Evaluation of Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Data and Synoptic Analysis of a Case Study For Flash Flood in Gökçeada/Turkey

Development in science and technology pave the way for remote sensing technologies in meteorology in recent years. Especially, increasing resolution and number of channel is easier to understand and assessment of meteorological patterns and disasters. According to IPCC reports, Mediterranean Basin will be one of the most affected area by climate change. So that, frequency and power of hurricanes have remained associated with climate change in Mediterranean Area. It is observed that flash floods have occurred more frequent like Istanbul and Samsun flash flood in Turkey. A supercell over Gökçeada caused rainfall about 144 mm in 4 hours and damaged materially and spiritually on living people. This paper presents the imaging water vapor channels, RGB combinations of MSG satellite data, and synoptic analysis of Gökçeada flash flood in May 2014.