Susanna Mohr
Extreme weather risk – thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain

Filmmaker Torsten Mehltretter joined our storm-chasing team for a documentary for ARTE (in German).

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How does lightning develop?

Markus Augenstein in an interview with BadenTV (in German).

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 Fischer
How do tornadoes form?

In Europe and Germany there is a rising interest in tornadoes, but how do the whirlwinds form?

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 Jannik Wilhelm
Why do hailstones get jagged?

Michael Kunz in the weekly review Stuttgart (in German)

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 Amadeus Bramsiepe
"When the storm chasers move out"

The LIFT research project aims to improve hail forecasting; Michale Kunz in an interview with Stefan Fuchs from Campus-Radio (in German).

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 Küpfer
Clustering analysis of damage-related hydro-meteorological extreme events in southwest Germany

Clusters of different hydro-meteorological extremes occur particularly in the summer and are only statistically significant with an event definition of a fixed length.

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 KIT
Hail suppression by aircraft in BW: Protection against storm damage or ineffective?

Do hail suppression by aircraft protect against storm damage? This has not been scientifically proven, according to hail researcher Michael Kunz in an SWR report.

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 Mühr/Ehret
CEDIM FDA Report “Exceptional precipitation and flooding in southern Germany in June 2024”

While the flood was still in progress, CEDIM researchers carried out an initial historical classification of the event and categorized regions according to the degree of expected damage.

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 GFZ
ClimXtreme PostAG report on the flood Dec 2023 & Jan 24

Participation in the ClimXtreme PostAG report

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 Susanna Mohr
Hail Conference at KIT: Researchers from all over the world meet

Hailstorms cause considerable damage again and again. The 4th European Hail Workshop was held at KIT in March 2024 to inform and discuss the current state of hail research and to identify new possible solutions.

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 Autoren
An updated review on challenges of climate change in Germany

The new edition of the book "Klimawandel in Deutschland" shows the challenges of climate change in Germany and offers approaches for adaptation

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 Marco Kaschuba
Hailstorms in South America and Australia

Valuable data for the insurance industry: Satellite data is used to estimate the spatial distribution and return periods of hail.

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