Cb-TRAM: Tracking and monitoring severe convection from onset over rapid development to mature phase using multi-channel Meteosat-8 SEVIRI data

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 191-210

  Zinner, Tobias ^a   Mannstein, H ^a   Tafferner, A ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; NOWCASTING; SATELLITE DATA; TRACKING; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 55649113967     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0290-y     Document Type: Article

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