The Kau'ū storm (November 2000): Imaging precipitable water using GPS

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Foster, James ^a   Bevis, Michael ^a   Chen, Yi Leng ^a   Businger, Steven ^a   Zhang, Yongxin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash flood; Global positioning system; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; GPS; IMAGING METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; STORM;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342310656     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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