Precipitation estimations from geostationary orbit and prospects for METEOSAT Second Generation

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-41

  Levizzani, V ^a,b   Schmetz, J ^b   Lutz, H J ^b   Kerkmann, J ^b   Alberoni, P P ^c   Cervino, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c ARPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ORBITS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; GEO-STATIONARY ORBITS; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS; PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION; RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE; RAINFALL ESTIMATIONS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

CLOUD COVER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOSAT; NOWCASTING; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI;

EID: 0001811662     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701001037     Document Type: Article

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