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APPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE IN MONITORING HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS,AND VERY—SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING

Fang Zongyi (Satellite Meteorology Center,State Meteorological Administration)   

  • Published:1991-06-25

Abstract: This paper presents simply meteorological satellite,espceiallythe action,position and applications of geostationary meteorologicalsatellite imagery in monitoring and forecasting two kinds of disastrousweather systems,such as severe convective storms(thunderstorm wind andhail)and heavy rain.Some results of studies about disastrous weathersystems above using satellite data are briefly shown.At last,theimportance and status of monitoring and estimating precipitation usingmeteorological satellite are discussed.