Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences (A)
Session Sub-categoryAtmospheric Sciences, Meteorology & Atmospheric Environment (AS)
Session IDA-AS07
Title Models, In situ, and Remote sensing of Aerosols, Clouds, Lightning, and Extreme precipitation (MIRACLE)
Short Title Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation, Lightning
Main Convener Name Masanori Saito
Affiliation University of Wyoming
Co-Convener 1 Name Yousuke Sato
Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka
Co-Convener 2 Name Sang-Woo Kim
Affiliation Seoul National University
Co-Convener 3 Name Maria Obiminda L Cambaliza
Affiliation Ateneo de Manila University
Co-Convener 4 Name Nobuhiro Moteki
Affiliation Tokyo Metropolitan University
Co-Convener 5 Name Hitoshi MATSUI
Affiliation Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Co-Convener 6 Name Akihiro Hashimoto
Affiliation Meteorological Research Institute
Co-Convener 7 Name Shin-ichiro Shima
Affiliation University of Hyogo
Co-Convener 8 Name Yutaka Tobo
Affiliation National Institute of Polar Research
Co-Convener 9 Name Matsui Toshihisa
Affiliation NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / ESSIC University of Maryland, College Park
Session Language E
Scope Aerosols, clouds, precipitation, lightning (ACPL), and their associated processes play a pivotal role in the Earth's climate system. These processes influence climate, air quality, and extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, organized convective systems, and lightning strikes, while remaining major sources of uncertainty in climate predictions. Research on these topics spans a wide range of methods, including numerical modeling, in situ measurements, remote sensing, and laboratory experiments. In particular, the Models, In situ, and Remote sensing of Aerosols (MIRA; https://science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg/) working group fosters synergy across modeling, measurement, and remote sensing communities to advance interdisciplinary aerosol-related research. The community benefits from close interactions among these approaches, which enhance measurement and modeling capabilities and strengthen the overall scientific impact on climate and air quality research. This session is a merged session between ACPL and MIRA and invites presentations that address aerosols, clouds, precipitation, lightning, and associated meteorological processes using multiple methodological approach, with the goal of sharing the current state of scientific understanding and discussing future research directions. We particularly welcome studies on fundamental topics connecting multiple research methods, such as model developments, observational and analytical techniques, and theoretical investigations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-lightning interactions.
Session Format Orals and Posters session