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Explore how CCS is redefining the fight against climate change through bold innovation and impactful research. With sustainability at our core, we bring together a community of visionary thinkers and collaborators dedicated to building a resilient, thriving future for our planet.
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Milind Sharma
Assistant Professor
We investigate how deep convective clouds initiate, organize, and evolve, and how their near-storm environments shape precipitation and other high-impact outcomes. Polarimetric radar and lightning observations let us probe the otherwise hidden structure of convective clouds. Questions we ask include: (i) What controls convective initiation and storm lifetime? (ii) How do environmental transitions alter storm structure and precipitation?, (iii) Why do storms in similar environments sometimes evolve very differently?
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milindsharma@iitb.ac.in
022-257-65148
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Journal Articles
- Sharma, M., R. L. Tanamachi, E. C. Bruning, and K. M. Calhoun, 2021: Polarimetric and Electrical Structure of the 19 May 2013 Edmond–Carney, Oklahoma, Tornadic Supercell. Mon. Wea. Rev., 149, 2049–2078, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0280.1.
- Sharma, M., R. L. Tanamachi, and E. C. Bruning, 2024: Investigating Temporal Characteristics of Polarimetric and Electrical Signatures in Three Severe Storms: Insights from the VORTEX-Southeast Field Campaign. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 1511–1536, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0144.1.
- Sharma, M., A. D. Rapp, C. J. Nowotarski, and S. D. Brooks, 2024: Observed variability in convective cell characteristics and near-storm environments across the sea and bay-breeze fronts in southeast Texas. Mon. Wea. Rev., https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0243.1.
- Rapp, A.D., Brooks S. D., Nowotarski C.J., Sharma M., and others, 2024: TAMU TRACER: Targeted Mobile Measurements to Isolate the Impacts of Aerosols and Meteorology on Deep Convection. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, E1685–E1702, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0218.1.
- Lamer, K., … Sharma M., and others, 2024: Spatially distributed atmospheric boundary layer properties in Houston – A value-added observational dataset. Nature Scientific Data, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03477-9
- RECENT PRESENTATIONS
- Sharma, M., et al. Environmental Controls on Lightning Flash Rates in Supercells. AMS 31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, Virginia Beach, VA, USA.
- Rapp, A., Sharma, M., et al. Sensitivity of convective cell characteristics to TRACER thermodynamic and aerosol environments in observations and idealized simulations. 2024 Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation and Climate Initiative workshop, London, UK.
- Jensen, M., … Sharma, M., et al. The TRACER Field Campaign: Measurement and Modeling Activities for the Study of Aerosol-Convection Interactions. 104th AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Sharma, M., et al. Does Meteorological Variability Across Sea and Bay-Breeze Fronts Influence Thunderstorm Characteristics? Insights from the TAMU TRACER Field Campaign. 40th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Chen, B., Thompson, S. A., Matthews, B. H., Sharma, M., Li, R., Nowotarski, C. J., … & Brooks, S. D. Retrieving Vertical Profiles of Aerosols and Their Cloud Nucleating Properties Using a Micropulse Lidar. 104th AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- D'Angelo, N., Sharma, M., Tarantino, M., & Adelfio, G. Spatio-temporal analysis of lightning point process data in severe storms. Book of Abstracts SDS 2024.
- Sharma, M., et al. Tutorial on “Enhancing Geoscientific Computational Skills with Project Pythia: A Pathway to Open Science” at the ARM/ASR community open-source tool breakout session.
- Sharma, M., et al. Quantifying the covariability between ZDR/KDP column volume and lightning flash rates in southeast US storms. 30th Severe Local Storms Meeting 2022, American Meteorological Society.
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