Verification of precipitable water vapor estimated from shipborne GPS measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Fujita, M ^a   Kimura, F ^b   Yoneyama, K ^a   Yoshizaki, M ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RADIOSONDES; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SHIPS; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DELAY; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; OPEN OCEAN; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; REMOTE SENSORS; RMS ERRORS; SHIPBORNE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 53749089415     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033764     Document Type: Article

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