Research Summaries
The RMetS publishes seven world-leading science journals, covering all aspects of weather and climate. Here you will find a selection of journal papers summarised using plain language, making the often complex research more accessible to a broader audience.

Using machine learning to predict fire‐ignition occurrences from lightning forecasts

A 41‐year bioclimatology of thermal stress in Europe

A comparison of statistical and dynamical downscaling methods for short-term weather forecasts in the US Northeast

Extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean: Spatiotemporal characteristics and connection to large‐scale atmospheric flow patterns

Understanding mechanisms for trends in Sahelian squall lines: Roles of thermodynamics and shear

Hailstorms in the Alpine region: Diurnal cycle, 4D-characteristics, and the nowcasting potential of lightning properties

Examining trends in multiple parameters of seasonally‐relative extreme temperature and dew point events across North America

Vulnerability of hop-yields due to compound drought and heat events over European key-hop regions

North Atlantic centers of action and seasonal to subseasonal temperature variability in Europe and eastern North America

Linking weather patterns to regional extreme precipitation for highlighting potential flood events in medium‐ to long‐range forecasts

Reducing air pollution increases the local diurnal temperature range: A case study of Lanzhou, China

Changes in the relationship between Indian Ocean dipole and Indian summer monsoon rainfall

How could a difference of 0.5°C in global warming modify the mean and extreme climate conditions around Antarctica?

Projected increase in compound dry and hot events over global land areas

Southern hemisphere tropical cyclones: A critical analysis of regional characteristics

Future changes in Aridity Index at two and four degrees of global warming above preindustrial levels

Dynamics and oceanic response of the Madeira tip‐jets