Precipitable water vapor estimates from homogeneously reprocessed GPS data: An intertechnique comparison in Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Thomas, Ian D ^a   King, Matt A ^a   Clarke, Peter J ^a   Penna, Nigel T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFRARED DEVICES; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES;

ANTARCTICA; ART MODEL; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DATA SETS; GPS DATA; INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPORS; LEVEL 2; LONG TERM RECORDS; MAPPING FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; REANALYSIS; SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL DATA; ZENITH TOTAL DELAYS;

WATER VAPOR;

DATA SET; GPS; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79951901064     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013889     Document Type: Article

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