Working Group "Atmospheric Risks"
Meteorological extreme events, such as winter storms, heavy precipitation, hail, or convective wind gusts are often associated with serious consequences for the society and their assets. However, these events occur not everywhere with the same intensity, but exhibit a high spatial and temporal variability. Within this context, various research projects are carried out in the working group "Atmospheric Risks". In the course of the relevant weather systems, a special focus is on severe convective storms, hailstorms and heavy rainfall events.
How an extreme event becomes a natural disaster. Helmholtz in conversation with authors of the current CEDIM FDA report on the 2021 flood (In german).
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CEDIM presents report on flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia - Damages could exceed ten billion euros.
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Our challenges: Where, when and why do extreme meteorological events occur most frequently? What are associated impacts? And will extreme weather events become more frequent or more intense with human-induced #ClimateChange? @helmholtz_en #helmholtz200 #MyChallenge
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