Michaël Claudon (Météo-France) - Application of NWC SAF convection (RDT and CI) products in the tropics
Michaël Claudon discusses the use of NWC SAF Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm (RDT) and Convection Initiation (CI) products in the tropics.
The RDT-CW (Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm - Convection Warning) product and the CI (Convective initiation) product are developed by Météo-France in the framework of the EUMETSAT NWC SAF. Using mainly geostationary satellite data, they provide information on pixels/clouds related to convective initiation or significant convective systems. In the presentation, the application of RDT/CI in the tropics is discussed in terms of performance (use of MTG-LI for tuning and validation purposes), product representation (CI object mode), and assessment of thunderstorm severity (new detection of cloud-top features in the RDT).