ADGEO

Advances in Geosciences

ADGEO

Adv. Geosci.

1680-7359

Copernicus Publications

Göttingen, Germany

10.5194/adgeo-2-173-2005

Nowcasting of convective cells over Italian Peninsula

Medaglia

C. M.

¹ Adamo

¹ Formenton

¹ Piccolo

Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima (ISAC-CNR Roma), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy

30 05 2005

2 173 176

2005

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

This article is available from https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/2/173/2005/adgeo-2-173-2005.html

The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://adgeo.copernicus.org/articles/2/173/2005/adgeo-2-173-2005.pdf

The aim of the study is the individuation of convective cells over the Italian peninsula with the conjunction use of geostationary satellite data (METEOSAT, MSG satellite) in the IR and WV channels and lightning data. <P style="line-height: 20px;"> We will use GCD (Global Convective Diagnostic) algorithm developed at Aviation Weather Centre (AWC) of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). This algorithm is based on the idea that a deep convective cloud will not have any significant moisture above it. <P style="line-height: 20px;"> This technique works quite well at identifying active deep convection and can be applied to all the world's geostationary satellites. However it does not always agree with lightning sensors. Low topped convection with lightning will be missed. We will extend the capabilities of GCD using lightning data. The new product will be validate over different cases in the central Italy using the C-band polarimetric radar of ISAC-CNR (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate-of the Italian National Research Council) Rome.