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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2012, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 200-206

Utilization of a complex threshold method's estimation of cloud cover parameters obtained by SEVIRI/METEOSAT-9 for climatic observations

E.V. Volkova 
State Research Centre of Space Hydrometeorology "Planeta", 123242, Moscow, B. Predtechensky per., 7
A possibility of utilizing estimations of cloud cover parameters, including water contents, precipitation, thunderstorm and hail, provided by a complex threshold method on base of SEVIRI/METEOSAT-9 data set archived for the region 69°N - 69°S, 69°W - 69°E in 2006-2010 is discussed.
Keywords: SEVIRI instrument, METEOSAT-9, cloud mask, precipitation, thunderstorm, hail, cloud water contents, climatic research
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