The summer 2021 Switzerland hailstorms: weather situation, major impacts and unique observational data

Kopp, Jérôme; Schröer, Katharina; Schwierz, Cornelia; Hering, Alessandro; Germann, Urs; Martius, Olivia (2023). The summer 2021 Switzerland hailstorms: weather situation, major impacts and unique observational data. Weather, 78(7), pp. 184-191. Royal Meteorological Society 10.1002/wea.4306

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On 28 June and 8 July 2021, all the ingredients for severe convection were present and resulted in severe hailstorms over Switzerland, causing historic damage, as recorded by several insurance companies. The return periods of those events locally exceeded 70–100 years according to the new Swiss hail climatology. A coherent and comprehensive picture of those hailstorms is given by a unique combination of hail observing systems: automatic hail sensors, crowdsourced reports and radar-based algorithms.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) > MobiLab
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Physical Geography > Unit Impact
10 Strategic Research Centers > Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Physical Geography

UniBE Contributor:

Kopp, Jérôme Jean, Romppainen-Martius, Olivia

Subjects:

500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology
900 History > 910 Geography & travel

ISSN:

0043-1656

Publisher:

Royal Meteorological Society

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation ; [UNSPECIFIED] Die Mobiliar

Language:

English

Submitter:

Lara Maude Zinkl

Date Deposited:

21 Feb 2023 08:27

Last Modified:

02 Apr 2024 06:06

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/wea.4306

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/178980

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/178980

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