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
Daniel Gliksman
Chair of Meteorology, Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Pienner Str. 23, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
Chair of Computational Landscape Ecology, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Paul Averbeck
iES Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Fortstraße 7, 76829 Landau, Germany
Chair of Meteorology, Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Pienner Str. 23, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Fischertwiete 1, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
now at: Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Alexia Karwat
Meteorological Institute, Universität Hamburg, Grindelberg 5, 20144 Hamburg, Germany
Florian Knutzen
Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Fischertwiete 1, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
Hilke S. Lentink
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Department of Tropospheric Research (IMK-TRO), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Rike Lorenz
Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin, 12165 Berlin, Germany
Deborah Niermann
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurter Straße 135, 63067 Offenbach, Germany
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Department of Tropospheric Research (IMK-TRO), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Ronald Queck
Chair of Meteorology, Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Pienner Str. 23, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
Chair of Meteorology, Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Pienner Str. 23, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
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.
Wind and storms are a major natural hazard and can cause severe economic damage and cost human...
