T. J. Lang, C. B. Blankenship, J. B. Roberts, R. Kroodsma, and I. Adams

Investigations of Microphysical Processes in US Northeast Coast Winter Storms Using Millimeter-Wavelength Cloud Radar Measurements
Jialin Yan, Stony Brook University, STONY BROOK, NY; and M. Oue, P. Kollias, and E. Luke

An Analysis of the Microphysical and Thermodynamic Properties of Generating Cells Within Snowbands Associated With Winter Storms Observed During IMPACTS
Christian Hall, CIWRO/SOM, Urbana, IL; CIWRO, Norman, OK; and G. M. McFarquhar, K. L. Thornhill, C. R. Homeyer, D. Schvartzman, M. Varcie, J. Finlon, K. Sand, J. D'Alessandro, and D. J. Delene

Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023