METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG) APPLICATIONS OF METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION (MSG) SNOW DETECTION Author: Hans Joachim Lutz (EUMETSAT) (lutz@eumetsat.de) Contributors: D. Rosenfeld (HUJ) J. Kerkmann (EUMETSAT)
Snow over Central Europe 18 February 2003
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images 18 Feb 2003, 13:00 UTC, RGB NIR1.6-VIS0.8-VIS0.6
Snow over Central and Eastern Europe 24 February 2003
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images 24 Feb 2003, 12:00 UTC, RGB VIS0.6-NIR1.6-IR12.0
Snow detection using SEVIRI HRV images 24 Feb 2003, 12:00 UTC, RGB HRV-HRV-IR10.8
Snow detection using the SEVIRI NIR 1.6 channel 24 Feb 2003 11:00-12:45 UTC Click on the image to see the animation ! High reflectance (water clouds) Lower reflectance (ice clouds) Low reflectance (snow, sea)
Snow detection using the SEVIRI NIR 1.6 channel 24 Feb 2003 11:00-12:45 UTC Click on the image to see the animation ! High reflectance (water clouds) Low reflectance (snow, sea)
Snow detection using the SEVIRI IR 3.9 channel 24 Feb 2003 11:00-12:45 UTC Click on the image to see the animation ! Low reflectance (snow, sea) High reflectance (water clouds)
Non-detection of snow with the VIS0.8 channel 24 Feb 2003 11:00-12:45 UTC Click on the image to see the animation ! High reflectance (snow, thick water clouds) Low reflectance (sea)
Snow over Central Europe 25 October 2003
Snow as seen in SEVIRI VIS and NIR images VIS0.6 VIS0.8 NIR1.6 Snow as seen in SEVIRI VIS and NIR images 25 Oct 2003, 09:00 UTC
Snow as seen in SEVIRI HRVIS images VIS0.8 HRVIS Snow as seen in SEVIRI HRVIS images 25 Oct 2003, 09:00 UTC
Snow as seen in SEVIRI IR images IR3.9 IR10.8 Snow as seen in SEVIRI IR images 25 Oct 2003, 09:00 UTC
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images 25 Oct 2003, 09:00 UTC, RGB NIR1.6-VIS0.8-VIS0.6
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images 25 Oct 2003, 09:00 UTC, RGB VIS0.6-NIR1.6-IR10.8
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images MSG-1 25 October 2003 09:00 UTC RGB Image VIS0.6-NIR1.6-IR10.8
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images MSG-1 25 October 2003 09:00 UTC RGB Image VIS0.6-IR3.9-IR10.8
Snow detection using SEVIRI RGB images MSG-1 25 October 2003 09:00 UTC RGB Image NIR1.6-VIS0.8-VIS0.6
Snow detection using SEVIRI difference images MSG-1 25 October 2003 09:00 UTC Difference Image NIR1.6-VIS0.6
Snow detection using SEVIRI difference images MSG-1 25 October 2003 09:00 UTC Difference Image NIR1.6-VIS0.6
Snow over the Alps 26 September 2003
Poor snow cover over the Alps during summer 2003 MSG-1 26 September 2003 09:30 UTC RGB Image NIR1.6-VIS0.8-VIS0.6
Poor snow cover over the Alps during summer 2003 contrails snow MSG-1 26 September 2003 09:30 UTC RGB Image HRV / HRV / IR12.0-IR10.8 cloud