Recent trends of thunderstorm and hailstorm frequency and their relation to atmospheric characteristics in southwest Germany

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2283-2297

  Kunz, M ^a   Sander, J ^a,b   Kottmeier, Ch ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Convective indices; Hail climatology; Hail damage; Hail day; Insurance; Thunderstorm day

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE INDEX; CONVECTIVE INDICES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME VALUE; GERMANY; HAIL DAMAGE; HAIL DAY; INSURANCE COMPANIES; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RADAR DATA; RECENT TRENDS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYNOPTIC STATION; WATER VAPOUR; WEATHER PATTERNS; WET-BULB;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DAMAGE DETECTION; INSURANCE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THUNDERSTORMS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HAIL; STORM DAMAGE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THUNDERSTORM; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 71449097039     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1865     Document Type: Article

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