Observation based precipitation life cycle analysis of heavy rainfall events in the southeastern Alpine forelands

Haas, Stephanie J.; Kvas, Andreas; Fuchsberger, Jürgen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-949-2025

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-949-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-949-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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19 Sep 2025

Research article |

| 19 Sep 2025

Observation based precipitation life cycle analysis of heavy rainfall events in the southeastern Alpine forelands

Stephanie J. Haas, Andreas Kvas, and Jürgen Fuchsberger

Data sets

Preprocessed WegenerNet 3D Open-Air Lab data used in Haas et al. 2025 Stephanie J. Haas et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16870452

WegenerNet 3D Open-Air Laboratory Level 2 Data, Version 1.0 Andreas Kvas et al. https://doi.org/10.25364/WEGC/WPS3D-L2-10

WegenerNet climate station network Level 2 data version 8.0 (2007–2023) Jürgen Fuchsberger et al. https://doi.org/10.25364/WEGC/WPS8.0:2024.1

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present Hans Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present Hans Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

Short summary

In southeast Austria, summer thunderstorms often cause severe damage but are very hard to accurately forecast. With data from the WegenerNet 3D Open-Air Laboratory, we study these storms from beginning to end in multiple atmospheric parameters, like temperature, cloud properties, and wind speed. The characteristic features we find in these parameters expand our understanding of intense storms and can improve their prediction.