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<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>change</strong> <strong>impacts</strong> on society<br />

Table 5.7<br />

Summary of transport vulnerabilities to extreme weather events (cont.)<br />

Extreme<br />

weather event<br />

Thunderstorms<br />

(strong w<strong>in</strong>d<br />

gusts, lightn<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

<strong>in</strong>tense<br />

precipitation, hail)<br />

Blizzards (strong<br />

w<strong>in</strong>d gusts,<br />

<strong>in</strong>tense snowfall)<br />

Impacts on transport modes<br />

Road Rail Water-borne Aviation<br />

Reduced visibility <strong>and</strong><br />

surface friction<br />

Obstacles on roads<br />

Failures <strong>in</strong> transport<br />

control systems<br />

Reduced visibility <strong>and</strong><br />

surface friction<br />

Obstacles on roads<br />

Failures <strong>in</strong> transport<br />

control systems<br />

Reduced visibility <strong>and</strong><br />

surface friction<br />

Obstacles on tracks<br />

Failures <strong>in</strong> transport<br />

control systems<br />

Extreme storm events<br />

may lead to devastation<br />

of port <strong>in</strong>frastructure <strong>and</strong><br />

disruption of traffic flows<br />

at ports<br />

Reduced visibility <strong>and</strong><br />

runway friction<br />

Obstacles on runways<br />

Failures <strong>in</strong> control<br />

systems<br />

Increased turbulence<br />

Safety risks for ground<br />

operations<br />

Damage to aircraft <strong>and</strong><br />

equipment<br />

Safety regulations<br />

(lightn<strong>in</strong>g strike may lead<br />

to airport closure)<br />

Disruption to operations<br />

Reduced visibility <strong>and</strong><br />

runway friction<br />

Obstacles on runways<br />

Runway ma<strong>in</strong>tenance<br />

Increased turbulence<br />

Safety risks for ground<br />

operations<br />

Safety regulations (w<strong>in</strong>d<br />

threshold may lead to<br />

runway closure)<br />

Disruption to operations<br />

Fog Reduced visibility Reduced visibility<br />

Source:<br />

Own compilation based on EC, 2013; Doll et al., 2014, Jaroszweski et al., 2014; Temme et al., 2014; Golikov et al., 2014: Siedl <strong>and</strong><br />

Schweighofer, 2014; Eurocontrol, 2014) <strong>and</strong> CEDR, 2011.<br />

Table 5.8<br />

Most harmful extreme weather phenomena <strong>and</strong> their threshold values<br />

Phenomenon<br />

1st threshold: harmful<br />

<strong>impacts</strong> are possible, 0.33<br />

2nd threshold: harmful<br />

<strong>impacts</strong> are likely, 0.66<br />

3rd threshold: harmful<br />

<strong>impacts</strong> are certa<strong>in</strong>, 0.99<br />

W<strong>in</strong>d (gust speed) ≥ 17 m/s ≥ 25 m/s ≥ 32 m/s<br />

Snowfall ≥ 1 cm/day ≥ 10 cm/day ≥ 20 cm/day<br />

Ra<strong>in</strong> ≥ 30 mm/day ≥ 100 mm/day ≥ 150 mm/day<br />

Cold (mean temperature of the day) < 0 °C < – 7 °C < – 20 °C<br />

Heat (mean temperature of the day) ≥ + 25 °C ≥ + 32 °C ≥ + 43 °C<br />

Blizzard<br />

A blizzard is considered to<br />

occur when the threshold<br />

values of w<strong>in</strong>d, snowfall<br />

<strong>and</strong> cold are realised<br />

simultaneously<br />

Source: Leviäkangas <strong>and</strong> Saarikivi, 2012.<br />

258 <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>change</strong>, <strong>impacts</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>vulnerability</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> <strong>2016</strong> | An <strong>in</strong>dicator-based report

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