Topical Images Gallery

Selected Examples of NWCSAF products

This page is intended to provide examples with interesting and attractive images from the NWC SAF products.

Cloud Products
4th-6th June 2011
Cloud Mask Ash Flag (CMa)

Ash Flag 12 hours synthesis from volcano Puyehue.

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22nd-25th May 2011
Cloud Mask Ash Flag (CMa)

Ash Flag from Icelandic volcano Grímsvötn.

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Cloud Products (CMa, CT, CTTH)

Applications of the Cloud Mask (CMa), Cloud Type (CT) and Cloud Top Temperature and Height (CTTH) Products.

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22-24 February 2011
Cloud Mask (CMa)

Illustration of V2011 cloud detection improvement over cold ground in winter at night.

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Precipitation Products
20th February 2010 - 00:00:00-17:30:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Deep convective event occurred over Madeira on 20th February 2010.

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11th September 2008 - 13:00:00-16:30:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Convective event in the northeast of Spain and the south of France. Convective Rainfall Rate, Radar instantaneous precipitations and lightning activity are displayed.

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20th May 2009 - 17:30:00-18:00:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Comparison between several remote sensing derived products for a severe storm ocurred the 20th May 2009 over Spain.

4th July 2009 - 00:00:00-17:45:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Severe weather over the northeast of Spain and the southeast of France on July 2009.

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8th August 2009 08:00:00 UTC - 11th August 2009 19:00:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Intense convective events over Spain on August 2009.

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1st February 2010 - 10:00:00-18:30:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Severe weather over Tenerife on 1stFebruary 2010.

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27th May 2010 - 11:00:00-23:30:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Convection on 27th May 2010 over the Iberian Peninsula.

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Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)

Characteristics of CRR product, impact of different corrections, possible limitations and usefulness.

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22nd August 2008 - 14:00:00 UTC
Convective Rainfall Rate from Cloud Physical Properties (CRPh)

Convective Rainfall rate from Cloud Physical Properties computed for a convective event occurred on 22 of August 2008.

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9th September 2012 - 15:30:00 UTC
Precipitating Clouds from Cloud Physical Properties (PCPh)

Precipitating Clouds from Cloud Physical Properties computed for a convective event occurred on 9th of September 2012.

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23rd of May 2010 11:27 UTC
PPS Precipitating Clouds (PC)

PC product data from a noaa19 overpass.

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Winds, Conceptual Model and Convection Products
20th September 2006 - 06:00:00-19:00:00 UTC
High Resolution Winds (HRW)

Evolution of Tropical Storm Gordon, in the vicinity of the Iberian Peninsula (html, 36 KB).

21st September 2006 - 06:00:00-18:30:00 UTC
High Resolution Winds (HRW)

Evolution of Tropical Storm Gordon as cyclogenesis in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (html, 36 KB).

22nd-23rd December 2009
High Resolution Winds (HRW)

Strong Low Level Winds in Portugal (Case Study).

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27th-28th February 2010
High Resolution Winds (HRW)

Rapid Cyclogenesis Xynthia (Case Study).

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25th May 2009
Rapid Developing Thunderstorms (RDT)

Severe Thunderstorm event over France, with heavy gusts and heavy hail, associated with convergence line. Strong diurnal convection over Adriatic edges.

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17th June 2009 - 12:15:00-17:45:00 UTC
Automatic Satellite Image Interpretation (ASII)

A cold front under warm air advection located over the North Sea is approaching Scandinavia (pdf, 12 KB)

Satellite Humidity and Instability Products
17th Sept. 2006 12:00 UTC - 20th Sept. 2006 11:30 UTC
Precipitable Water (TPW, LPW)

Hurricane Gordon across the north Atlantic.

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NWC SAF Products
24th August 2010
NWCSAF Products

NWCSAF products applied to hurricane scene (Danielle and Earl).

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