On the homogeneity and interpretation of precipitable water time series derived from global GPS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Vey, S ^a   Dietrich, R ^a   Fritsche, M ^a   Rulke A ^a   Steigenberger, Peter ^c   Rothacher, Markus ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADOMES; TIME SERIES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUSTRALIA; DRESDENS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GPS ANTENNA; GPS-DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER; ICELAND; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; JOINT PROJECTS; LARGE PARTS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SATURATION VALUES; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SURFACE PRESSURES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIME-SCALE; VAPOR SATURATION; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

WATER VAPOR;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; HOMOGENEITY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67650466073     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010415     Document Type: Article

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