Cloud detection in Meteosat Second Generation imagery at the Met Office

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-323

  Hocking, James ^a   Francis, Peter N ^a   Saunders, Roger ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud mask; MSG; SEVIRI

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD MASKS; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SEVIRI; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DETECTION METHOD; METEOSAT; MODIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI;

EID: 80051905735     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.239     Document Type: Article

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