The Measuring Network
The Swiss Hail Network is a fully automatic measuring network consisting of 80 sensors that are being installed in the three regions of Switzerland with the highest probability of hailstorm occurrence. The aim is to record as many hail incidents as possible. The Hail Network will be operated over a period of eight years.
A research paper conducted by the Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks and MeteoSwiss has, on the basis of radar data, confirmed that hail most frequently falls in the Napf Region, the Jura and Southern Ticino. The hail sensors are therefore being installed in these three regions: 38 sensors in the Napf Region, 27 sensors in Southern Ticino and 15 sensors in the Jura have been installed.
The Swiss Hail Network is being financed by Swiss Mobiliar as part of its social responsibility with a sum of one million francs. Swiss Mobiliar is providing the data to the Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks at the University of Bern and the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss free of charge.
The new data set will be incorporated into the ongoing hail research at the Mobiliar Lab for Natural Risks at the University of Bern and take science a big step forward.