A satellite-based convective cloud object tracking and multipurpose data fusion tool with application to developing convection

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 510-525

  Sieglaff, Justin M ^a   Hartung, Daniel C ^a   Feltz, Wayne F ^a   Cronce, Lee M ^a   Lakshmanan, Valliappa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective clouds; Convective storms; Forecast verification skill; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE STORMS; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL DATASETS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; DATA FUSION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORMS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; GOES; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THUNDERSTORM; TRACKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84875650513     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00114.1     Document Type: Article

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