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Freezing rain events: a major weather hazard in the conterminous US

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  • Tamara Houston
  • Stanley Changnon

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Freezing rain (FZRA) is well documented as a major weather hazard, producing damage to structures, the environment, and humans, and delaying various operations such as transportation. Assessing the risk of freezing rain events requires information for various areas of the nation about the frequency, duration, and intensity of these events along with the associated weather conditions that affect the damage caused by freezing rain. This includes temperatures (dry and wet bulb), the amount of precipitation, and winds during freezing rain. The purpose of this work was to develop a national and regional climatology of freezing rain events in the US for the period of 1928–2001 to addresses these conditions. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

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  • Tamara Houston & Stanley Changnon, 2007. "Freezing rain events: a major weather hazard in the conterminous US," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 40(2), pages 485-494, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:40:y:2007:i:2:p:485-494
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9006-0
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    1. Thomas Schmidlin, 2009. "Human fatalities from wind-related tree failures in the United States, 1995–2007," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 50(1), pages 13-25, July.

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