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Climatology of Convective Storms in Estonia from Radar Data and Severe Convective Environments

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REMOTE SENSING
卷 13, 期 11, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/rs13112178

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convective storms; weather radar; reanalysis data; climatology; lightning; automated detection

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  1. Estonian Research Council [PSG202]
  2. European Regional Development Fund within the National Programme for Addressing Socio-Economic Challenges through RD [RITA1/02-52-07]

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Utilizing data from the C-band weather radar in central Estonia, the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis, and NORDLIS lightning location system, this study investigates the climatology of convective storms over nine summer periods. Severe convective storm areas were identified based on a reflectivity threshold and convective available potential energy (CAPE) values, showing a correlation with lightning data and prevailing airflow directions. The probability of severe convective storms and thunderstorms during the summer period in the study area was found to be 45% and 54% respectively.
Data from the C-band weather radar located in central Estonia in conjunction with the latest reanalysis of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), ERA5, and Nordic Lightning Information System (NORDLIS) lightning location system data are used to investigate the climatology of convective storms for nine summer periods (2010-2019, 2017 excluded). First, an automated 35-dBZ reflectivity threshold-based storm area detection algorithm is used to derive initial individual convective cells from the base level radar reflectivity. Those detected cells are used as a basis combined with convective available potential energy (CAPE) values from ERA5 reanalysis to find thresholds for a severe convective storm in Estonia. A severe convective storm is defined as an area with radar reflectivity at least 51 dBZ and CAPE at least 80 J/kg. Verification of those severe convective storm areas with lightning data reveals a good correlation on various temporal scales from hourly to yearly distributions. The probability of a severe convective storm day in the study area during the summer period is 45%, and the probability of a thunderstorm day is 54%. Jenkinson Collison' circulation types are calculated from ERA5 reanalysis to find the probability of a severe convective storm depending on the circulation direction and the representativeness of the investigated period by comparing it against 1979-2019. The prevailing airflow direction is from SW and W, whereas the probability of the convective storm to be severe is in the case of SE and S airflow. Finally, the spatial distribution of the severe convective storms shows that the yearly mean number of severe convective days for the 100 km(2) grid cell is mostly between 3 and 8 in the distance up to 150 km from radar. Severe convective storms are most frequent in W and SW parts of continental Estonia.

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