Characterization of Atmospheric Parameters using a Ground Based GPS Network in North Europe (3.Application of GPS Data to Atmospheric Science)

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概要

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• We characterize the temporal and spatial variation of the Zenith Wet Delay (ZWD) and the Zenith Total Delay (ZTD), estimated using a network of Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. This characterization is important for the improvement and validation of atmospheric water vapor models, applicable in GPS meteorology, as well as in the navigation. We treat the estimates of Zenith Hydrostatic Delay (ZHD) and ZWD as realizations of random walk stochastic processes and we derive the corresponding parameters for different locations and measurement techniques for data acquired at intervals of 1 to 3 hours. The monthly standard deviation (StD) of the ZTD is less than 50 mm and does not exhibit a strong seasonal signature over the period 1997-1998 for any of the studied GPS sites. However, the StDs of the pairwise-differenced ZTD time series show a seasonal dependence, mainly due to the spatial variations of the ZWD, which should be considered when GPS data are assimilated in weather prediction models. We show the differences in typical spatial characteristics of ZHD and ZWD for the winter and summer seasons in North Europe. Finally, we describe the use of temporal structure functions for detection of rapid changes in ZTD.

• 社団法人日本気象学会の論文
• 2004-03-25

著者

• Elgered G

  Onsala Space Observatory Chalmers University Of Technology

• Elgered Gunnar

  Onsala Space Observatory Chalmers University Of Technology

• STOEW Borys

  Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology

• Stoew Borys

  Onsala Space Observatory Chalmers University Of Technology

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