A 21-year climatology (2000-2020) of hail and wind damage swaths derived from daily MODIS imagery and storm reports.
Hail and wind damage swaths (HWDSs) frequently occur during the warmest months of the growing season throughout the Midwest and Great Plains but are not yet officially documented or tracked like other severe weather impacts (e.g., tornadoes and derechos). The creation of a 21-year HWDS event database using archived daily storm reports and daily true color satellite imagery. Once the database was completed and underwent quality checks, the research team identified spatial and temporal trends from the confirmed swaths.
Version 1.1 was released in late January 2024
Version 1.1 includes some minor corrections the database as well the inclusion of new metadata related to additional remote satellite acquisitions that view the entries of the HWDSs.
Version 1.0 was released in early Summer 2023
Bell, J. R., E. F. Wisinski, A. L. Molthan, C. J. Schultz, E. Gilligan, and K. G. Sharp, 2023: Developing a Hail and Wind Damage Swath Event Database from Daily MODIS True Color Imagery and Storm Reports for Impact Analysis and Applications. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 1575–1588. 10.1175/WAF-D-22-0210.1.
Bell. J. R., E. F. Wisinski, A. L. Molthan, C. J. Schultz, 2022: The Creation of a Hail Damage Swath Event Database and Follow on Applications. 2022 North American Workshop on Hail and Hailstorms. Boulder, Colorado. September 2022.
Wisinski, E. F., J. R. Bell, E. A. Gilligan, A. L. Molthan, and C. J. Schultz, 2022: Constructing an Extensive Hail Damage Swath Database Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.38th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 4A.2 [Online:https://ams.confex.com/ams/102ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/393128]
Mr. Jordan Bell (2020-Present NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Earth Science Branch)
Dr. Andrew Molthan (2020-Present--NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Earth Science Branch)
Ms. Kaylee Sharp (2023-Present--University of Alabama in Huntsville/Earth System Science Center)
Dr. Christopher Schultz (2020-Present--NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Earth Science Branch)
Ms. Emily Wisinski (2020-2023--University of Alabama in Huntsville/Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science)
Current: University of Maryland/ Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Advisor: Dr. Maria Molina
Past: University of Alabama in Huntsville/Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science
Ms. Emma Gilligan (Summer 2021--NASA Summer Internship Program)
Past: University of Maryland Balitmore County/Department of Geography & Environmental Systems
Ms. Sydney Rau (Summer 2023--NASA Summer Internship Program)
Past: University of Alabama in Huntsville/Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science
Mr. Jordan Bell
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