Thunderstorms across the nation : an atlas of storms, hail, and their damages in the 20th century / by Stanley A. Changnon

Author: Changnon, Stanley A. (Stanley Alcide)
Additional Titles: Atlas of storms, hail, and their damages in the 20th century and Atlas of thunderstorms and hail
Published: Mahomet, Ill. : Changnon Climatologist, [2001]
Copyright Date: ©2001
Physical Description: 93 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

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Contents

QUESTIONS ABOUT THUNDERSTORMS: What is a thunderstorm? -- What causes thunderstorms? -- What types of thunderstorms exist? -- WHY THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMPORTANT: The bad news -- The good news -- THE QUALITY OF THUNDERSTORM DATA: First Order Station data evaluation -- Cooperative Substation data evaluation -- Lightning detector network data -- Thunderstorm precipitation data -- Insurance data on thunderstorm losses -- THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING: Patterns of thunderstorm activity -- Thunderstorm variations over time -- Lightning across the nation -- THUNDERSTORM PRECIPITATION: RAIN AND HAIL: Patterns of rainfall -- Rainfall trends -- Patterns and trends in hail -- DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS: Thunderstorm catastrophes -- Causes for trends in losses -- Damaging hail -- Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms -- LOCALIZED CHANGES IN STORM ACTIVITY: Elevation effects -- Lake effects -- Urban effects.

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ISBN

096318149

Note

"Glossary": p. 88-89.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-87) and index.

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