Experimental campaign for the assessment of atmospheric water vapour retrieval by means of a GPS network

Author

Basili, P. ; Bonafoni, S. ; Ferrara, R. ; Ciotti, P. ; Fionda, E. ; Ambrosini, R.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

7

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

3078

Abstract

This paper considers the remote sensing of atmospheric integrated precipitable water vapour (IPWV) using a Global Positioning System (GPS) network in the Mediterranean area. The assessment of IPWV retrieval has been carried out by means of an experimental campaign comparing GPS estimates with measurements from a microwave dual-channel water vapour radiometer (WVR) and with data from radiosonde observations (RAOBs)

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; humidity measurement; remote sensing; GPS; Global Positioning System; Mediterranean; atmosphere; humidity; integrated precipitable water vapour; measurement technique; meteorology; microwave dual-channel water vapour radiometer; radiosignal; radiosonde; radiowave propagation; remote sensing; retrieval; water vapor; water vapour; Delay estimation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Global Positioning System; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Spatial resolution; Temperature; Terrestrial atmosphere; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860342

Filename

860342