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 …

Severe thunderstorms associated with large hail are among the most important perils in
several European regions. Due to the local-scale extent of hail-affected areas and a lack of …

As lightning-detection records lengthen and the efficiency of severe weather reporting
increases, more accurate climatologies of convective hazards can be constructed. In this …

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 …

Abstract By 31 December 2018, 39 537 quality-controlled reports of large hail had been
submitted to the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) by volunteers and ESSL. This …

The Mediterranean region is a unique area characterized by a large spectrum of
atmospheric phenomena, some of which have a high impact on many aspects of human …

Lasting updrafts are necessary to produce severe hail; conventional wisdom suggests that
extremely large hailstones require updrafts of commensurate strength. Because updraft …

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) …

Floods are still a significant threat to people, despite of the considerable developments in
forecasting, management, defensive, and rescue works. In the near future, climate and …

This article presents a hail frequency estimation based on the detection of cold overshooting
cloud tops (OTs) from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) operational weather …