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 …

A climatology of thunderstorms across Europe from a synthesis of multiple data sources

M Taszarek, J Allen, T Púčik, P Groenemeijer… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
The climatology of (severe) thunderstorm days is investigated on a pan-European scale for
the period of 1979–2017. For this purpose, sounding measurements, surface observations …

[HTML][HTML] Hazardous weather affecting European airports: Climatological estimates of situations with limited visibility, thunderstorm, low-level wind shear and snowfall …

M Taszarek, S Kendzierski, N Pilguj - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2020 - Elsevier
The consistently growing demand for airline transportation has resulted in increased air
traffic and air operations in airports across the world. According to the International Air …

Lightning flash density in Europe based on 10 years of ATDnet data

SE Enno, J Sugier, R Alber, M Seltzer - Atmospheric Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The first decadal lightning flash climatology for Europe is presented using ATDnet long-
range lightning detection network operated by the Met Office. More than 148 million lightning …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of datasets and methodologies employed to produce thunderstorm climatologies

L Hayward, M Whitworth, N Pepin… - Natural Hazards and …, 2020 - nhess.copernicus.org
Thunderstorm and lightning climatological research is conducted with a view to increasing
knowledge about the distribution of thunderstorm-related hazards and to gain an …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Supercell convective environments in Spain based on ERA5: hail and non-hail differences

C Calvo-Sancho, J Díaz-Fernández… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
Severe convective storms, in particular supercells, are occasionally responsible for a large
number of property losses and damage in Spain. This paper aims to study the synoptic …

Quasi-Linear Convective Systems and Derechos across Europe: Climatology, Accompanying Hazards, and Societal Impacts

A Surowiecki, N Pilguj, M Taszarek… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this work, we use 8 years (2014–21) of Operational Programme for the Exchange of
Weather Radar Information (OPERA) radar data, ESWD severe weather reports, and arrival …

Six years of electrified convection over the island of Corsica monitored by SAETTA: General trends and anomalously electrified thunderstorms during African dust …

S Coquillat, V Pont, D Lambert, R Houel, M Pardé… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
By means of the SAETTA 3D lightning mapping array, the total lightning activity has been
detected in a 240 km× 240 km square domain centred on the island of Corsica located in the …

Why is lightning more intense over the oceans?

M Asfur, C Price, J Silverman, A Wishkerman - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades it has been shown in numerous studies, using different
observational approaches that although less frequent, lightning over the oceans is …