Detection and analysis of anomalies in the brightness temperature difference field using MSG rapid scan data

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 354-359

  Šťástka, Jindřich ^a,b   Radová, Michaela ^a,b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brightness temperature difference (BTD); BTD anomaly; Cloud top brightness temperature (BT); Convective storm; MSG

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; BTD ANOMALY; CONVECTIVE STORMS; MSG;

STORMS; TEMPERATURE;

PIXELS;

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; PIXEL; STORM; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84874383966     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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