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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2009.26.4.555

Comparison of Precipitable Water Vapor Observations by GPS, Radiosonde and NWP Simulation  

Park, Chang-Geun (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Baek, Jeong-Ho (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
Cho, Jung-Ho (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.26, no.4, 2009 , pp. 555-566 More about this Journal
Abstract
Precipitable water vapor (PWV) derived from a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model were compared to observations derived from ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. The model data compared were from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model short-range forecasts on nested grids. The numerical experimets were performed by selecting the cloud microphysics schemes and for the comparisons, the Changma period of 2008 was selected. The observational data were derived from GPS measurements at 9-sites in South Korea over a 1-month period, in the middle of June-July 2008. In general, the WRF model demonstrated considerable skill in reproducing the temporal and spatial evolution of the PWV as depicted by the GPS estimations. The correlation between forecasts and GPS estimates of PWV depreciated slowly with increasing forecast times. Comparing simulations with a resolution of 18 km and 6 km showed no obvious PWV dependence on resolution. Besides, GPS and the model PWV data were found to be in quite good agreement with data derived from radiosondes. These results indicated that the GPS-derived PWV data, with high temporal and spatial resolution, are very useful for meteorological applications.
Keywords
cloud microphysics schemes; GPS; numerical weather prediction model; precipitable water vapor; radiosonde;
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