A new method is proposed which allows for reasonably accurate cloud classification based upon Gaussian approximation of cloud emission and using a pair of visible-infrared, high resolution METEOSAT images. Its most important characteristic is the very low amount of CPU time required for a single classification. It becomes then suitable for application in very short range weather forecasting (nowcasting) by ensuring the adequate time coverage and necessary rapidity of use for the operational environment. Two classifications of summer and winter meteorological situations are presented.

Cloud classification using METEOSAT VIS-IR imagery

V Levizzani
1992

Abstract

A new method is proposed which allows for reasonably accurate cloud classification based upon Gaussian approximation of cloud emission and using a pair of visible-infrared, high resolution METEOSAT images. Its most important characteristic is the very low amount of CPU time required for a single classification. It becomes then suitable for application in very short range weather forecasting (nowcasting) by ensuring the adequate time coverage and necessary rapidity of use for the operational environment. Two classifications of summer and winter meteorological situations are presented.
1992
Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima - ISAC
Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Terra e Tecnologie per l'Ambiente - DSSTTA
clouds
satellite
visible
infrared
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