ATS Main Site “Do or do not, there is no ‘try’” - Yoda, (’The
Empire Strikes Back’)  Why Atmospheric science?  What's john
working on?  Satellite-based Convective Storm & Convective
Initiation Studies (a) 0-1 hour Convective Initiation
Thunderstorms pose high risks for landings, departing and flying
aircraft. This collaborative research effort between the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-
LL), the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), the National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA), and Cooperative Institute for
Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison is to incorporate satellite-derived
information into systems designed to nowcast atmospheric
convection and its first-time initiation. Developing improved
means of monitoring and characterizing convective clouds to
nowcast convection initiation (CI) is a key goal. Data sets
currently being processed include GOES visible, infrared