A Case Study of a Multicell Severe Convective Storm in Ankara, Turkey

Performance Analyzes of Thermodynamic Indices and Atmospheric Parameters in Thunderstorm and Non-thunderstorm Days in Istanbul, Turkey

“…In studies conducted for Istanbul for different periods, it was found that the highest number of TS observations occurred in June and September. It was also stated that there was no annual trend in these studies for Istanbul (O ¨zdemir et al, 2017;Yavuz et al, 2022a). The temporal analyzes results in this study are also consistent with both the general literature and the results of the Performance Analyzes of Thermodynamic Indices and Atmospheric Parameters studies conducted for the city in different periods.…”

“…Studies in the literature have identified three basic requirements for TS formation: (1) instability in the atmosphere, (2) sufficient moisture at lower tropospheric levels, and (3) lifting mechanisms (such as convection, frontal lifting, convergence) (Arora et al, 2023;Bennett et al, 2006;Kunz et al, 2020;Trapp, 2013). Additionally, the necessity of vertical wind shear has been recognized as a fourth requirement (Dennis & Kumjian, 2017;O ¨zdemir, 2021). Numerous studies in the literature have investigated the temporal distribution of TSs and the environmental conditions under which they occur.…”

“…There are many studies in the literature in which TS analyzes were made for megacity Istanbul. In these studies, case analyzes (Baltaci et al, 2019;O ¨zdemir, 2021;Toker et al, 2021;Yavuz et al, 2020) and climatological analyzes (Kahraman et al, 2020;O ¨zdemir et al, 2017;Tanriover et al, 2015;Yavuz et al, 2022a) were performed. However, there is no study on the prediction of TSs with atmospheric stability parameters and thermodynamic indices.…”