Stewart Cober
Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Division
The aim of this presentation will be to provide an update on research
initiatives that are being undertaken in the Cloud Physics and Severe
Weather Research Division of Meteorological Research Branch. Projects that
will be discussed include the CloudSat Validation Project, the
Precipitation Occurrence Sensing System (POSS) Applications Project, the
Polarization of King Radar Project, the Radar Quality Control and
Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QC/QPE) Project, the Global
Precipitation Mission (GCM), the Fog Forecasting Project, and the Second
Alliance Icing Research Project (AIRS II). In addition, the structure and
activities of the Ontario Region National Lab for Remote Sensing and
Nowcasting will be discussed. Finally, the National Lab for Aviation
Meteorology will be introduced, along with some current and proposed
aviation R&D activities.