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A technology of waterspout monitoring over the Russian part of the Black Sea

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The technology of waterspout monitoring over the Russian part of the Black Sea is presented. The technology was developed using the foreign experience of tornado and waterspout prediction and the data from the meteorological observation network of the Russian Federation. The technology is based on the software for the organization and maintenance of operational database including the data of satellite imagery, numerical weather prediction models, lightning detection systems, and weather radars. It was found that the results of the use of the presented technology for analyzing waterspout-risk conditions during the waterspout season are of the greatest interest. The waterspout season in the Black Sea area usually begins in May and ends in September. The review of waterspout occurrence over the Russian part of the Black Sea in 2014 is presented.

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  1. Taifun Scientific Industrial Association, pr. Lenina 82, Obninsk, Kaluga oblast, 249038, Russia

    O. V. Kalmykova & V. M. Shershakov

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Original Russian Text © O. V. Kalmykova, V.M. Shershakov, 2016, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2016, No. 10, pp. 93-102

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Kalmykova, O.V., Shershakov, V.M. A technology of waterspout monitoring over the Russian part of the Black Sea. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 41, 728–734 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373916100095

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