1. Rainfall estimation for food security in Africa, using the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite. Robin Chadwick, David Grimes, Roger Saunders, Pete Francis & Tom Blackmore

2. MSG wavelength channels Visible IR window channelsWater vapour Near IR IR

3. Met office NIMROD nowcasting precipitation estimation product Rain-rate estimates over Europe produced operationally every 15 minutes Radar Satellite Analysis += Francis et al 06

4. AMMA radar locations 2006 MIT radar location 2004 Rain-gauge validation domain

5. Daytime case study:14/07/06 06:20

7. Night time case study: 09/07/06 02:20

10. Scattered showers case study:20/07/06 17:50

11. Future work Process estimates at for all 2006 JAS and compare against radar data Process estimates for 2004 JAS and validate with rain-gauge data.