Primary Convener:
Derek Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Convener:
Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University
Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University
Kristen Rasmussen, Colorado State University

Chair:
Derek Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Brenda Dolan, Colorado State University

The upcoming NASA INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS (INCUS) mission (https://incus.colostate.edu) will provide the first ever space-borne observations of convective vertical mass flux and its temporal evolution within deep convective storms throughout the tropics and subtropics. These observations and the suite of developing INCUS products will enhance our understanding of the dynamical processes associated with deep convective clouds, as well as their associated severe weather impacts. INCUS will continue the rich history of convective observations from space, and in particular space-borne radar, that began with TRMM, continued with CloudSat and GPM, and now includes EarthCARE. This session invites abstracts on any science topic related to the INCUS mission, as well as its context within NASA’s long record of spaceborne radar observations. These include any of the following: convection-related observations (ground or space-based), modeling studies, and applications of space-borne radar observations.

Index Terms
3314 Convective processes
3371 Tropical convection
1817 Extreme events
1853 Precipitation-radar

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
AE - Atmospheric and Space Electricity
H - Hydrology

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering