Abstract: n this work the hailpad data collected during the April?September period of the years 1992?2009 by a network of approximately 360 stations on the plain of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (northeast Italy) were analyzed. ...

Abstract: In this work, 40 different indices derived from real soundings and the corresponding ECMWF model forecasts for the same location (near Udine, northeast Italy) are compared. This comparison is repeated for more than 500 ...

Abstract: In this paper several indices derived from atmospheric sounding data are used to develop a short-term thunderstorm forecast tool. The Udine (Italy) sounding (WMO code 16044, taken every 6 h, hereafter 6 h) is used to ...

Abstract: The relative operating characteristic (ROC) diagram is often used to assess the performance of a classification system, like the categorical forecast of an event occurrence. Categorical forecasting can be obtained by ...

Abstract: Binary classifiers are obtained from a continuous predictor using a threshold to dichotomize the predictor value into event occurrence and nonoccurrence classes. A contingency table is associated with each threshold, and ...

Abstract: n a previous work, the hailpad data collected over the plain of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy during the April?September 1992?2009 period were studied through a bivariate analysis with 52 sounding-derived ...

Abstract: he main object of this work is to study the lightning climatology in the Po Valley in Italy and how it varies in time (interannual, annual, weekly, and daily time scales) and space (sea coast, plains, and mountain areas) ...

Abstract: AbstractThis work evaluates numerous thunderstorm predictors and investigates the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for identifying occurrences of thunderstorms in reanalysis data. Environmental conditions favorable ...