The Risk and Vulnerability of Europe to Severe Convective Storms.
LOCATION
Town Hall
Blagrave Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 1QH
United Kingdom
SPEAKER: Prof David Schultz, University of Manchester.
ABSTRACT: Although the United States is known as the home to violent convective storms, Europe (including the UK) is not immune to thunderstorms, large hail, convective windstorms, and even tornadoes. The perception is slowly changing that Europe is home to severe convective storms as evidenced by some recent high-profile convective events. Ongoing work at the University of Manchester (including collaborations with our colleagues in Germany, Turkey, and Finland) aims to quantify the true threat. Our goal is to better understand the climatology of severe storms in Europe, to improve forecasting these events using an ingredients-based approach, to understand the similarities and differences in physical processes between European and US convective storms, and to set a baseline for climate change and attribution. This presentation will present an overview of this work.
SPEAKER: Prof David Schultz, University of Manchester.
ABSTRACT: Although the United States is known as the home to violent convective storms, Europe (including the UK) is not immune to thunderstorms, large hail, convective windstorms, and even tornadoes. The perception is slowly changing that Europe is home to severe convective storms as evidenced by some recent high-profile convective events. Ongoing work at the University of Manchester (including collaborations with our colleagues in Germany, Turkey, and Finland) aims to quantify the true threat. Our goal is to better understand the climatology of severe storms in Europe, to improve forecasting these events using an ingredients-based approach, to understand the similarities and differences in physical processes between European and US convective storms, and to set a baseline for climate change and attribution. This presentation will present an overview of this work.