GPS monitoring of the tropospheric water vapor distribution and variation during the 9 September 2002 torrential precipitation episode in the Cévennes (southern France)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Champollion, Cedric ^a   Masson, F ^a   Van Baelen, J ^b,c   Walpersdorf, A ^d   Chery J ^a   Doerflinger, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

GPS; Integrated water vapor; Intense rainfall; Residuals; Water vapor; Wet gradients

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GPS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEVERE WEATHER; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CEVENNES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14744302697     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004897     Document Type: Article

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