Life Cycle of Shallow Marine Cumulus Clouds From Geostationary Satellite Observations

Observations of detrainment signatures from non-precipitating orographic cumulus clouds

Using Appearance and Motion of Clouds from Geostationary Satellite Images to Rain Rate Estimation and Prediction

Satellite imagery can provide potential solution to the monitoring of large-scale systems e.g. supercell thunderstorms, depressions, cyclones, or mesoscale convective complex, particularly those in remote areas where there are sparse numbers of weather stations. The movement and patterns of clouds, observed from satellite images, can be used to indicate the instability of the weather [1]. Moreo...

Wind Estimation from Geostationary-satellite Pictures

The motion of properly selected clouds derived from photographs taken by the geostationary Advanced Technology Satellites provides estimates of the wind a t cloud level. A large number of lowand high-cloud motions near rawin stations are compared to the balloon-derived winds to determine the levels at which these wind estimates might be used for map analyses and to assess their accuracy a t tho...

Homogeneity Analysis of the CM SAF Surface Solar Irradiance Dataset Derived from Geostationary Satellite Observations

A satellite-based climate record of monthly mean surface solar irradiance (SIS) is investigated with regard to possible inhomogeneities in time. The data record is provided by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) for the period of 1983 to 2005, covering a disk area between ±70◦ in lat...

Characterizing tropical overshooting deep convection from joint analysis of CloudSat and geostationary satellite observations

[1] Tropical overshooting deep convection (ODC) plays an important role in affecting the heat and constituent budgets of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. This study investigates the properties and behaviors of such intense deep convection using a combination of CloudSat observations and geostationary satellite data. Our study approaches the subject from two unique perspectives: fir...