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%X The main purpose of this study is to identify a series of parameters to characterize the shape and internal structure of a convective system (CS). One year of brightness temperatures derived from Meteosat 3 (July 1992June 1993) (ISCCP-B3 data) was used to develop this work. The identification of convective systems was performed by pixels whose brightness infrared temperature values (Tir) were below 245 K. The main results obtained are: (a) the shape of a given system can be categorized in three classes: (i) linear systems, (ii) circular and elliptical systems and (iii) fragmented systems; (b) the restitution of a given CS using only statistical information; (c) the identification of the distribution of the number of coldest tops inside a given system; and (d) the evaluation of the stage of the life cycle through a statistical study of internal structure and radiative parameters.
%T Shape and radiative properties of convective systems observed from infrared satellite images
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%3 Vila_Shape and radiative.pdf
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%@issn 0143-1161
%2 cptec.inpe.br/walmeida/2004/07.23.10.22.28
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%B International Journal of Remote Sensing
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%P 1-16
%4 cptec.inpe.br/walmeida/2004/07.23.10.22
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%D 2004
%V 25
%A Vila, Daniel A.,
%A Machado, Luiz Augusto Toledo,
%@dissemination WEBSCI; PORTALCAPES; MGA; COMPENDEX.
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