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9:15Tea & coffee, snacks
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9:30Arrival

Tea & coffee, snacks served in David Grimes Synoptic Lab 1L61
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9:45Chair: Chris Westbrook

Keynote talk 2
Which ice microphysical processes can explain the typical radar signatures in the dendritic growth layer?
Leonie von Terzi		Chair: Max Maahn

Keynote talk 4
Ice crystal dynamics in the lab and atmosphere
Jen Stout
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10:00Welcome: Chris Westbrook - Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre GU01
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10:15Chair: Karina McCusker

Keynote talk 1
Evaluating and improving EarthCARE’s synergistic retrievals of ice clouds and snow
Shannon Mason
Poster session 2 (with tea & coffee)

Chris Westbrook MuWMAS: measuring millimetre and sub-millimetre wave scattering from snowflakes in-situ at multiple scattering angles

Maximilian Maahn How can the proposed WIVERN satellite mission improve global snowfall measurements?

Beril Aydin Retrieving Capacitance and Ventilation Factor Using Observations of Sublimating Snowfall

Nina Maherndl Investigating Secondary Ice Production in Springtime Arctic Mixed-phase Clouds

Yurika Hara Balloon-borne and ground-based hydrometer imaging measurements of melting layer

Paul Ockenfuß A Novel Framework for Automatic Radar Pointing Calibration Using the Sun

Heather Guy AURORA: An autonomous polar research platform combining in-situ measurements of cloud microphysics with advanced remote sensing techniques

Alanna Wedum Tracking Atmospheric Rivers to Greenland’s Summit: A Lagrangian and Satellite-based Characterization of Evolving Snowfall and Cloud Properties

Veronica Escobar-Ruiz SIDMAP: Stereo Imager for Detailed Measurements and Analysis of Precipitation		Session 7: Secondary ice and convective cloud microphysics. Chair: Max Maahn

Causing a splash: secondary ice production from supercooled raindrops and ice particles
Rae James
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10:30Size matters? A potential link between rime-splintering and cloud droplet size distribution
Alexei Kiselev
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10:45Session 1: Spaceborne measurements of snow. Chair: Karina McCusker

Improving the representation of ice and snow processes in the IFS using EarthCARE
Rebecca Murray-Watson		In-situ characterisation of graupel in deep convective cloud
Ezri Alkilani-Brown
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11:00Comparison between Spaceborne Snowfall Estimates and In-Situ Observations over Arctic Region
Andrea Camplani		Identifying Ice Crystal Chain Aggregates in Cold-Season Storms: Leveraging XGBoost to Map Occurrence and Distribution
Christian Nairy
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11:15A new look at ice hydrometeors by the Arctic Weather Satellite
Patrick Eriksson		Performance evaluation of available parameterizations of secondary ice production in drop shattering: Observation and modeling approach
Julian Meusel
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11:30Frozen hydrometeor optical properties for all-sky passive microwave assimilation
Alan Geer		Transport of Ice Fragments Generated from Melting Ice Particles in Updrafts from Below to Above the Melting Layer
Andrew Heymsfield
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11:45Discussion / commentsSession 4: Observations of secondary ice. Chair: Leonie von Terzi

Multi-frequency radar observations of mountainous precipitation during the CHOPIN campaign
Nicole Clerx		Discussion / comments
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12:00Lunch breakCharacterising Secondary Ice Production Regimes in Midlatitude Frontal Clouds Using Observed Radar Doppler Spectra
Rosie Mammatt		Chair: Stefan Kneifel

Wrap up discussion: what are the themes that have come up? where is new progress being made? what are the challenges? and what are the new opportunities (e.g. new instruments, tools and techniques) that are emerging?
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12:15Identification and quantification of secondary ice production by droplet fragmentation with in-situ observations of refreezing rain
Nils Pfeifer
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12:30Discussion / comments

Workshop photograph		Light lunch served in David Grimes Synoptic Lab 1L61
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12:45Lunch break
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13:00Session 2: Snow microphysical processes. Chair: Paul Ockenfuß

Testing CASIM double-moment microphysics scheme in the UK Met Office Regional NWP model using mid-latitude frontal cloud observations
Richard Cotton
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13:15Precipitation Insights from A Comprehensive Northern Hemisphere Particle Microphysics Data Set
Claire Pettersen
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13:30Predicting Realistic Snow Shape for Improved Polarimetric Radar Simulations
Soumi Dutta
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13:45Hydrometeor Analysis of OSCRE Images from Various Field Sites
Talia Kurtz		Chair: Nina Maherndl

Keynote talk 3
Tracking ice growth pathways in mixed-phase Arctic clouds using stable water isotopes: Airborne in-situ measurements from CAESAR 2024
Elise Rosky
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14:00Discussion / comments
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14:15Tea & coffeeSession 5: Snow microphysical processes 2. Chair: Nina Maherndl

Impacts of Ice Habit Parameterization on Depositional Growth Within a Simulated Cloud Chamber
Benjamin Ascher
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14:30Development of a new balloon-borne particle imaging radiosonde
Kenji Suzuki
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14:45What can radars tell us about snowfall microphysics? Insights from a MCMC framework
Alexis Berne
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15:00Session 3: G-band and sub-millimetre sensing of ice clouds and snow. Chair: Chris Westbrook

Estimating Ice Water Content and Snowfall Rate from radar measurements in the G-band
Karina McCusker		Using remote sensing to retrieve ice crystal number concentration and investigate ice formation in mixed-phase Arctic clouds
Sarah Barr
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15:15Arctic snowfall observed with the G-band Radar for Water vapor and Arctic Clouds GRaWAC
Sabrina Schnitt		Discussion / comments
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15:30Properties of Arctic mixed-phase clouds explored by multi-frequency radar including the G-band
Linnu Bühler		Lab demonstration (in groups)

Tea & coffee, snacks served in David Grimes Synoptic Lab 1L61
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15:45Can We Constrain Cloud/Snow Microphysics Better with Sub-mm Radiometers with Polarimetry?
Jie Gong
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16:00Discussion / comments
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16:15Poster session 1 with drinks and snacks in Synoptic Lab

Emmanuel Fontaine A Model for In-Situ Observations (MISO v1) : impact of Ice crystals shapes on in-situ measurement

Anqi Li Harvesting synergies between microwave and infrared radiances for ice hydrometeors

Aaron Kennedy Designing an affordable ecosystem for hydrometeor imaging

Paul Ockenfuß Analyzing Spatial Dimensions and Patterns in Strong Riming Events using Scanning Cloud Radars

Alec Sczepanski Applications of Machine Learning on Lidar Data for Blowing Snow, Precipitation, and Cloud Classification

Leonie von Terzi Changing habit regimes – How does a dendrite grow while falling towards the ground?

Axel Seifert On the geometry of aggregate snowflakes

Kamil Mroz Reconciling In-Situ and Radar Observations: Challenges in Validating Satellite Retrievals

Awadhesh Pant Evaluating Reanalysis Snowfall Estimates in Arctic Marine Cold Air Outbreaks using Flight Based Radar Observations
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16:45Session 6: Remote sensing of snow microphysics. Chair: Nils Pfeifer

AWACA: Case Studies of Snowfall with Meteorological Radars
Heather Corden
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17:00Latest Result of Including ZDR Column for Enhanced Radar Data Assimilation at German weather Service (DWD)
Kobra Khosravian
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17:15Radar and Microphysical Properties in the “Dendritic Growth” Layer of Winter Storms: Findings from IMPACTS
Valeria Garcia
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18:15Reception in Reading Town Hall (on Blagrave Street in Reading town centre)
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