RAL Retreat 2023

• Welcome and State of the Union (Matthias Steiner)
• RRC Update for 2023

Lightning Talks: Session 1

• Co-producing Actionable Climate Science for Wildland Fire Operations and Policy (Lee Kessenich)
• Enhancing Air Quality Decision Making Activity in Eastern and Southern Africa (Shima Shams)
• Earth System Predictability Across Timescales From Weather to Climate (Lulin Xue)
• Study of kidney diseases for Atlanta city in relation to extreme heat (Tzu-Shun Lin)
• HAP’s Weather Modification Research Program (Jamie Wolff)

Lightning Talks: Session 2

• Summary of RADAR conference (Jim Wilson)
• Arctic Cold air outbreaks (Tim Juliano)
• Paris Olympics RDP (Hailey Shin)
• RRFS intercomparison on convection (Joe Grim)
• Statistical framework (Eric Gilleland)

Lightning Talks: Session 3

• Travel procedures (Lisa Packard)
• UCAR/NCAR at COP (Linda Mearns)
• METplus Focus Group Actions and Results John Opatz
• Deep Learning for Automated Identification of Road Surface Conditions (Bill Petzke)
• Optimizing Ensemble Design for the RRFS (Will Mayfield)

Afternoon Session: Talks and Awards

• Art installation (Lee Kessenich, Tracy Hertneky, Heather Carrigan, and George McCabe)
• RAL Retreat: DEI Topics and Discussion (Kristen Aponte)
• Changes in Hurricanes from a 13-Yr Convection-Permitting Pseudo–Global Warming Simulation (Gutmann)
• RRC Awards (Amy DeCastro)
• Celebration of Excellence and Longevity (Matthias Steiner)