Usefulness of satellite water vapour imagery in forecasting strong convection: A flash-flood case study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Georgiev, Christo G ^a   Kozinarova, Gergana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Intense convection; NWP error; Potential vorticity analysis; Water vapour imagery

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; BULGARIA; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; DYNAMIC RATES; FLASH FLOOD; GEOPOTENTIAL; INTENSE CONVECTION; MESOSCALE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NWP ERROR; NWP MODEL; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGES; WATER VAPOUR; WATER VAPOUR IMAGERY;

CLOUDS; MOISTURE; VORTICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; GEOPOTENTIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOFIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349228194     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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