Satellite-based anticipation of extreme convective weather through quantification of convective updraft characteristics: Application to potential tornado intensity estimation

Robert Jeffrey Trapp, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States, Geoffrey R Marion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Stephen W Nesbitt, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL, United States