The Manual on Synoptic Satellite Meteorology
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Description
Synoptic and Mesoscale Analysis of Satellite Images 2018 Course
Length: 56 min
Author: Ab Maas (former KNMI)
Content
Getting a good, actual weather picture within short time is essential for a forecaster who has to react quickly and adequately on weather changing's.
The huge amount of weather data which are available makes it almost impossible for a human being to handle. Thinking in conceptual models is the only way to deal with this problem
Within 20 years of the project fifty-three different conceptual models were described in a manual: Sat Manu. Also for the southern hemisphere, we have already fifteen CM's described.