Radar-based assessment of hail frequency in Europe

Fluck, Elody; Kunz, Michael; Geissbuehler, Peter; Ritz, Stefan P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-683-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-683-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-683-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

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17 Feb 2021

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Radar-based assessment of hail frequency in Europe

Elody Fluck, Michael Kunz, Peter Geissbuehler, and Stefan P. Ritz

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review for NHESS-2020-138', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Elody Fluck, 24 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Elody Fluck, 24 Sep 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (27 Sep 2020) by Paolo Tarolli

AR by Elody Fluck on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Nov 2020) by Paolo Tarolli

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Dec 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Dec 2020) by Paolo Tarolli

AR by Elody Fluck on behalf of the Authors (11 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Jan 2021) by Paolo Tarolli

AR by Elody Fluck on behalf of the Authors (14 Jan 2021)

Short summary

Severe convective storms (SCSs) and the related hail events constitute major atmospheric hazards in parts of Europe. In our study, we identified the regions of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg that were most affected by hail over a 10 year period (2005 to 2014). A cell-tracking algorithm was computed on remote-sensing data to enable the reconstruction of several thousand SCS tracks. The location of hail hotspots will help us understand hail formation and improve hail forecasting.