GNSS precipitable water vapor from an Amazonian rain forest flux tower

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1192-1198

  Adams, David K ^a   Fernandes, Rui M S ^b   Maia, Jair M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Convective storms; Global positioning systems (GPS); Instrumentation sensors; Mesoscale processes; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RAIN FOREST; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; DEEP CONVECTION; GNSS RECEIVERS; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE NETWORKS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NAVIGATIONAL SATELLITES; NONIDEAL; OSCILLATING PLATFORM; POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; PROCESSING METHOD; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; RAIN FORESTS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER VAPOR FIELDS;

FORESTRY; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PROCESSING; RAIN; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

WATER VAPOR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GNSS; GPS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

FORESTRY; PROCESSING; RAIN; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SIGNALS; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 82955169563     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00082.1     Document Type: Article

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