On the use of GPS measurements for Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer precipitable water vapor evaluation over southern Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Ning ^a   Qin, Jun ^b   Yang, Kun ^b   Gao, Yang ^b   Xu, Xiangde ^c   Koike, Toshio ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER VAPOR;

AQUA MODIS; AQUA SATELLITES; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; EVALUATION STUDY; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; MODERATE RES-OLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MONSOON SEASON; NEAR-INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCALE FACTOR; SOUTHERN TIBET; SUMMER MONSOON; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; TROPICAL OCEAN;

SPECTROMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84055211797     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016160     Document Type: Article

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