Severe Convective Storms

This highly illustrated book is a collection of 13 review papers focusing on convective storms and the weather they produce. It discusses severe convective storms, mesoscale processes, tornadoes and tornadic storms, severe local storms, flash flood forecast and the electrification of severe storms.

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Severe Convective Storms--An Overview.- Extratropical Synoptic-Scale Processes and Severe Convection.- Mesoscale Processes and Severe Convective Weather.- Numerical Modeling of Severe Local Storms.- Tornadoes and Tornadic Storms.- Hailstorms.- Convectively Driven High Wind Events.- Rain Production in Convective Storms.- Mesoscale Convective Systems.- Severe Local Storms in the Tropics.- Severe Local Storms Forecasting.- Flash Flood Forecast and Detection Methods.- The Electrification of Severe Storms.