Basics concerning (NOWCAST-) Precipitation and NOAA AVHRR Remote Sensing Detection of ICE and SNOW

Lesch L., 2004. Jetstream - Divergence - Precipitation. DACH 2004 Conference 7th - 10th September 2004, Karlsruhe, Deutsch - Oesterreichisch - Schweizerische Meteorologen - Tagung, Short Abstract, p 95, CD-ROM with Extended Abstract, 10 pp.

Poster Extended Abstract

Further details (PDF)
Lesch L., 1999 - 2006. Satellite and Synoptic Meteorology.


METEOSAT-7 animation

Interaction of surface convergence
and upper level (300 hPA) divergence of v(h)


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DWD Europe Model (GME-EM) and LOCAL Model (LM) Domain (red)

FU-Berlin NOAA 1km and 4km (dashed) domain (blue)

FU-Berlin METEOSAT-[5-7] 4km domain (black)

DWD and FU-Berlin NOAA / Meteosat grid domains


Computed diagnostic and quasi prognostic Precipitation
Europe and North Atlantic (00 UTC and 12 UTC)

Analysis Mean Sea Level MSL:

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NOAA-19, MSL, 12 UTC
NOAA-18, MSL, 12 UTC
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DWD GME-EM Domain grid data (EUROPE Model) with
superimposed NOAA-17 AVHRR mosaic, spatial resolution 4 km,
(channel 3 [WV, 00 UTC]; channels 1, 2 and 4 [12 UTC]) for past 7 days:




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