P-AC-SEVIRI (H05B)
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Accumulated precipitation at ground by blended MW and IR

Accumulated precipitation performed every three hours on the previous 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours

  • Coverage: H SAF area with extension to Africa and southern Atlantic: LAT 60°S - 67.5°N, LON 80°W - 80°E (The covered area is shown in figure)
  • Cycle: Four products (integrals over 3, 6, 12 and 24 h) every three hours (rolling)
  • Resolution: Resolution changes across the Full Disk from 3 km near the sub-satellite point to 8 km on average over Europe. Sampling dependent of SEVIRI IFOV
  • Timeliness: 15 min after synoptic hours (00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18 and 21 UTC)
  • Dissemination: By EUMETCast to most other users, especially scientific and trough the HSAF ftp server.
  • Formats: Values in grid points of the Meteosat projection (GRIB-2)

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR PRODUCT GENERATION

Product H05B (P-AC-SEVIRI over the full disk area) is derived from precipitation maps generated by merging MW images from operational sun-synchronous satellites and IR images from geostationary satellites (i.e., products P-IN-SEVIRI). Integration is performed at synoptic hours on the previous 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours.

Case Studies

Belgium

2012

Belgium

2012

Bulgaria

2012

Bulgaria

2011

Hungary

2012

Hungary

2012

Italy

2011

Poland

2011

Poland

2011

Slovakia

2012

User Documents

Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD)

1.2

Product User Manual (PUM)

1.1

Product Validation Report (PVR)

1.0

Operational Reports