INCUS Science Seminar Series
We're excited to announce the launch of a new INCUS Monthly Seminar Series focused on deep convection. These seminars are designed to foster engagement across the broader atmospheric science community by bringing in expert invited speakers each month to share cutting-edge research and insights on deep convective topics.
Details of the 2025 and 2026 seminar series are shown below.
We warmly invite you to join us for these monthly talks and to share this announcement widely with your departments, collaborators, and networks. Our goal is to build an open, inclusive space for discussion and knowledge exchange across institutions and disciplines. If you are interested, you are welcome to add yourself to the INCUS Science Seminar Series mailing list.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Affiliation | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 June 2025 | Simulating Radar and Passive Microwave Observations from Model Simulations: Implications for Retrievals and Data Assimilation in Convection | Derek Posselt, Julia Shates, Ousmane Sy, and Rick Schulte | JPL, CSU | |
| 4 August 2025 | Multiscale Data Assimilation for Numerical Prediction of Convective Storms | Xuguang Wang | OU | |
| 8 September 2025 | The Past, Present, and Future of Hurricane Observations and Forecasting | Brian McNoldy | University of Miami | Recording Link |
| 6 October 2025 | Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Complexity and Impacts of Deep Convection | Gretchen Mullendore | NSF NCAR | Recording Link |
| 8 December 2025 | Progress, challenges and opportunities for kilometre-scale global NWP | Richard Forbes | ECMWF | |
| 2 February 2026 | C³IEL, the Cluster for Cloud evolution ClImatE and Lightning Mission to Study Convective Clouds at High Spatial and Temporal Resolutions | Céline Cornet (1)Eric Defer (2), Didier Ricard (3) and the C³IEL team | (1) Laboratoire d’Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS/Université Lille, Lille France; (2) Laboratoire d’Aérologie, CNRS, Toulouse, France; (3) Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Toulouse, France | Recording Link |
| 2 March 2026 | Implications of diurnal differences in deep convection morphology and anvil-precipitation ratios | Anita Rapp | Texas A&M University | Recording Link |
| 6 April 2026 | Inferring Vertical Velocity from Ice Evolution in Deep Convective Cores | Jean Pierre Chaboureau | University of Toulouse, CNRS | Recording Link |
| 4 May 2026 | The Earth Explorer 11 WIVERN mission: Advancing Storm Dynamics and NWP Throuah In-Cloud Observations of Global Winds | Alessandro Battaglia | Politecnico di Torino | Recording Link |
| 1 June 2026 | No meeting | |||
| 6 July 2026 | Control on Anvil Lifetime and Thickness in Present and Warmer Climates | Blaž Gaspirini | University of Vienna | Recording Link |
| 3 August 2026 | No Meeting - AMS Madison Summit | |||
| 7 September 2026 | No Meeting - Labor Day Observed | |||
| 5 October 2026 | TBD (Topic: Convective Organization, Land Surface Impacts) | Kathleen Schiro | University of Virginia | |
| 2 November 2026 | TBD | |||
| 7 December 2026 | TBD |