ASSESSMENTS

QPE/LPW rainfall West Coast

Description:


This report describes the March-April 2013 assessment of GOES-R QPE and CIRA LPW products by forecasting offices on the West Coast. GOES-R QPE is a satellite-based QPE product utilizing both geostationary IR from GOES and microwave data from several other satellites. CIRA LPW provides layered precipitable water data from MIRS retrievals near-globally. This is the first assessment for both products.

Participants: EKA, MFR, MTR
Language:
English
Publication Date: ?
Season: 1 March - 30 April 2013
Forecast Challenge: diagnosing heavy rain events
Categories: Microwave Radiometry, Geostationery Satellite

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