Satellite observations of convective storm tops in the 1.6, 3.7 and 3.9 μm spectral bands

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 607-627

  Setvák, Martin ^a   Rabin, Robert M ^b   Doswell III , Charles A ^c   Levizzani, Vincenzo ^d  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective storm tops; Satellites; Spectral bands

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

EID: 0141515211     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(03)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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