Virtual lecture series ( Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)

• First Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Aerosol activation and warm cloud microphysics
  Speaker: Prof. Andrea Folssmann, Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Clermont-Ferrand, France 
  Date: 11-October-2021, 05:30 PM IST (1200 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/d6NMtNgu6Dw
  

 

• Second Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:The Ice Phase: From Observations in Clouds and at the Surface
  Speaker: Dr. Andrew Heymsfield, Senior Scientist National centre for Atmospheric Research, USA
  Date: 12-October-2021, 05:30 PM IST (1200 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/_yOE_002W_M
  

 

• Third Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Turbulence, droplet collisions and growth
  Speaker: Prof. Rama Govindarajan, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR
  Date: 15-October-2021, 05:30 PM IST (1200 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/ATTYrH7Npqo
  

 

• Fourth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Autonomous, Instrumented, unmanned aircraft systems
  Speaker: Darrel G Baumgardner, Droplet Measurement TEchnologies
  Date: 08-November-2021, 06:30 PM IST (1300 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/-ClA8PCyOgE
  

 

• Fifth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Modeling of cloud dynamics and microphysics
  Speaker: Wojciech Grabowski, NCAR
  Date: 09-November-2021, 05:30 PM IST (1200 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/Aft1Y0ZXPVY
  

 

• Sixth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Mechanisms of secondary ice production, observations and laboratory studies.
  Speaker: Dr. Alexei Korolev , Environment and Climate Change Canada
  Date: 15-November-2021, 05:30 PM IST (1200 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/7gP56TLjC1I
  

 

• Seventh Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title: Aerosol-cloud effective radiative forcing
  Speaker: Prof. Johannes Quaas , Leipzig University, Germany
  Date: 18-November-2021, 04:00 PM IST (10.30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/FJK87YxLX_I
  

 

• Eighth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Use of In-situ Cloud Microphysical Observations for Quantifying Ice Cloud Microphysical Properties and Processes, and their Uncertainties
  Speaker: Prof. Greg McFarquhar , University of Oklahoma
  Date: 18-November-2021, 05:30 PM IST (1200 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/dFPet_euPb8
  

 

• Ninth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Interactions of cloud electrification with its microphysics
  Speaker: Dr A. K. Kamra , Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune, India
  Date: 16-December-2021, 04:00 PM IST (10.30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/g_5oNNsDTPc
  

 

• Tenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Analytical Formulations for quantifying monsoonal rain amounts with biometeorological applications over the built environment
  Speaker: Prof. Satyajit Ghosh, Vellore Institute of Technology India and School of Earth and Environment Leeds University UK
  Date: 21-December-2021, 4.00 PM IST (10:30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/TNpMZPyCJSc
  

 

• Eleventh Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Emerging Trends in Synergetic Approaches for Remote Sensing of Clouds
  Speaker: Dr. Karanam Kishore Kumar, Space Physics Laboratory Vikram sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum
  Date: 22-December-2021, 11:00AM-12:00PM (05:30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/F24ReqGqdrg
  

 

• Twelfth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Understanding and modeling aerosol impacts on convective clouds and precipitation
  Speaker: Dr. Jiwen Fan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) , USA
  Date: 16-February-2022, 11:30AM IST (06 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/859Mn9ns3z8
  

 

• Thirteenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Formation of microphysical structure of convective clouds by internal cloud vortex dynamics
  Speaker: Professor Alexander Khain, The Institute of the Earth Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  Date: 24-February-2022, 5:30 PM IST (12 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/859Mn9ns3z8
  

 

• Fourteenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere
  Speaker: Dr. Heike Wex, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Germany
  Date: 16-March-2022, 14:30 IST (9 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/HFdUSgJzhH0
  
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• Fifteenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Precise Mathematical Pattern Underlying Cloud Formation in Chaotic Atmospheric Flows
  Speaker: Dr. A. Mary Selvam, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
  Date: 7-April-2022, 11 IST (05:30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/QbUETxzR5iQ
  

 

• Sixteenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Morphological and Microphysical Properties of Monsoon Precipitation Systems over the Northeastern and Eastern part of India
  Speaker: Prof. Sanjay Sharma, Department of Physics, Kohima Science College, (Autonomous), Kohima, Nagaland
  Date: 04-May-2022, 11 IST (05:30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/RPvY_yWl_g4
  

 

• Seventeenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Implementation and testing of a double moment cloud microphysics in UK Met Office regional Numerical Weather Prediction
  Speaker: Prof. Paul Field, UK Met Office & University of Leeds
  Date: 23-May-2022, 16:30 IST (11 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/cE1P7iq3W-Y
  

