Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
The Role of Ground-Based GPS Meteorological Observations in Numerical Weather Prediction
Abstract:
A significant effort has been expended to develop new or improved remote sensing systems to observe moisture fields (including water vapor and clouds). One such system uses ground-based GPS receivers to make accurate all-weather estimates of atmospheric refractivity. The first and most mature use of GPS for this purpose is in the estimation of integrated (total column) precipitable water vapor. NOAA/FSL has shown that GPS integrated water vapor data can be used effectively in objective and subjective weather forecasting.
Source(s):
GPS SOLUTIONS, Special Issue for IGS Analysis Center Workshop, NOAA Forecast System Laboratory. For a copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.
Date: 2000
Author:
Gutman, Benjamin
Keywords:
Forecast/Prediction
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