Towards objective identification and tracking of convective outflow boundaries in next-generation geostationary satellite imagery

Apke, Jason M.; Hilburn, Kyle A.; Miller, Steven D.; Peterson, David A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1593-2020

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02 Apr 2020

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Towards objective identification and tracking of convective outflow boundaries in next-generation geostationary satellite imagery

Jason M. Apke, Kyle A. Hilburn, Steven D. Miller, and David A. Peterson

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RC1: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer', Jason Apke, 20 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Short review of "Towards Objective Identification and Tracking of Convective Outflow Boundaries', Sebastian Schmidt, 14 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Final Comments Response', Jason Apke, 25 Jan 2020

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AR by Jason Apke on behalf of the Authors (25 Feb 2020)

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Objective identification of deep convection outflow boundaries (OFBs) in next-generation geostationary satellite imagery is explored here using motion derived from a tuned advanced optical flow algorithm. Motion discontinuity preservation within the derivation is found crucial for successful OFB tracking between images, which yields new meteorological data for objective systems to use. These results provide the first step towards a fully automated satellite-based OFB identification algorithm.