Notice of RetractionThe application study about ground-based GPS precipitable water vapor in Shijiazhuang and Qinhuangdao region

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Water vapor is a highly variable parameter in atmospheric processes and it plays a crucial role in atmospheric motions on a wide range of scales in space and time. GPS technique has been widely used in retrieving precipitable water vapor. Firstly the article has retrieved precipitable water vapor of Qinhuangdao and Shijiazhuang stations by GPS technique. Then it has researched two aspects of precipitable water vapor. One is the spatial and temporal distribution characters of precipitable water vapor; the other is the relation between precipitable water vapor and actual rainfall. The value of GPS precipitable water vapor of Shijiazhuang is higher than the value of GPS precipitable water vapor of Qinhuangdao, which is accord to the formula that the precipitable water vapor is reduced from south to north. During the different time of a day, there are differ degree fluctuate which the min value present to morning and the max value present to evening. It also compared the GPS precipitable water vapor and actual rainfall. Although the time of max value about rainfall is not identical to the time of max value about precipitable water vapor, rainfall has occurred mostly in the time while the value of precpitable water vapor is high.