Application of high-resolution visible sharpening of partly cloudy pixels in meteosat second generation infrared imagery

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Mecikalski, John R ^a   König, Marianne ^b   Jewett, Christopher P ^c  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective initiation; Cumulus cloud development; High resolution visible; Meteosat Second Generation; Visible sharpening

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE INITIATION; CUMULUS CLOUD; HIGH RESOLUTION VISIBLE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; VISIBLE SHARPENING;

CLOUDS;

PIXELS;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOSAT; PIXEL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84882776405     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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