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SUMMARY:Clouds\, Aerosols\, Wildfires\, and Extreme Heat – From Physical 
 Processes to Climate Impacts with Professor Minghui Diao
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be joined by Professor Minghui Diao from Sa
 n Jose State University\, who will give a talk on ice and mixed-phase clou
 d microphysics and aerosol-cloud interactions.\nAbstract\nClouds and aeros
 ols are large modulators of the Earth’s system. Understanding cloud prop
 erties and their interactions with aerosols is a critical step towards imp
 roving the fidelity of Earth system models. Our work examined ice and mixe
 d-phase clouds at a near global scale\, covering the polar regions\, midla
 titudes and the tropics in both hemispheres. Multi-scale observations base
 d on 20+ field campaigns were compared against several Earth system models
  to advance the understanding of cloud microphysical processes and aerosol
 -cloud interactions. Novel methods were developed to conduct scale-aware\,
  definition aware comparisons between multi-scale observations (e.g.\, air
 craft-\, ship-\, and ground- and satellite-based) and model simulations. I
 nteresting hemispheric asymmetries in cirrus cloud and mixed-phase cloud m
 icrophysical properties were found. Several Earth system models were found
  to severely underestimate the impacts of aerosols on ice and mixed-phase 
 clouds. In the latter part of the presentation\, climate impacts on Califo
 rnia will be examined\, including impacts of wildfire risks and extreme he
 at at community scales using a regionally refined climate model and machin
 e learning approaches.\nAbout the speaker\nDr. Minghui Diao is a Full Prof
 essor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose Sta
 te University. Her research focuses on clouds\, aerosols\, and climate imp
 acts using observations and Earth system models. She received her B.S. deg
 ree from Peking University and her Ph.D. degree from Princeton University.
  She is the recipient of the NCAR ASP Faculty and Postdoc Fellowships\, DO
 E Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship\, N
 ASA NESSF Fellowship\, and the Princeton Francis Upton Fellowship. She cur
 rently serves on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Atmospheric Sci
 ences and Climate (BASC) and is an editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Phy
 sics. Website: www.cloud-research.org
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/210203/clouds-aerosols-wildfires-and-
 extreme-heat-from-physical-processes-to-climate-impacts-with-prof-minghui-
 diao/
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LOCATION:640\, City and Guilds Building\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperia
 l College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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