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6 lectures on: Hail microphysics (energetics, kinetics, hail formation and growth); Hailstone melting and aerodynamic behaviors; Introduction to dual-polarization radar variables with applications in convective storms; Future of hail detection and quanti

6 lectures on: Gravity waves and bores in convection initiation, organization, evolution and maintenance (coastal and nocturnal convection); Impact of mountains on the evolution of organized convection traversing the terrain (cold pools, upstream and dow

4 lectures on: Precursors of tornadoes in Mediterranean region; Case studies of hailstorms over northeastern Italy; Conceptual models for intense orographic precipitation in the Mediterranean region; Environmental conditions favorable to Mediterranean tr

5 lectures on: Skew-T and hodograph charts; Convective parameters and their climatology; Convective environments associated with severe storms in the world and their future evolution with global warming; Convective modes with associated hazards.

6 lectures on: Hailstorm damage patterns across Europe and meteorological drivers: link between hail occurrence and atmospheric conditions; Large-scale hazard mapping from single events; Modeling hail risk for insurance applications; Hail hazard in a chan

4 lectures on: Introduction to thermodynamics of moist air and pseudo-adiabatic lifting; Atmospheric profiling with radiosoundings and their thermodynamic diagrams; Climatology of cloud-to-ground lightnings, hail and rain in northeastern Italy.

1.5 hour lecture split into 5 weather briefings of 15 minutes each: focused on real-time forecasting of convective phenomena; 1.5 lecture on: case studies of giant hail in north-eastern Italy with emphasis on operational forecasting decisions.