Assessment of the GOES-16 Clear Sky Mask Product over the Contiguous USA Using CALIPSO Retrievals

Cloud initialization is a challenge in numerical weather prediction. Probably the most relevant observations for this task come from geostationary satellites. These satellites provide the cloud mask with high spatio-temporal resolution and low latencies. The low latency is an attractive option for n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pedro A. Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
ACM
NWP
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/10/1630