J.-M. Moisselin, E. Fontaine (Météo-France) - MTG benefits for NWCSAF convection products (CI and RDT)
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Description
Jean Marc Moisselin and Emmanuel Fontaine talk about the benefits that MTG brings in regards to NWC SAF convection products.
Content
Convection Initiation (CI) and Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm (RDT) are two convection products developed by Météo-France in the framework of NWCSAF. Both products fulfill requirement regarding the Day-1 MSG/MTG continuity (scores, visualization). RDT operated with MTG provides very positive features an the LI (Lightning Imager) instrument onboard MTG is very interesting and clearly add value to RDT. CI exhibits higher detection with MTG.