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.

• Introduction to the BOM Fog Workshop and this session  3 minutes duration (3Mb .wmv file)   (5Mb .mp4 file)
  
• Latest developments in using the Night Microphysics RGB product 33 minutes duration (64Mb .wmv file)   (105Mb .mp4 file)
• The GEOCAT GOES-R fog/low cloud algorithm & summary to the session. 16 minutes duration (19Mb .wmv file)  (43Mb .mp4 file)
  

Additional resources:

• Animation 1 (10Mb)   Animation 2 (9Mb)   Animation 3 (31Mb)   Animation 4 (17Mb)
  
• Activity 1 (1Mb)   Activity 2 (1Mb)   Activity 3 (1Mb)
• Presentation (47Mb)

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)

• Animation 1a (GEOCAT products compared to the Night Microphysics RGB product)   PowerPoint presentation (80Mb)   .wmv file (16Mb)   .mp4 file (18Mb)
  
• Animation 1b (GEOCAT products compared to the Himawari-8 infrared / visible imagery)   PowerPoint presentation (74Mb)   .wmv file (16Mb)   .mp4 file (17Mb)

References and Contacts

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

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