Integrated water vapor field and multiscale variations over China from GPS measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3008-3015

  Jin, Shuanggen ^a   Li, Z ^b   Cho, J ^a  

^a Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL GEOMATICS CENTER OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AMPLITUDES; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; MULTI-SCALE VARIATIONS; NORTHWESTERN CHINAS; PEAK VALUES; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPORS; RAINY SEASONS; SEASONAL CYCLES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOUTHEASTERN CHINAS; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS; WATER VAPOR VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; WATER CONTENT;

WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 59349086324     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1920.1     Document Type: Article

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