The climatology of severe convective storms in Tehran

The severe convective storm (SCS) events that affect Tehran during spring and early summer have potential to cause devastating effects. To study SCSs in Tehran, a climatological analysis is carried out using surface data of Tehran's Mehrabad station from 1961 to 2015 and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data to compute the large-scale and the local stability indices. Based on the maximum wind speed, the events are classified into three categories...