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| Titel |
Progress toward developing a practical societal response to severe convection (2005 EGU Sergei Soloviev Medal Lecture) |
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C. A. Doswell |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 5, no. 5 ; Nr. 5, no. 5 (2005-09-21), S.691-702 |
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250002795
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-5-691-2005.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| A review of severe convection in the context of geophysical hazards is
given. Societal responses to geophysical hazards depend, in part, on the
ability to forecast the events and the degree of certainty with which
forecasts can be made. In particular, the spatio-temporal specificity and
lead time of those forecasts are critical issues. However, societal
responses to geophysical hazards are not only dependent on forecasting. Even
perfect forecasts might not be sufficient for a meaningful societal response
without the development of considerable infrastructure to allow a society to
respond properly and in time to mitigate the hazard. Geophysical hazards of
extreme magnitude are rare events, a fact that tends to make funding support
for appropriate preparations difficult to obtain. Focusing on tornadoes as a
prototypical hazard from severe convective storms, the infrastructure for
dealing with them in the USA is reviewed. Worldwide implications of the
experience with severe convective storms in the USA are discussed, with an
emphasis on its relevance to the situation in Europe. |
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