| 1. | Satellite 
					        data assimilation for mesoscale and microphysical processes, 
					        of soil moisture, and for nowcasting. Forward model development 
					        of retrieval methods. | 
					    
					      | 2. | Numerical 
					        modeling of moist convection, parameterization development, 
					        and cumulus momentum transport. | 
					    
					      | 3. | Moist 
					        convective dynamics, tropical convection, factors influencing 
					        the initiation of deep moist convection. Remote sensing of convective 
					        weather systems. Theoretical studies of tropical weather systems. | 
					    
					      | 4. | Diagnosing 
					        micro- and mesoscale weather phenomena from remotely-sensed 
					        (hyperspectral) data sets for the purpose of nowcasting and 
					        evaluating hazardous weather for aviation interests. | 
					    
					      | 5. | Land 
					        surface energy and moisture fluxes. Developing remote sensing 
					        techniques for diagnosing such fluxes using satellite remote 
					        sensing. | 
					    
					      | 6. | Modeling 
					        interactions between the biosphere and atmosphere on time scales 
					        of the meso- and synoptic scale. |