Abstract: This paper presents the sensitivity to various atmospheric parameters of two height assignment methods that aim to retrieve the cloud-top height of semitransparent clouds. The use of simulated Meteosat-8 radiances has the ...

Abstract: AbstractAtmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) are derived operationally at EUMETSAT from the AVHRR/3 instrument on the Polar System satellite MetOp-A since 2011. The launch of MetOp-B in 2012 allowed for doubling of the ...

Abstract: he goal of this paper is to show the impact of the tracer size and the temporal gap between images in atmospheric motion vector (AMV) extraction schemes. A test has been performed using NWC SAF/High Resolutions Winds AMV ...

Abstract: he goal of this paper is to show the impact of the use of the wind guess (WG) in atmospheric motion vector (AMV) extraction schemes. The study has been performed using the Satellite Application Facility on Support to ...

Abstract: eight assignment (HA) is currently the most challenging task in the operational atmospheric motion vectors? (AMV) extraction scheme. Several sources of error are associated with the height assignment step, including the ...

Abstract: he objective of this study is to improve the characterization of satellite-derived atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) and their errors to guide developments in the use of AMVs in numerical weather prediction. AMVs tend to ...

Abstract: AbstractThe European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) MetOp-A and MetOp-B satellites fly in the same polar orbit with a 180° phase difference, which enables the global retrieval of ...

Abstract: The manuscript addresses the need for tropospheric and stratospheric wind profiles and discusses capabilities to fulfil such need. To follow up the Aeolus mission an international operational UV Doppler Wind Lidar constellation ...