Retrieval of water vapor inhomogeneity using the japanese nationwide GPS array and its potential for prediction of convective precipitation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-62

  Shoji, Yoshinori ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPS; Nowcast; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GPS; INHOMOGENEITY; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; WATER VAPOR;

HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 84875458582     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-103     Document Type: Article

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