A high-resolution, precipitable water vapor monitoring system using a dense network of GNSS receivers

Journal of Disaster Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-47

  Sato, Kazutoshi ^a,b   Realini, Eugenio ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Oigawa, Masanori ^a   Iwaki, Yuya ^a   Shoji, Yoshinori ^c   Seko, Hiromu ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GNSS; GPS meteorology; Meteorological hazard; PWV

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; SATELLITES; TELEMEDICINE; WATER VAPOR;

GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS; GPS METEOROLOGY; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; KYOTO UNIVERSITY , JAPAN; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; QUASI ZENITH SATELLITE SYSTEM;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84873453130     PISSN: 18812473     EISSN: 18838030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2013.p0037     Document Type: Article

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