Estimation of annual variation of water vapor in the Arctic Ocean between 80&#176;-87&#176;N using shipborne GPS data based on kinematic precise point positioning

LUO Xiaowen; ZHANG Tao; GAO Jinyao; YANG Chunguo; WU Zaocai

doi:10.1007/s13131-015-0680-1

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LUO Xiaowen, ZHANG Tao, GAO Jinyao, YANG Chunguo, WU Zaocai. Estimation of annual variation of water vapor in the Arctic Ocean between 80°-87°N using shipborne GPS data based on kinematic precise point positioning[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0680-1

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LUO Xiaowen, ZHANG Tao, GAO Jinyao, YANG Chunguo, WU Zaocai. Estimation of annual variation of water vapor in the Arctic Ocean between 80°-87°N using shipborne GPS data based on kinematic precise point positioning[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0680-1

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LUO Xiaowen, ZHANG Tao, GAO Jinyao, YANG Chunguo, WU Zaocai. Estimation of annual variation of water vapor in the Arctic Ocean between 80°-87°N using shipborne GPS data based on kinematic precise point positioning[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0680-1

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Estimation of annual variation of water vapor in the Arctic Ocean between 80°-87°N using shipborne GPS data based on kinematic precise point positioning

doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0680-1

The Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, ChinaKey Laboratory of Submarine Geosciences, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received Date: 2014-05-27
Rev Recd Date: 2014-09-16

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Abstract

The measurement of atmospheric water vapor (WV) content and variability is important for meteorological and climatological research. A technique for the remote sensing of atmospheric WV content using ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) has become available, which can routinely achieve accuracies for integrated WV content of 1-2 kg/m². Some experimental work has shown that the accuracy of WV measurements from a moving platform is comparable to that of (static) land-based receivers. Extending this technique into the marine environment on a moving platform would be greatly beneficial for many aspects of meteorological research, such as the calibration of satellite data, investigation of the air-sea interface, as well as forecasting and climatological studies. In this study, kinematic precise point positioning has been developed to investigate WV in the Arctic Ocean (80°-87°N) and annual variations are obtained for 2008 and 2012 that are identical to those related to the enhanced greenhouse effect.
- annual variation estimation,
- water vapor,
- Arctic Ocean,
- kinematic precise point positioning

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