 

• Eighteenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Super-Droplet Method and its Application to Mixed-Phase Clouds
  Speaker: Dr. Shin-ichiro Shima, Graduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo
  Date: 02-June-2022, 11:00-12:30 IST (5:30-7:00 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/TNkbv9tYt8Q
  

 

• Nineteenth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title:Microphysics of droplets in an airstream
  Speaker: Prof. Kirti Chandra Sahu, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Telangana 502 284, India
  Date: 23-June-2022, 11:00 IST (5:30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/5ldhLlWNvBY
  

 

• Twentieth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title: Theory of In-Cloud Activation and Microphysical Quasi Equilibrium in Deep Ascent
  Speaker: Dr. Vaughan Phillips, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
  Date: 09-September-2022, 16:30 IST (11 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/e-N2rMwrziY
  

 

• Twenty-First Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title: Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth?
  Speaker: Dr. Rachel Albrecht, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Date: 20-October-2022, 16:30 IST (11 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/-eJ8Lcyrtlw
  
• Twenty-Second Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title: Understanding the particle number concentrations from satellite observations
  Speaker: Odran Sourdeval, University of Lille
  Date: 10-November-2022, 16:30 IST (11 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtu.be/0MitMbipi6c
  
• Twenty-Third Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title: Using knowledge on cloud microphysics and cloud-radiation interactions to improve solar irradiance forecast
  Speaker: Dr. Yangang Liu, Senior Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Envionmental and Climate Sciences Department
  Date: 16-March-2023, 04:30 PM IST (11:00 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtube.com/live/uiW-JDpaVWQ?feature=share
  
• Twenty-fourth Virtual lecture (Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics)
  Title: Experimental Studies on Retention of Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA) Precursors
  Speaker: Mr. Martanda Gautam, Institute for Atmospheric Physics Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
  Date: 05-Septembere-2023, 11:00 AM IST (05:30 UTC)
  Join Us: https://youtube.com/live/xQ_EPNVUPtg?feature=share
  

About lecture series:

Topics covered in the series:

Introduction to cloud physics, Aerosol microphysics, Aerosol-radiation interaction, Aerosol-cloud interaction, Rain microphysics, Primary ice nucleation, Secondary ice formation, mixed-phase cloud and climate, Entrainment and mixing in clouds, Observing clouds in situ: opportunities and challenges, Ground-based remote sensing of clouds with passive instruments, physics of clouds from radar observations, Boundary layer turbulence and clouds: theoretical and experimental studies, Explicit modelling of clouds, Large-eddy simulations and application in cloud physics, Direct numerical simulations and application in cloud physics, Clouds in a laboratory, Outstanding problems in cloud physics, Monsoon clouds and their structure, Parameterizing the cloud microphysics, Principles of thunderstorm and lightning physics, The physics of clouds in a weather and climate model, application of cloud physics: severe weather, lightning, Weather modification, etc.

Date and Time:

Started in October 2021 and continuing.

Lectures will be once in 2 weeks. The dates and times of each lecture will be updated on the website. Lectures are for 40 minutes and followed by a 30 minute discussion.

Who can attend:

The series is targeted towards a broad range of attendees, including graduate students, early-career scientists. Basic college-level background in physics and mathematics is expected.

Registration: Free.

Required only for those interested in discussions with speakers.

Maximum number of registered participants: 100

Registration policy: On a first-come basis

If you like to participate in the lecture series please use this participant link . Your email address will be used to intimate you on the upcoming lecture series.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Prof. Andy Heymsfield, NCAR USA
• Prof. Wojtek Grabowski, NCAR, USA
• Prof. Andrea Flossmann, University Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, France
• Dr. Darrel Baumgarder, DMT, USA
• Dr. Greg McFarquhar, University of Oklahoma, USA
• Prof. Alexander Khain, HUJi, Israel
• Prof. G. S. Bhat, IISc, India
• Dr. Paul Field, UK met office, UK
• Dr. Duncan Axisa, SIO, USA
• Dr. Ilan Koren, Weismann Institute, Israel
• Dr. Jiwen Fan, PNNL, USA
• Dr. Heike Wex, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Germany
• Dr. JohannesQuass, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Dr. Rama Govindarajan, ICTS, India
• Dr. Alexei Korolev, Environment and Climate Change, Canada

Please visit the website "Virtual Lecture Series on Cloud and Precipitation Physics and Dynamics" for speaker updates and other information.

If you are interested to participate as a speaker in these lecture series kindly give us information in this speaker link

Contact email: iccp2020@tropmet.res.in
( PDF copy of the program)