Validation of precipitable water vapor within the ncep/doe reanalysis using global gps observations from one decade

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1675-1695

  Vey, Sibylle ^a,c   Dietrich, Reinhard ^a   Rülke, Axel ^a   Fritsche, Mathias ^a   Steigenberger, Peter ^b,d   Rothacher, Markus ^b,e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; COMMON PROJECTS; DATA SETS; DRESDENS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LARGE PARTS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; NWP MODEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUBMILLIMETERS; SURFACE PRESSURES; TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME PERIODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROWAVE DEVICES; TIME SERIES; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953693473     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2787.1     Document Type: Article

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