Management of hailstorms under a changing climate in agriculture: a review

Climate change is impacting agriculture through a rise in greenhouse gases, higher temperatures and extreme precipitation patterns, with adverse consequences such as hailstorms in horticultural and fruit crops. Hail is ice precipitation, usually more than 5 mm in diameter, that is formed in thunders...

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Published in:Environmental chemistry letters 2022-12, Vol.20 (6), p.3971-3991
Main Authors: Rana, Vishal Singh, Sharma, Sunny, Rana, Neerja, Sharma, Umesh, Patiyal, Vikrant, Banita, Prasad, Heerendra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Agrivoltaics
Analytical Chemistry
Climate change
Cloud seeding
Crop insurance
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Extreme weather
Farm buildings
Freezing
Fruit crops
Fruits
Gases
Geochemistry
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Hail
Hailstorms
High temperature
Ice
Mitigation
Nanocomposites
Orchards
Pollution
Precipitation
Review
Thunderstorms
Water
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Summary:Climate change is impacting agriculture through a rise in greenhouse gases, higher temperatures and extreme precipitation patterns, with adverse consequences such as hailstorms in horticultural and fruit crops. Hail is ice precipitation, usually more than 5 mm in diameter, that is formed in thunderstorms. Hailstorms contain hail particles formed when temperatures are below freezing and there is abundant super-cool liquid water which coexists with ice particles. These ice particles increase in size through collisions with super-cool droplets. Here, we review the occurrence of hailstorms and their possible impacts on fruit orchards. Mitigation strategies include anti-hail nets, cloud seeding, anti-hail guns, agrivoltaics and nanocomposites. Integrated management with chemicals and crop insurance is a viable post-hail management strategy.
ISSN:1610-3653
1610-3661
DOI:10.1007/s10311-022-01502-0