The effects of climate change on hailstorms

TH Raupach, O Martius, JT Allen, M Kunz… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Hailstorms are dangerous and costly phenomena that are expected to change in response
to a warming climate. In this Review, we summarize current knowledge of climate change …

Moist orographic convection: Physical mechanisms and links to surface-exchange processes

DJ Kirshbaum, B Adler, N Kalthoff, C Barthlott… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the current understanding of moist orographic convection and its
regulation by surface-exchange processes. Such convection tends to develop when and …

Benefit of convection permitting climate model simulations in the representation of convective precipitation

G Fosser, S Khodayar, P Berg - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
A major source of uncertainty in regional climate model (RCM) simulations arises from the
parameterisation of sub-grid scale convection. With increasing model resolution …

Convective boundary layer heights over mountainous terrain—a review of concepts

SFJ De Wekker, M Kossmann - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Mountainous terrain exerts an important influence on the Earth's atmosphere and affects
atmospheric transport and mixing at a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. The …

Spatial and temporal distribution of hailstorms in the Alpine region: a long‐term, high resolution, radar‐based analysis

L Nisi, O Martius, A Hering, M Kunz… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a 13‐year hail climatology for Switzerland based on volumetric radar
reflectivity. Two radar‐based hail detection products that are used operationally at …

The Convective and Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

V Wulfmeyer, A Behrendt, C Kottmeier… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Within the framework of the international field campaign COPS (Convective and
Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study), a large suite of state‐of‐the‐art meteorological …

The severe hailstorm in southwest Germany on 28 July 2013: Characteristics, impacts and meteorological conditions

M Kunz, U Blahak, J Handwerker… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
At the end of July 2013, a series of severe thunderstorms associated with heavy rainfall,
severe wind gusts and large hail affected parts of Germany. On 28 July 2013, two supercells …

Role of lateral terrestrial water flow on the regional water cycle in a complex terrain region: Investigation with a fully coupled model system

T Rummler, J Arnault, D Gochis… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent developments in hydrometeorological modeling aim toward a more sophisticated
treatment of terrestrial hydrologic processes. The objective of this study is to investigate the …

A 15‐year hail streak climatology for the Alpine region

L Nisi, A Hering, U Germann… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we present a unique 15‐year hail streak climatology for Switzerland based on
volumetric radar reflectivity. Two radar‐based hail detection products and an automatic …

A severe hail storm in complex topography in Switzerland-Observations and processes

S Trefalt, A Martynov, H Barras, N Besic, AM Hering… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies a damaging hail storm that occurred on 6 June 2015 in the complex
topography of Switzerland. The storm persisted for several hours and produced large hail …