Validation of the Meteosat storm detection and nowcasting system Cb-TRAM with lightning network data - Europe and South Africa

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1567-1583

  Zinner, T ^a   Forster, C ^b   De Coning, E ^c   Betz, H D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d NOWCAST GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; METEOSAT; MODEL VALIDATION; NOWCASTING; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEVIRI; THUNDERSTORM;

EUROPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84882361791     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-1567-2013     Document Type: Article

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