Novel Thunderstorm Alert System (NOTHAS)

Autor(en)
Vlado Spiridonov, Mladjen Curic, Nedim Sladic, Boro Jakimovski
Abstrakt

A “Novel Thunderstorm Alert System” (NOTHAS) has been developed and extensively tested for forecast and warnings of midlatitude and tropical convective events. The design of the system showed some potential advantages compared to earlier alert systems, mainly in reducing uncertainties in predictions by taking the given maximum hourly local-scale signal. It represents a dynamic tool which allows the use of the probability concept of multivariate distribution and integrating it into general function by taking all convective parameters. It utilizes the latest developed microphysical parameterization scheme using a scale and aerosol awareness convective scheme and the sharpest criteria for mid-latitude storms. NOTHAS shows consistency and some kind of flexibility in post-processing applications, regardless of different parameterizations used in the ensemble or deterministic forecasts. The scientific verification shows a high level of accuracy in all significant scores which indicates that severe weather
outlooks produced by NOTHAS for several hours ahead are in good alignment with observed thunderstorm activity. This novel tool shows a good performance which has sufficient merit for further additional testing and system evaluation of different severe mid-latitude and tropical storms, tropical cyclones and other severe weather cases across regions.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Belgrade, International University of Sarajevo, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
Journal
Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
Band
57
Seiten
479-498
Anzahl der Seiten
20
ISSN
1976-7633
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-020-00210-5
Publikationsdatum
08-2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105204 Klimatologie, 105206 Meteorologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Atmospheric Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/23fcfaad-0d5e-4690-ba0f-5424d87a9d3e