A statistical evaluation of GOES cloud-top properties for nowcasting convective initiation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4899-4914

  Mecikalski, John R ^a   Bedka, Kristopher M ^b   Paech, Simon J ^a   Litten, Leslie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c L 3 Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CAPPING INVERSIONS; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE INITIATIONS; COOLING RATES; CUMULUS CLOUDS; FALSE-ALARM RATES; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; INHIBITING FACTORS; NOWCASTING; PROBABILITY OF DETECTIONS; RADAR ECHOES; REAL-TIME MONITORING; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SKILL SCORES; STATISTICAL EVALUATIONS; TIME TRENDS;

COOLING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PIXELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLOUDS;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; GOES; NOWCASTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 58149284802     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2352.1     Document Type: Article

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