Deep convection observed by the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager on board Meteosat 8: Spatial distribution and temporal evolution over Africa in summer and winter 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Schröder, Marc ^a,b   König, Marianne ^a   Schmetz, Johannes ^a  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IMAGE SENSORS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COLD CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; EULERIAN; EULERIAN APPROACH; EXPANSION RATE; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; LARGE LAKES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LOCAL MAXIMUM; LOCAL SOLAR TIME; METEOSAT-8; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; SPACE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; STAND-ALONE ALGORITHM; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME SHIFTS; WEST COAST;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOSAT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UPDRAFT; WINTER;

AFRICA;

EID: 65849217822     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010653     Document Type: Article

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