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A comparison of water vapor derived from GPS occultations and global weather analyses

A comparison of water vapor derived from GPS occultations and global weather analyses

Kursinski, E. R.; Hajj, G. A.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/14076
Date: 2000-01-16
Citation: Journal of geophysical research, Vol. 106, No. D1, 2001, pp. 1113-1138
Pasadena, CA, USA

Abstract:

Occultation measurements from the Global Positioning System (GPS) should improve upon this situation. Individual occultations yield profiles of specific humidity accurate to 0.2 to 0.5 g/kg providing sensitive measurements of lower and middle tropospheric water vapor with global coverage in a unique, all-weather, limb-viewing geometry with several hundred metres to a kilometre vertical resolution. The authors have derived water vapor profiles from June 21 to July 4, 1995

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