A 23-Year Severe Hail Climatology Using GridRad MESH Observations.

ABSTRACT: Assessments of spatiotemporal severe hailfall characteristics using hail reports are plagued by serious limitations in report databases, including biases in reported sizes, occurrence time, and location. Multiple studies have used Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) network observations or environmental hail proxies from reanalyses. Previous work has specifically utilized the single-polarization radar parameter maximum expected size of hail (MESH). In addition to previous work being temporally limited, updates are needed to include recent improvements that have been made to MESH. This study aims to quantify severe hailfall characteristics during a 23-yr period, markedly longer than previous studies, using both radar observations and reanalysis data. First, the improved MESH configuratio

SUBMITTER: Murillo EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8050942 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature