Himawari-8 GEOCAT Fog/Low Stratus (FLS) Product

Introduction to the Product

Overview: from the GEOCAT Fog/Low Stratus (FLS) Algorithm Summary Document (Chris Lucas, 14th August 2016)

How the Product works / how Forecasters can use the Product effectively

About the Algorithm: from the GEOCAT Fog/Low Stratus (FLS) Algorithm Summary Document (Chris Lucas, 14th August 2016)

GEOCAT Fog / Low Stratus wiki page

Training Resources and Case Studies

From the 14 April 2016 Regional Focus Group meeting - Highlights of the BOM Fog Workshop, with special emphasis on Himawari-8 data and data products.

Additional resources:

From the 7 July 2016 Regional Focus Group meeting

  • The GEOCAT GOES-R fog/low cloud algorithm. Latest work at the Bureau in adapting the product to RAV with a tropical and midlatitude example 31 minutes duration (49Mb .wmv file)   (98Mb .mp4 file)

References and Contacts

GEOCAT GOES-R fog/low Basis Document Version 1.0 (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)

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