Fog SEVIRI Products at KNMI
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Application
Description
Presentation during the event week on Fog and Low Clouds in January 2009.
Content
Paul de Valk, researcher of the remote sensing department at KNMI, will talk about radiation fog and shallow fog. Radiation fog is barely observable from satellite observations. Ground based observations are used to detect radiation fog. The satellite information is used to extrapolate the ground based point observations to a spatial distribution.
The forecaster is provided with information over fog favourable conditions deduced from observations and with information about visibility and ceiling. The tool is developed to support the forecaster in his decisions with respect to fog.