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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-567-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-567-2024
Research article
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15 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 15 Feb 2024

Evaluating pySTEPS optical flow algorithms for convection nowcasting over the Maritime Continent using satellite data

Joseph Smith, Cathryn Birch, John Marsham, Simon Peatman, Massimo Bollasina, and George Pankiewicz

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Nowcasting uses observations to make predictions of the atmosphere on short timescales and is particularly applicable to the Maritime Continent, where storms rapidly develop and cause natural disasters. This paper evaluates probabilistic and deterministic satellite nowcasting algorithms over the Maritime Continent. We show that the probabilistic approach is most skilful at small scales (~ 60 km), whereas the deterministic approach is most skilful at larger scales (~ 200 km).
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