A simplified method for the detection of convection using high-resolution imagery from GOES-16

Lee, Yoonjin; Kummerow, Christian D.; Zupanski, Milija

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3755-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3755-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3755-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Research article

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25 May 2021

Research article |

| 25 May 2021

A simplified method for the detection of convection using high-resolution imagery from GOES-16

Yoonjin Lee, Christian D. Kummerow, and Milija Zupanski

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Final revised paper (published on 25 May 2021)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Authors' response to review#2', Yoonjin Lee, 15 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Authors' response to Reviewer #1', Yoonjin Lee, 15 Aug 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Yoonjin Lee on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Sep 2020) by Bernhard Mayer

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Oct 2020)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Oct 2020) by Bernhard Mayer

AR by Yoonjin Lee on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Jan 2021) by Bernhard Mayer

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Mar 2021) by Bernhard Mayer

AR by Yoonjin Lee on behalf of the Authors (12 Mar 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Mar 2021) by Bernhard Mayer

AR by Yoonjin Lee on behalf of the Authors (30 Mar 2021)

Short summary

This study suggests two methods to detect convection using 1 min data from GOES-16: one method detects early convective clouds using their vertical growth rate and the other method detects mature convective clouds using their lumpy cloud top surfaces. Applying the two methods to 1-month data showed that the accuracy of the combined methods was 85.8 % and showed their potential to be used in regions where radar data are not available.