European climatology of fog and low stratus based on geostationary satellite observations Export

@article{citeulike:5890074, abstract = {The distribution of fog and low stratus (FLS) is of importance in nowcasting, aviation forecasting and climate applications. This paper presents satellite-derived FLS maps as a basis for building a European FLS climatology with high spatial and temporal resolution. Averaged maps covering several winter seasons of Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) data are analysed and compared to a cloud climatology based on a 26-year record of ground-based visual cloud observations. The general patterns seen in both products are found to be in good agreement and plausible. Copyright {\copyright} 2009 Royal Meteorological Society}, address = {Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing (LCRS), Faculty of Geography, Philipps-Universit\"{a}t Marburg, Germany}, author = {Cermak, Jan and Eastman, Ryan M. and Bendix, J\"{o}rg and Warren, Stephen G.}, citeulike-article-id = {5890074}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.503}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122615733/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/qj.503}, issn = {1477-870X}, journal = {Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society}, keywords = {climatology, fog, low\_stratus, meteosat, msg, remote\_sensing, satellite, seviri}, number = {645}, pages = {2125--2130}, posted-at = {2009-10-05 12:42:54}, priority = {0}, title = {European climatology of fog and low stratus based on geostationary satellite observations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.503}, volume = {135}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5890074 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5890074 N2 - The distribution of fog and low stratus (FLS) is of importance in nowcasting, aviation forecasting and climate applications. This paper presents satellite-derived FLS maps as a basis for building a European FLS climatology with high spatial and temporal resolution. Averaged maps covering several winter seasons of Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) data are analysed and compared to a cloud climatology based on a 26-year record of ground-based visual cloud observations. The general patterns seen in both products are found to be in good agreement and plausible. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society IS - 645 JF - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society SN - 1477-870X AD - Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Laboratory for Climatology and Remote Sensing (LCRS), Faculty of Geography, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany EP - 2130 TI - European climatology of fog and low stratus based on geostationary satellite observations VL - 135 SP - 2125 KW - climatology KW - fog KW - low_stratus KW - meteosat KW - msg KW - remote_sensing KW - satellite KW - seviri AU - Cermak, Jan AU - Eastman, Ryan AU - Bendix, Jörg AU - Warren, Stephen PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.503 ER -