(University of Arizona)

"Exploring a Quadrant of Atmospheric Radiation and Precipitation"

Our group at the University of Arizona is interested in both cloud radiative effects and precipitation predictions and includes both atmospheric science and engineering students. I will give an overview of six questions we have been studying over the past few years and where they fall on axes from radiation to precipitation and from fundamental to applied. These questions touch on sensitivities of cloud-radiative heating and solar energy forecasts, information gained from far-infrared polarization measurements, and precipitation efficiency and moisture-precipitation coupling in storms.

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