Formation of the June 2013 Flood in Central Europe with a focus on Germany

• Chapter V: Satellite data
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• Introduction
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• IR10.8 enhanced
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• Airmass RGB
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• Dust RGB
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• HRV Cloud RGB and Lightning
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• Natural Colour RGB
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• Severe Storm RGB and Day Microphysics RGB

HRV Cloud RGB and Lightning

HRV Cloud RGB with Lighting, 31 May 2013, 00 UTC - 23 UTC (Source: DWD)

There is a visible difference between high clouds, which are shown in white, and medium and low clouds, which are yellow. The active zone of the unstable warm front with thunderstorms is easy to discern in combination with the flashes from strokes of lightning. At 09:00 UTC the first flashes are seen over Poland and they very quickly extend to the eastern parts of Germany.