Improvement of cloud products with MTG-I
Competency Framework
Description
Presentation 7 in the MTG-I Event Week 2016
Length: 30 min
Author: Gaëlle Kerdraon (Meteo France)
Content
Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) will see the launch of six new satellites from 2021. MTG-I will embark a VIS/IR imager and a lightning imager. The talk details the improvement of NWCSAF/GEO cloud products using new MTG-I capabilities. The new channels will help for the detection of thin cirrus and will improve the cloud phase identification. Cloud products will take advantage of the enhanced spatial resolution, particularly, for the separation between cumuliform and stratiform clouds. Finally, the use of lightning imager should be useful for convection identification.