Understanding Hailstone Temporal Variability and Contributing Factors over the U.S. Southern Great Plains.

ABSTRACT: Hailstones are a natural hazard that pose a significant threat to property and are responsible for significant economic losses each year in the United States. Detailed understanding of their characteristics is essential to mitigate their impact. Identifying the dynamic and physical factors contributing to hail formation and hailstone sizes is of great importance to weather and climate prediction and policymakers. In this study, we have analyzed the temporal and spatial variabilities of severe hail occurrences over the U.S. southern Great Plains (SGP) states from 2004 to 2016 using two hail datasets: hail reports from the Storm Prediction Center and the newly developed radar-retrieved maximum expected size of hail (MESH). It is found that severe and significant severe hail occurrences have

SUBMITTER: Jeong JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8097998 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature