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

Natural Colour RGB

Natural Colour RGB, 31 May 2013, 04 UTC - 18 UTC (Source: DWD)

A cyan color suggests the presence of ice in cloud tops. This is typical for the development process of rain in cumulonimbus clouds in south and east Europe and nimbostratus clouds with prolonged precipitation in southern Germany. Over Germany and the neighboring states you can see white clouds, which signify water clouds with droplets in this RGB. In these clouds the rain development process consists only of collisions between cloud droplets.