Severe Weather Forecasting

Severe Weather Forecasting is a specialized branch of meteorological science that focuses on the prediction of atmospheric phenomena characterized by extreme intensity or destructive potential, distinguishing it from general weather forecasting through its emphasis on high-impact events such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.

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Authors

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Publications per year

2017–2026

613

Variants

Winter Weather Forecasting

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Weather Forecasting

Children

Convective Initiation PredictionConvective ParameterizationDamaging Wind ForecastingData Assimilation For Severe WeatherEnvironmental SoundingsFlash Flood ForecastingHail ForecastingHigh-resolution ModelingMesoscale Convective System ForecastingMulti-model Forecasting

Publications

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Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years

Kerry Emanuel · Nature · 2005 · 4K citations

Natural Sciences, Meteorology, Oceanography +14

Learning skillful medium-range global weather forecasting

Rémi Lam, Álvaro Sánchez‐González, Matthew Willson et al. · Science · 2023 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Meteorology +12

The Critical Success Index as an Indicator of Warning Skill

Joseph T. Schaefer · Weather and Forecasting · 1990 · 873 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Meteorology, Climatology +14

US billion-dollar weather and climate disasters: data sources, trends, accuracy and biases

Adam Smith, Richard W. Katz · Natural Hazards · 2013 · 670 citations

Natural Sciences, Data Science, Meteorology +16

The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global reanalysis data

Harold E. Brooks, James W. Lee, Jeffrey P. Craven · Atmospheric Research · 2003 · 665 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Meteorology +17

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Authors

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Ming Xue
University of Oklahoma, United States
24 publications · 1.7K citations
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Harold E. Brooks
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States
21 publications · 2.1K citations
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Adam J. Clark
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States
19 publications · 1.1K citations
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Kent H. Knopfmeier
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, United States
16 publications · 954 citations
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Charles A. Doswell
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States
15 publications · 2.4K citations
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Venues

Weather and Forecasting
184 publications · 13.3K citations
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
BAMS · 89 publications · 6K citations
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Monthly Weather Review
71 publications · 3.4K citations
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Natural Hazards
74 publications · 3.6K citations
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Atmospheric Research
59 publications · 3.7K citations
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