The MSG global instability indices product and its use as a nowcasting tool

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 272-285

  Koenig, Marianne ^a   De Coning, Estelle ^b  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR STABILITY; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; GLOBAL INSTABILITY INDEX; INFRARED CHANNEL; INSTABILITY INDEX; METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MOISTURE PROPERTIES; NOWCASTING; QUANTITATIVE VERIFICATION; RADAR DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEVERE WEATHER; STABILITY INDICES; TEST CASE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER SERVICES;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MOISTURE; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

STABILITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DETECTION METHOD; METEOSAT; NOWCASTING; RADAR IMAGERY; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65849383956     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222141.1     Document Type: Article

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