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

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.