Ivan Smiljanic (EUMETSAT): Shadows in FCI imagery
Ivan Smiljanic talks about shadows in FCI imagery, that are now better observed than ever due to high spatial resolution.
When light travels through the atmosphere it can interact with it or with the features in it, leaving shadows that can be taken as clues and signatures on that interaction. From that, experts can read about different properties of various features that interacted with light, giving out the shape, height, distribution, optical thickness and even the dynamics of the features. In this session you will hear how advanced resolution of FCI reveals many new shadows, previously not well (or not at all) observed with SEVIRI imager, and you will learn how these shadows can assist experts and operational meteorologists in their daily work.