Understanding hail in the earth system

JT Allen, IM Giammanco, MR Kumjian… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The processes leading to the development of hail and the distribution of these events
worldwide are reviewed. Microphysical and physical characteristics of hail development are …

Dual-polarization radar fingerprints of precipitation physics: A review

MR Kumjian, OP Prat, KJ Reimel, M van Lier-Walqui… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article reviews how precipitation microphysics processes are observed in dual-
polarization radar observations. These so-called “fingerprints” of precipitation processes are …

Influences of CAPE on hail production in simulated supercell storms

Y Lin, MR Kumjian - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Lasting updrafts are necessary to produce severe hail; conventional wisdom suggests that
extremely large hailstones require updrafts of commensurate strength. Because updraft …

[HTML][HTML] A hail growth trajectory model for exploring the environmental controls on hail size: Model physics and idealized tests

MR Kumjian, K Lombardo - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
A Hail Growth Trajectory Model for Exploring the Environmental Controls on Hail Size: Model
Physics and Idealized Tests in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 77 Issue 8 (2020) …

[HTML][HTML] Thunderstorm impact on the built environment: A full-scale measurement and post-event damage survey case study

I Calotescu, X Li, MT Mengistu, MP Repetto - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of an intense thunderstorm on the urban area of
Sânnicolau Mare, Romania, based on the meteorological data collected by full-scale field …

From hydrometeor size distribution measurements to projections of wind turbine blade leading-edge erosion

F Letson, SC Pryor - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wind turbine blade leading-edge erosion (LEE) is a cause of increased operation and
maintenance costs and decreased annual energy production. Thus, detailed, site-specific …

Fragmentation of ice particles: laboratory experiments on graupel–graupel and graupel–snowflake collisions

P Grzegorczyk, S Yadav, F Zanger… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Until now, the processes involved in secondary ice production which generate high
concentrations of ice crystals in clouds have been poorly understood. However, collisions …

Hailstone shapes

L Shedd, MR Kumjian, I Giammanco… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Hailstone Shapes in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 78 Issue 2 (2021) Jump
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Comparing the impact of environmental conditions and microphysics on the forecast uncertainty of deep convective clouds and hail

C Wellmann, AI Barrett, JS Johnson… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Severe hailstorms have the potential to damage buildings and crops. However, important
processes for the prediction of hailstorms are insufficiently represented in operational …

Triggering factors, behavior, and social impact of the January 2021 hail-debris flows at the Central Valley of Chile

JE Romero, F Vergara-Pinto, G Aguilar, A Garcés… - Landslides, 2022 - Springer
An extreme precipitation event produced catastrophic debris flows in central Chile during 29–
31 January 2021 (austral summer). Our study focuses on the triggering factors and dynamic …