Warning information in a preconvection environment from the geostationary advanced infrared sounding system-A simulation study using the IHOP case

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 776-783

  Li, Jun ^a   Li, Jinlong ^a   Otkin, Jason ^a   Schmit, Timothy J ^b   Liu, Chian Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Infrared radiation; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; CRITICAL INFORMATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SOUNDERS; GOES SOUNDERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSPECTRAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUITES; INFRARED SOUNDING; NOWCASTING; POTENTIAL UTILITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEVERE STORMS; SIMULATION STUDIES; WARNING INFORMATIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

CONVECTION; GOES; INFRARED RADIATION; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEVERE WEATHER; STORM;

EID: 79955009423     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2441.1     Document Type: Article

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