Improving GPS positioning estimates during extreme weather situations by the help of fine-mesh numerical weather models

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 262-270

  Hobiger, Thomas ^a   Shimada, Seiichi ^b   Shimizu, Shingo ^b   Ichikawa, Ryuichi ^a   Koyama, Yasuhiro ^a   Kondo, Tetsuro ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fine mesh weather models; GPS; Positioning; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

EXTREME WEATHER; GLOBAL POSITIONING; GPS POSITIONING; HEAVY RAINS; MESOSCALE; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; POSITIONING ERROR; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL EXTENT; TROPOSPHERE DELAY; VIRTUAL STATIONS; WEATHER MODELS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HURRICANES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 74149094490     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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