Analysis of overshooting top detections by Meteosat Second Generation: A 5-year dataset

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 688, 2015, Pages 909-915

  Proud, Simon R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Meteosat; Overshooting top; Remote sensing; Satellite sensor; SEVIRI

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

CLOUD TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; METEOSAT; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; SATELLITE SENSORS; SEVIRI; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA SET; METEOSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEVIRI; STORM; TRMM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928252575     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2410     Document Type: Article

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