Cold cloud climatology over Europe and the Mediterranean during the warm season from Meteosat IR imagery

Thermal infrared (IR, 10.5 – 12.5 m) images from the Meteosat Visible and Infrared Imager (MVIRI) of cold cloud episodes (cloud top brightness temperature < 241 K) are used as a proxy of precipitating clouds to derive a warm season (May-August) climatology of their coherency, duration, span, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinelli, Francesca <1980>
Other Authors: Rizzi, Rolando
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2010
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3101/