Articles | Volume 25, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2629-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2629-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Invited perspectives: Thunderstorm intensification from mountains to plains
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Pieter Groenemeijer
European Severe Storms Laboratory - Science & Training, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
European Severe Storms Laboratory e. V., Wessling, Germany
Alois Holzer
European Severe Storms Laboratory - Science & Training, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
European Severe Storms Laboratory e. V., Wessling, Germany
Monika Feldmann
Institute of Geography - Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Katharina Schröer
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Francesco Battaglioli
European Severe Storms Laboratory e. V., Wessling, Germany
Lisa Schielicke
Institute for Geosciences, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Tomáš Púčik
European Severe Storms Laboratory - Science & Training, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Bogdan Antonescu
European Severe Storms Laboratory e. V., Wessling, Germany
Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, Măgurele, Romania
Christoph Gatzen
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory, London, Canada
A full list of authors appears at the end of the paper.
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Editorial statement
Observations suggest a clustering of severe convective storms near orography. The paper provides information on the gaps in our process understanding and the measurement techniques which are currently hampering an improved prediction of the events and their associated hazards. It provides an outline of a multinational coordinated European field campaign on Thunderstorm Intensification from Mountains to Plains.
Observations suggest a clustering of severe convective storms near orography. The paper provides...
Short summary
Strong thunderstorms have been studied mainly over flat terrain in the past. However, they are particularly frequent near European mountain ranges, so observations of such storms are needed. This article gives an overview of our existing knowledge on this topic and presents plans for a large European field campaign with the goals to fill the knowledge gaps, validate tools for thunderstorm warnings, and improve numerical weather prediction near mountains.
Strong thunderstorms have been studied mainly over flat terrain in the past. However, they are...
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