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Use of SEVIRI images and derived products in a WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning System
Title: Use of SEVIRI images and derived products in a WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning System
Authors: Martínez Rubio, Miguel Ángel ORCID Autor AEMETRuiz, J.Autor AEMETCuevas Agulló, Emilio ORCID RESEARCHERID SCOPUSID Autor AEMET
Keywords: SEVIRI; Dust storm; Sand storm; Warning system
Issue Date: 2009
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Citation: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2009, 7, p. 1-7
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1307/7/1/012004
Abstract: The Visible/IR images of SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager), on board Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites, are used to monitor dust events. Satellite-based detection of dust is a difficult problem due in part to the observing-system limitations. The main difficulty is that the dust can be confused with water/ice clouds. SEVIRI is not as optimal for the viewing of dust as SEAWIFS or MODIS, due to the fact that both of them count with additional short-wavelength channels. However, the SEVIRI 15-minute loop images can detect small dust plumes as well as subtle changes from one image to the next. A description of how the AEMET, former INM, is developing the environment to support MSG satellite imagery to the WMO/GEO Sand and Dust Storm Warning System (SDS WS) for Europe, Africa and Middle East Regional Centre will be briefly presented, together with some on-going operational developments to best monitor dust events.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/7613
ISSN: 1755-1307
1755-1315
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