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Information - AW5 Atmospheric Hazards
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Event Information |
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This session is devoted to host contributions dealing with the hazardous aspects of atmosphere. In general every atmospheric phenomenon that might represent a threat for people, property or environment should be considered as an atmospheric hazard, but in this session are most welcome contributions facing heat and cold waves, freezing rain, katabatic winds, breaking of gravity waves, phoen events and gap flows, dry and wet spells, storm surges and atmospheric driven sea hazards, as well as all the events connected to deep moist convection (tornadoes, waterspouts, derechos, hailstorms, lightnings, heavy rain).
Climate change is not, per se, an item suited for this session, but its effects on atmospheric hazards, e.g., on their frequency and spatial distributions are, on the contrary, mostly welcome. Climatology of atmospheric hazards is going to be hosted in this session as well.
Forecasting and nowcasting aspects of atmospheric hazards will surely find room on this session and, because of their importance, forecast verification aspects are extremely encouraged to close the virtuous circle of forecasts improvement, forecasts preparation and forecasts use.
Studies based on numerical models will be hosted in this session, provided that the hazardous aspect is the focus of the work. The use of numerical models in case studies are encouraged as well as the verification of the performances of numerical models used in the operational forecasting routines. Coupling of atmospheric and sea numerical models for the comprehension and forecasting of the atmospheric driven sea hazards are mostly welcome.
Contributions dealing with the communication techniques related to atmospheric hazards might be hosted in this session, specially when the hazardous phenomenon is the pivotal aspect and social feedbacks are evaluated (e.g., tornado warnings and watches by way of several media, people reaction to those warnings and watches, effects on Society).
Case studies describing specific events of atmospheric hazards will surely be hosted in this session and mostly welcome are going to be those analyses that present aspects or results that confirm or change the currently adopted conceptual models.
Last but not least, contributions describing and/or proposing or evaluating the characteristic or troubles of new databases dealing with atmospheric hazards are encouraged. In particular, extremely welcome are studies concerning new definitions and thresholds for the hazardous events as well as works on new reporting and/or observational techniques specially by way of remote sensing.
Aware of the fact that human fantasy might surely find several other aspects related to atmospheric hazards that are neither barely touched by the above ideas and suggestions we wait even for those in Madrid.
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