HAILSTORMS IN WISCONSIN

Study of hailstorms cells producing big damages in Mendoza (Argentina)

The Provincial Government of Mendoza (Argentina), had protected the local crops from the hail damage during five seasons (1999-2004) by contracting an operational service. These operations consisted in silver iodide seeding (AgI) methodology by means of several aircrafts. The aircrafts were provided with meteorological instruments and probes, which allowed obtaining an important amount of data ...

Acid Rain in Wisconsin

While pure rain is naturally slightly acidic, the higher level of acidity in acid rain makes it a threat to plant and aquatic life and to some manmade materials and structures. The slight natural acidity of pure rain is the result of carbon dioxide in the air dissolving in water to produce a weak carbonic acid solution. This natural acid in rainfall and snowmelt is partly responsible for the lo...

Kindergarten Readiness in Wisconsin

The authors are grateful to Katherine Magnuson for comments on an earlier draft. This work is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute for Education Sciences to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (R372A 150031). Views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IES or DPI. Any opinions, findings, or concl...

Recent trends and climatic perspectives of hailstorms frequency and intensity in Tuscany and Central Italy

The damages from climatic extremes have dramatically increased in the last decades in Europe, as likely outcomes of climate change: floods, droughts, heat waves and hailstorms have brought local as well as widespread damages to farmers, industry, infrastructures and society, to insurance and reinsurance companies; in this work we deal with the hailstorm hazard. The NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis (2.5 by ...

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