In this study, the climatology of tornadoes, waterspouts and funnel clouds over Greece is
presented for the period 1709–2012. The climatology consists of two datasets. An historical …

Based on the information available in databases from relevant national and international
organizations from 1967 to 2010, an A viation W eather A ccidents D atabase (AWAD) was …

One step toward improving our understanding of all the possible factors and environmental
features that are related to waterspout formation is to establish continuous data collection …

Tornadoes have been reported in Greece over recent decades in specific sub-geographical
areas and have been associated with strong synoptic forcing. While it has been established …

Recent research revealed that western Greece and NW Peloponnese are regions that favor
prefrontal tornadic incidence. On March 25, 2009 a tornado developed approximately at 10 …

Tornadoes are furious convective weather phenomena, with the maximum frequency over
Greece during the cold period (autumn, winter). This study analyzes the tornado event that …

Tornado activity is associated with extreme convective weather which can cause extended
damage and even in some cases the loss of life. The complex inland terrain of Greece along …

Tornadoes have been reported in Greece during the last few decades and recent studies
have given evidence that western Greece is an area vulnerable to tornadoes, waterspouts …

Abstract The COnsortium for Small-scale MOdeling (COSMO) was formed in October 1998,
and its general goal is to develop, improve and maintain a non-hydrostatic limited-area …

Tornadoes and waterspouts are violent phenomena of local scale, which are able to cause
damages and in many cases loss of life. Recent studies have given evidence that west …