CanCPLD: Convective Parameters and Lightning Data to Support Future Thunderstorm Projections in North America.

ABSTRACT: Thunderstorms cause natural hazards, including hail, floods, strong winds, and lightning. Simulating thunderstorms in climate models is challenging due to their small scale, the complexity of their physical drivers, and the need to parameterize subgrid processes. Thunderstorm activity can be inferred by identifying relevant historical environmental parameters, e.g. convective available potential energy, humidity, and wind shear, and building statistical models that use these parameters as proxies for thunderstorm occurrence. Climate model projections of the parameters can be used with the statistical models to assess future thunderstorm activity. In this context, a multi-decade dataset with lightning flash totals and 201 convective parameters has been compiled for North America, focusing o

SUBMITTER: Cannon AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12514313 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature