Application of remote sensing water vapor based on GPS in the heavy rainfall

Author

Liu, Xiaoran ; Yang, Qian ; Cheng, Bingyan ; Xia, Baicheng ; Wang, Yong

Author_Institution

Chongqing Climate Center, Chongqing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2010

fDate

17-18 July 2010

Firstpage

344

Lastpage

347

Abstract

Based on PWV (Precipitable Water Vapor) data from the ground-based GPS (Global Positioning System), weather station´s ground data and NCEP grid reanalysis dataset, the transport process of water vapor during the “7.17” heavy rainfall in Chongqing of 2007 is studied. The important role of remote sensing water vapor of the ground-based GPS (precipitable water vapor) is analyzed. It is shown that the correlation between the PWV from GPS and the PWV from radiosondes is very good. The rapidly changing information of PWV can be obtained by ground-based GPS. The rapid change of PWV reflects the rapid change of water vapor transfer, which could be used for the monitoring of the generation and development of the heavy rainfall.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; atmospheric humidity; meteorological instruments; radiosondes; rain; remote sensing; AD 2007; China; Chongqing; GPS based water vapor remote sensing; NCEP grid reanalysis dataset; PWV data; global positioning system; ground based GPS; heavy rainfall; precipitable water vapor; radiosondes; water vapor transport process; weather station ground data; Ellipsoids; Moisture; Monitoring; ground-based GPS; heavy rainfall; remote sensing; water vapor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Science and Information Application Technology (ESIAT), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7387-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESIAT.2010.5568575

Filename

5568575