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

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2009 Germany English Publisher:WileyJournal:Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, volume 135, pages 2,125-2,130 (issn: 0035-9009, eissn: 1477-870X,

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Authors: Cermak, Jan; Eastman, Ryan M.; Bendix, Jörg; Warren, Stephen G.;

doi: 10.1002/qj.503

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

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AbstractThe 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

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Germany

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Earth sciences, info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550, 550, ddc:550

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