UK
ParaChute Conference
13-17 July 2026 | Reading, UK
The ParaChute: “Understanding turbulent and convective processes” conference will focus on representing turbulence and convection in models and will be held at the University of Reading.
The ParaChute Conference brings together scientists, model developers, and observational experts to advance our understanding and representation of turbulence in high-resolution weather and climate models. Building on the goals of the UKRI–Met Office ParaChute programme, this event focuses on the challenges that arise at kilometre and sub-kilometre scales, where turbulent motions are partly resolved but still require improved physics parameterisations. Through a combination of observational insights, theoretical advances, and innovative modelling approaches, ParaChute aims to improve the representation of convective processes, boundary-layer dynamics, stochastic methods, and physics–dynamics coupling.
The conference will cover the following themes:
- Observing turbulence
- Representing the turbulent grey zone
- Representing the convective grey zone
- Interactions between microphysics and turbulence
- Role of dynamics representation in representing turbulent processes
- Upscale transfer of turbulence-driven uncertainty in predictability
