Satellite Meteorology and Imagery Interpretation

About this course

Channel characteristics, cloud classification, and the diagnostic use of imagery for convection, cyclones and mid-latitude systems, with emphasis on geostationary products available to the forecasting desk.

What you will be able to do

• Select the appropriate channel for a diagnostic question
• Classify cloud types from multi-channel imagery
• Track convective initiation and development from imagery

Course content

3 modules · 4 resources

1. 1

   Channels and Physics

   What each channel measures and why it matters.

   • Visible, infrared and water vapour
   • Channel selection reference
2. 2

   Cloud Interpretation

   Classification and diagnostic signatures.

   • Cloud classification from imagery
3. 3

   Convective Monitoring

   Initiation, overshooting tops and cold-U signatures.

   • Convective signatures casebook