Assessment of precipitable water vapour by use of a local GPS network and microwave ground-based radiometer

Author

Basili, P. ; Bonafoni, S. ; Ferrara, R. ; Ciotti, P. ; Fionda, E. ; Betti, B. ; Prini, R. ; Tornatore, V. ; Crespi, M. ; di Paola, S. ; Baiocchi, V. ; Radicioni, F.

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

72

Abstract

This paper reports experimental results carried out in the central part of Italy, from March to April 2000, in order to monitor main features of integrated precipitable water vapour (IPWV) horizontal distribution by means of a specific GPS network with five receivers and a scanning microwave ground-based radiometer (WVR-1100). A comparison of IPWV estimates obtained from GPS data, using Bernese 4.2 software package, and from WVR-1100 measurements is presented to assess the accuracy and reliability of such techniques under different meteorological conditions. Moreover, the main horizontal features of IPWV distribution are pointed out.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; atmospheric precipitation; millimetre wave propagation; radio networks; radio receivers; radiometers; radiometry; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; Bernese 4.2 software package; GPS data; IPWV estimates; Italy; WVR-1100 measurements; accuracy; horizontal distribution; integrated precipitable water vapour; local GPS network; meteorological conditions; microwave ground-based radiometer; millimetre-wave propagation channels; precipitable water vapour; receivers; reliability; scanning microwave ground-based radiometer; tropospheric water vapour; weather forecasts;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2001. Eleventh International Conference on (IEE Conf. Publ. No. 480)

Conference_Location

Manchester, UK

Print_ISBN

0-85296-733-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:20010241

Filename

927615