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 …

Atmospheric drivers of wind turbine blade leading edge erosion: Review and recommendations for future research

SC Pryor, RJ Barthelmie, J Cadence, E Dellwik… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Leading edge erosion (LEE) of wind turbine blades causes decreased aerodynamic
performance leading to lower power production and revenue and increased operations and …

[HTML][HTML] Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale

PJ Ward, V Blauhut, N Bloemendaal… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2020 - nhess.copernicus.org
Since 1990, natural hazards have led to over 1.6 million fatalities globally, and economic
losses are estimated at an average of around USD 260–310 billion per year. The scientific …

Differing trends in United States and European severe thunderstorm environments in a warming climate

M Taszarek, JT Allen, HE Brooks… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Long-term trends in the historical frequency of environments supportive of atmospheric
convection are unclear, and only partially follow the expectations of a warming climate. This …

Severe convective storms across Europe and the United States. Part I: Climatology of lightning, large hail, severe wind, and tornadoes

M Taszarek, JT Allen, P Groenemeijer… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
As lightning-detection records lengthen and the efficiency of severe weather reporting
increases, more accurate climatologies of convective hazards can be constructed. In this …

Modeled Multidecadal Trends of Lightning and (Very) Large Hail in Europe and North America (1950–2021)

F Battaglioli, P Groenemeijer, T Púčik… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
We have developed additive logistic models for the occurrence of lightning, large hail (≥ 2
cm), and very large hail (≥ 5 cm) to investigate the evolution of these hazards in the past, in …

Relationships between 10 years of radar-observed supercell characteristics and hail potential

CR Homeyer, EM Murillo… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Supercell storms are commonly responsible for severe hail, which is the costliest severe
storm hazard in the United States and elsewhere. Radar observations of such storms are …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of hail production in simulated supercell storms

MR Kumjian, K Lombardo… - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Hailstorms pose a significant socioeconomic risk, necessitating detailed assessments of
how the hail threat changes throughout their lifetimes. Hail production involves the favorable …

How many types of severe hailstorm environments are there globally?

Z Zhou, Q Zhang, JT Allen, X Ni… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how severe hailstorms will respond to climate change remains challenging
partially due to an incomplete understanding of how different environments produce hail …

Combining triple‐moment ice with prognostic liquid fraction in the P3 microphysics scheme: Impacts on a simulated squall line

M Cholette, JA Milbrandt, H Morrison… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Predicted Particle Properties (P3) bulk microphysics scheme has been recently
modified to combine the two major innovations. The triple‐moment approach to represent …