[HTML][HTML] Severe convective storms across Europe and the United States. Part II: ERA5 environments associated with lightning, large hail, severe wind, and tornadoes

M Taszarek, JT Allen, T Púčik… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Severe Convective Storms across Europe and the United States. Part II: ERA5
Environments Associated with Lightning, Large Hail, Severe Wind, and Tornadoes in …

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 …

Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on sea-breeze circulation and convective precipitation

J Fan, Y Zhang, Z Li, J Hu… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Changes in land cover and aerosols resulting from urbanization may impact convective
clouds and precipitation. Here we investigate how Houston urbanization can modify sea …

Convective environments leading to microburst, macroburst and downburst events across the United States

D Romanic, M Taszarek, H Brooks - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2022 - Elsevier
Downbursts are strong downdrafts of negatively buoyant air associated with convective
storms and are capable of producing severe near-surface winds. Microbursts and …

A pan-Alpine climatology of lightning and convective initiation

A Manzato, S Serafin, MM Miglietta… - Monthly Weather …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
A new lightning-flash and convective initiation climatology is developed over the Alpine
area, one of the hotspots for lightning activity in Europe. The climatology uses cloud-to …

Diurnal and seasonal variability of ERA5 convective parameters in relation to lightning flash rates in Poland

S Poręba, M Taszarek, Z Ustrnul - Weather and Forecasting, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The relationship between convective parameters derived from ERA5 and cloud-to-ground
(CG) lightning flashes from the PERUN network in Poland was evaluated. All flashes …

Analysis of location errors of the US National Lightning Detection Network using lightning strikes to towers

Y Zhu, W Lyu, J Cramer, V Rakov… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The location accuracy of the US National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) has been
evaluated using as ground‐truth rocket‐triggered lightning data or video records but only at …

Characteristics of lightning within electrified snowfall events using lightning mapping arrays

CJ Schultz, TJ Lang, EC Bruning… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined 34 lightning flashes within four separate thundersnow events derived
from lightning mapping arrays (LMAs) in northern Alabama, central Oklahoma, and …

Geographical distribution of thundersnow events and their properties from GPM Ku‐band radar

A Adhikari, C Liu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Six‐years (2010–2015) of snow lightning characteristics and climatology, including
seasonal, diurnal, and surface temperature distribution, are generated. The World Wide …