Satellite-Derived Climatology Products for Monitoring Convection Over West and Central Africa
Example of an MSG GII TPW product; © 2014 EUMETSAT COMET Standard Terms of Use
A weather forecaster’s knowledge of climatology is important to the success of a forecast, especially where convection is involved. That’s particularly true over Central and West Africa, where convection has a strong diurnal cycle and usually develops over particular geographic regions and during specific time intervals. The lesson describes satellite-derived cloud climatology products and several […]