Mapping of precipitable water vapour by integrating measurements of ground-based GPS receivers and satellite-based microwave radiometers

Author

Basili, P. ; Bonafoni, S. ; Mattioli, V. ; Ciotti, P. ; Marzano, F.S. ; Pierdicca, N. ; Pulvirenti, L. ; Auria, G. D´

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Perugia Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

1275

Abstract

This paper concerns the remote sensing of atmospheric integrated precipitable water vapour (IPVW) using a Global Positioning System (GPS) network and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Radiometer (SSM/I) in the Mediterranean area. A comparison of IPWV maps from the two different techniques is presented. Some preliminary attempts to develop a data assimilation method, are also proposed.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; GPS; Global Positioning System; IPVW; Mediterranean; SSM/I; Special Sensor Microwave Imager; atmosphere; data assimilation method; humidity; integrated precipitable water vapour; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; precipitable water vapor; radiosignal; radiowave propagation; remote sensing; satellite method; troposphere; water vapour; Atmosphere; Delay; Global Positioning System; Image sensors; Land surface; Ocean temperature; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025912

Filename

1025912