Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2463-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2463-2020
Review article
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16 Sep 2020
Review article |  | 16 Sep 2020

Review article: A comprehensive review of datasets and methodologies employed to produce thunderstorm climatologies

Leah Hayward, Malcolm Whitworth, Nick Pepin, and Steve Dorling

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This review article outlines the state of thunderstorm climatologies, which are underrepresented in the literature. Thunderstorms overlap with lightning and intense precipitation events, both of which create important hazards. This article compiles and evaluates information on datasets, research approaches and methodologies used in quantifying thunderstorm distribution, providing an introduction to the topic and signposting new and established researchers to research articles and datasets.
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