Paper Info
Title
A GIS approach to ingest Meteosat Second Generation data into the Local Analysis and Prediction System
Abstract
The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) is modified to ingest Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) data for cloud analysis. A first study is conducted to test the actual performance of the weather analysis software after new satellite bands are introduced. Results show that the system provides high quality cloud products such as cloud mask, cloud top height and cloudiness. A comparison with products from EUMETSAT’s Nowcasting SAF shows a general underestimation of the LAPS product although the results are not conclusive. The study shows the potential of MSG data in refining the mesoscale analyses produced by LAPS. Moreover the software tools, based on open source codes for geolocation and geographical information systems, written for the transformation of MSG data into input files for LAPS have demonstrated a great flexibility and ease of use. The study opens up an avenue for successive validation and refinement of the analyses together with their improved implementation for operational nowcasting and very short range forecasting applications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.023
Environmental Modelling & Software
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Weather forecasting,Mesoscale analyses,Nowcasting,Clouds,Meteosat,Satellite meteorology,Geographic Information System,Open source software
Journal
25
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
10
1364-8152
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dario Conte1102.15
Mario Marcello Miglietta200.68
Agata Moscatello300.34
Steve Albers400.34
Vincenzo Levizzani522.50