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From an Act of God to an Insurable Risk: The Change in the Perception of Hailstorms and Thunderstorms since the Early Modern Period

open access: yes, 2011
Despite the welcome growth in the literature on historical disasters, there has been no recent study into the change in the perception of serious storms and in particular hailstorms that took place during the Early Modern period.
Frank Oberholzner
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Spatial and Temporal Changes in Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Mexico

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
The spatial and temporal changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards in Mexico are analyzed. To this end, using census data from 2000, 2010, and 2020, and a statistical method, different indices were computed, and with a GIS-based approach ...
José Francisco León-Cruz   +2 more
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Climate impacts and future trends of hailstorms in China based on millennial records [PDF]

open access: yes
Understanding how hailstorm trends have changed in the context of climate change is a persistent challenge, mainly because of the lack of long-term consistent observations of hailstorms. Here, we leverage hail damage records from Chinese historical books
Li, Xiaofei   +6 more
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A machine learning model for the prediction of hail-affected area in Germany

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science
Hailstorms pose significant risks in Germany, calling for accurate forecasts and warnings. This study explores the application of a convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict daily hail-affected areas using radar-based hail footprints from 2005 to ...
Siyu Li   +4 more
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IPCs Prove to Be Game-Changer in Citrus Production

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
Citrus trees face an array of threats that can impact fruit development and overall tree health. Pests, including aphids, mites, and other insects, can damage fruit and transmit diseases.
Amir Rezazadeh
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Characteristics of Hailstorms in Japan

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Meteorology, 1967
This paper is prepared for giving climatological information on hail occurrence in Japan. It is pointed out that there are two kinds of maxima in the distribution of the number of hail days in Japan. The maxima along the coast of the Sea of Japan are attributed to hailstorms mostly occurring in the cold season, (October-March), Whereas inland maxima ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Radar-Retrieved Three-Dimensional Wind Analysis of Rare Hail-Producing Convection over the Pearl River Estuary

open access: yesAtmosphere
Hailstorms are uncommon over southern China but can cause severe damages during their occurrences. This paper analyzes three recent hail events over the Pearl River Estuary associated with different types of thunderstorm cells, namely, a supercell, a ...
Man-Lok Chong   +5 more
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Major Hailstorms

open access: yes, 2010
Hail is precipitation consisting of ice pellets with a diameter of 5 millimetres or more. Hailstorms can occur anywhere in Canada. The most common period when hailstorms occur is from May to July, usually occurring with afternoon thunderstorms. Hailstorm with large hail pellets is spectacularly damaging.
openaire   +1 more source

Multi-sensor analysis of hailstorms in the Mediterranean Region

open access: yes
Hailstorms are among the most impactful manifestations of thunderstorm development and evolution and represent a major meteorological risk in the Mediterranean region, where they cause significant socio-economic losses.
Federico Vermi
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Using Plant Growth-Promoting Products to Lessen the Impact of Defoliation in Potatoes

open access: yesAgronomy
In Alberta, extreme weather events, such as hailstorms, have negative impacts on agriculture. Previous studies have found that potato crop yield and quality losses from hail are dependent on both the severity and the timing of the event. It has also been
Joseph A. St Louis   +1 more
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