Weather and Climate Interface
The frequency of storm-related weather and climate disasters exceeding $1 billion USD in damages has risen markedly, reflecting the growing impact of extreme weather events observed worldwide.
The Weather-and-Climate Interface research explores how extreme weather events—particularly cloud and storm processes—develop from local atmospheric conditions and how their characteristics evolve in a changing climate.
By connecting high-resolution weather phenomena with broader climate variability through observations and numerical modeling, this research seeks to advance understanding of the role of clouds at the weather–climate interface and their variability in shaping future climate projections.
Research topics include
- Three-dimensional cloud and storm structures: identification and classification.
- Mesoscale convective processes and convective life cycles: regional impacts and global patterns.
- Long-term remote sensing observations and cloud-permitting regional climate model simulations.