Comparison between GOES-12 overshooting-top detections, WSR-88D radar reflectivity, and severe storm reports

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-699

  Dworak, Richard ^a   Bedka, Kristopher ^b   Brunner, Jason ^a   Feltz, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED BASELINE IMAGER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CO-EVOLUTION; COMPOSITE REFLECTIVITY; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DAMAGING WIND; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED WINDOWS; RADAR COVERAGE; RADAR DATA; RADAR ECHOES; RADAR PRODUCTS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SEVERE STORMS; SEVERE WEATHER; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; WARM SEASONS;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

STORMS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GOES; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVERE WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84864215654     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00070.1     Document Type: Article

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