Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-305-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-305-2017
Research article
 | 
06 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2017

Spatio-temporal modelling of lightning climatologies for complex terrain

Thorsten Simon, Nikolaus Umlauf, Achim Zeileis, Georg J. Mayr, Wolfgang Schulz, and Gerhard Diendorfer

Related authors

Robust weather-adaptive post-processing using model output statistics random forests
Thomas Muschinski, Georg J. Mayr, Achim Zeileis, and Thorsten Simon
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 30, 503–514, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-30-503-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-30-503-2023, 2023
Short summary
Thunderstorm environments in Europe
Deborah Morgenstern, Isabell Stucke, Georg J. Mayr, Achim Zeileis, and Thorsten Simon
Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 489–509, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-489-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-489-2023, 2023
Short summary
Predicting power ramps from joint distributions of future wind speeds
Thomas Muschinski, Moritz N. Lang, Georg J. Mayr, Jakob W. Messner, Achim Zeileis, and Thorsten Simon
Wind Energ. Sci., 7, 2393–2405, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2393-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2393-2022, 2022
Short summary
Differentiating lightning in winter and summer with characteristics of the wind field and mass field
Deborah Morgenstern, Isabell Stucke, Thorsten Simon, Georg J. Mayr, and Achim Zeileis
Weather Clim. Dynam., 3, 361–375, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-361-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-361-2022, 2022
Short summary
Postprocessing ensemble forecasts of vertical temperature profiles
David Schoenach, Thorsten Simon, and Georg Johann Mayr
Adv. Stat. Clim. Meteorol. Oceanogr., 6, 45–60, https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-6-45-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-6-45-2020, 2020
Short summary

Related subject area

Atmospheric, Meteorological and Climatological Hazards
Assimilation of surface pressure observations from personal weather stations in AROME-France
Alan Demortier, Marc Mandement, Vivien Pourret, and Olivier Caumont
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 907–927, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-907-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-907-2024, 2024
Short summary
An open-source radar-based hail damage model for buildings and cars
Timo Schmid, Raphael Portmann, Leonie Villiger, Katharina Schröer, and David N. Bresch
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 847–872, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-847-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-847-2024, 2024
Short summary
Linkages between atmospheric rivers and humid heat across the United States
Colin Raymond, Anamika Shreevastava, Emily Slinskey, and Duane Waliser
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 791–801, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-791-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-791-2024, 2024
Short summary
Evaluating pySTEPS optical flow algorithms for convection nowcasting over the Maritime Continent using satellite data
Joseph Smith, Cathryn Birch, John Marsham, Simon Peatman, Massimo Bollasina, and George Pankiewicz
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 567–582, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-567-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-567-2024, 2024
Short summary
Climate change impacts on regional fire weather in heterogeneous landscapes of central Europe
Julia Miller, Andrea Böhnisch, Ralf Ludwig, and Manuela I. Brunner
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 411–428, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-411-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-411-2024, 2024
Short summary

Cited articles

Bertram, I. and Mayr, G. J.: Lightning in the Eastern Alps 1993–1999, Part I: Thunderstorm tracks, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 4, 501–511, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-4-501-2004, 2004.
Chaudhuri, S. and Middey, A.: A composite stability index for dichotomous forecast of thunderstorms, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 110, 457–469, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-012-0640-z, 2012.
Chavez-Demoulin, V. and Davison, A. C.: Generalized additive modelling of sample extremes, J. Roy. Stat. Soc. Ser. C, 54, 207–222, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9876.2005.00479.x, 2005.
Curran, E. B., Holle, R. L., and López, R. E.: Lightning casualties and damages in the United States from 1959 to 1994, J. Climate, 13, 3448–3464, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3448:LCADIT>2.0.CO;2, 2000.
Fahrmeir, L., Kneib, T., Lang, S., and Marx, B.: Regression: Models, methods and applications, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34333-9, 2013.
Download
Short summary
The study presents a newly developed statistical method to assess the risk of thunderstorms in complex terrain. Observations of lightning serve as an indicator for thunderstorms. The application of the method is illustrated for Carinthia which is located in Austria, Europe.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint