Impact of NOAA ground-based GPS observations on the Canadian regional analysis and forecast system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2727-2746

  Macpherson, Stephen R ^a   Deblonde, G ^a   Aparicio, J M ^a   Casati, B ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GAGES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SILICONES; TURBULENT FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES; FORECAST ERRORS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; GPS NETWORK; GPS NETWORK DATA; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND-BASED; NEAR-REAL TIME; NORTH AMERICA; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; RAIN GAUGES; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL IMPACTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES; STORM TRACKS; SURFACE PRESSURES; SURFACE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS; WEATHER DATA; ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAY;

FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; GPS; NOAA SATELLITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; RAINGAUGE; STORM TRACK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149097929     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2263.1     Document Type: Article

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