Automated tracking of dry intrusions on satellite water vapour imagery and model output

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 620, 2006, Pages 2257-2276

  Michel, Yann ^a   Bouttier, F ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Forecast verification; Potential vorticity dynamics

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DRY INTRUSIONS; FORECAST VERIFICATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY DYNAMICS;

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; JET; MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33751536460     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.179     Document Type: Article

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