Review article: A European perspective on wind and storm damage – from the meteorological background to index-based  approaches to assess impacts

Gliksman, Daniel; Averbeck, Paul; Becker, Nico; Gardiner, Barry; Goldberg, Valeri; Grieger, Jens; Handorf, Dörthe; Haustein, Karsten; Karwat, Alexia; Knutzen, Florian; Lentink, Hilke S.; Lorenz, Rike; Niermann, Deborah; Pinto, Joaquim G.; Queck, Ronald; Ziemann, Astrid; Franzke, Christian L. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2171-2023

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Review article |

| 16 Jun 2023

Review article: A European perspective on wind and storm damage – from the meteorological background to index-based approaches to assess impacts

Daniel Gliksman, Paul Averbeck, Nico Becker, Barry Gardiner, Valeri Goldberg, Jens Grieger, Dörthe Handorf, Karsten Haustein, Alexia Karwat, Florian Knutzen, Hilke S. Lentink, Rike Lorenz, Deborah Niermann, Joaquim G. Pinto, Ronald Queck, Astrid Ziemann, and Christian L. E. Franzke

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Data sets

COSMO-REA6 data set German Meteorological Service (DWD) https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/REA/COSMO_REA6/

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

Introduction to Freva – A Free Evaluation System Framework for Earth System Modeling C. Kadow, S. Illing, E. F. Lucio-Eceiza, M. Bergemann, M. Ramadoss, P. S. Sommer, O. Kunst, T. Schartner, K. Pankatz, J. Grieger, M. Schuster, A. Richling, H. Thiemann, I. Kirchner, H. W. Rust, T. Ludwig, U. Cubasch, and U. Ulbrich https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.253

COSMO-REA2 data set University of Bonn https://reanalysis.meteo.uni-bonn.de/?Download_ Data___COSMO-REA2

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Wind and storms are a major natural hazard and can cause severe economic damage and cost human lives. Hence, it is important to gauge the potential impact of using indices, which potentially enable us to estimate likely impacts of storms or other wind events. Here, we review basic aspects of wind and storm generation and provide an extensive overview of wind impacts and available indices. This is also important to better prepare for future climate change and corresponding changes to winds.