Objective satellite-based detection of overshooting tops using infrared window channel brightness temperature gradients

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-202

  Bedka, Kristopher ^a   Brunner, Jason ^a   Dworak, Richard ^a   Feltz, Wayne ^a   Otkin, Jason ^a   Greenwald, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIPSO; CLOUD PROFILING RADARS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-RESOLVING; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CLOUDSAT; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DAMAGING WIND; DETECTION ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHODS; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; FALSE-ALARM RATES; GEOSYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GULF STREAM; HEAVY RAINFALL; INFRARED WINDOW CHANNELS; INFRARED WINDOWS; LIGHTNING DETECTION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NETWORK OBSERVATION; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; TEMPERATURE FORECASTS; VISIBLE CHANNELS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS; AVIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES; THUNDERSTORMS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIPSO; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; INFRARED IMAGERY; MODIS; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THUNDERSTORM; TROPOPAUSE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT PLAINS; GULF STREAM;

EID: 77953492946     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2286.1     Document Type: Article

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