Use of geostationary super rapid scan satellite imagery by the Storm Prediction Center

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 483-494

  Line, William E ^a,b   Schmit, Timothy J ^c   Lindsey, Daniel T ^d   Goodman, Steven J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Circulation Dynamics; Convective storms systems; Forecasting; Nowcasting; Observational techniques and algorithms; Operational forecasting; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Severe storms

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE STORMS/SYSTEMS; NOWCASTING; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEVERE STORMS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; NOAA SATELLITE; NOWCASTING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84965081486     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-15-0135.1     Document Type: Article

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