Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
NHESS
Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
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
Research article
 | Highlight paper
 | 
17 Feb 2021
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 17 Feb 2021

Radar-based assessment of hail frequency in Europe

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

Viewed

Total article views: 5,558 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
4,213 1,253 92 5,558 104 113
  • HTML: 4,213
  • PDF: 1,253
  • XML: 92
  • Total: 5,558
  • BibTeX: 104
  • EndNote: 113
Views and downloads (calculated since 03 Jun 2020)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 03 Jun 2020)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 5,558 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 5,285 with geography defined and 273 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 19 Nov 2025
Download
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.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint