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.
22nd-25th May 2011 Cloud Mask Ash Flag (CMa)
Ash Flag from Icelandic volcano Grímsvötn.
Cloud Products (CMa, CT, CTTH)
Applications of the Cloud Mask (CMa), Cloud Type (CT) and Cloud Top Temperature and Height (CTTH) Products.
22-24 February 2011 Cloud Mask (CMa)
Illustration of V2011 cloud detection improvement over cold ground in winter at night.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1st February 2010 - 10:00:00-18:30:00 UTC Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)
Severe weather over Tenerife on 1stFebruary 2010.
27th May 2010 - 11:00:00-23:30:00 UTC Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)
Convection on 27th May 2010 over the Iberian Peninsula.
Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR)
Characteristics of CRR product, impact of different corrections, possible limitations and usefulness.
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.
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.
23rd of May 2010 11:27 UTC PPS Precipitating Clouds (PC)
PC product data from a noaa19 overpass.
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).
27th-28th February 2010 High Resolution Winds (HRW)
Rapid Cyclogenesis Xynthia (Case Study).
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.
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.
NWC SAF Products
24th August 2010 NWCSAF Products
NWCSAF products applied to hurricane scene (Danielle and Earl).