Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies
- Autores
- Bianchi, Clara Eugenia; Mendoza, Luciano Pedro Oscar; Fernandez, Laura Isabel; Natali, Maria Paula; Meza, Amalia Margarita; Moirano, Juan Francisco
- Año de publicación
- 2016
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Atmospheric water vapour has been acknowledged as an essential climate variable. Weather prediction and hazard assessment systems benefit from real-time observations, whereas long-term records contribute to climate studies. Nowadays, ground-based global navigation satellite system (GNSS) products have become widely employed, complementing satellite observations over the oceans. Although the past decade has seen a significant development of the GNSS infrastructure in Central and South America, its potential for atmospheric water vapour monitoring has not been fully exploited. With this in mind, we have performed a regional, 7-year-long and homogeneous analysis, comprising 136 GNSS tracking stations, obtaining high-rate and continuous observations of column-integrated water vapour and troposphere zenith total delay. As a preliminary application for this data set, we have estimated local water vapour trends, their significance, and their relation with specific climate regimes. We have found evidence of drying at temperate regions in South America, at a rate of about 2 % per decade, while a slow moistening of the troposphere over tropical regions is also weakly suggested by our results. Furthermore, we have assessed the regional performance of the empirical model GPT2w to blindly estimate troposphere delays. The model reproduces the observed mean delays fairly well, including their annual and semi-annual variations. Nevertheless, a long-term evaluation has shown systematical biases, up to 20 mm, probably inherited from the underlying atmospheric reanalysis. Additionally, the complete data set has been made openly available as supplementary material.
Fil: Bianchi, Clara Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Mendoza, Luciano Pedro Oscar. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Fernandez, Laura Isabel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Natali, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Departamento de Georreferenciación Satelitaria; Argentina
Fil: Meza, Amalia Margarita. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Área Física Teórica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Moirano, Juan Francisco. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina - Materia
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IWV
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies Bianchi, Clara Eugenia IWV GNSS Meteorology |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies |
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Bianchi, Clara Eugenia Mendoza, Luciano Pedro Oscar Fernandez, Laura Isabel Natali, Maria Paula Meza, Amalia Margarita Moirano, Juan Francisco |
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Bianchi, Clara Eugenia |
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Bianchi, Clara Eugenia Mendoza, Luciano Pedro Oscar Fernandez, Laura Isabel Natali, Maria Paula Meza, Amalia Margarita Moirano, Juan Francisco |
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Mendoza, Luciano Pedro Oscar Fernandez, Laura Isabel Natali, Maria Paula Meza, Amalia Margarita Moirano, Juan Francisco |
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IWV GNSS Meteorology |
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IWV GNSS Meteorology |
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Atmospheric water vapour has been acknowledged as an essential climate variable. Weather prediction and hazard assessment systems benefit from real-time observations, whereas long-term records contribute to climate studies. Nowadays, ground-based global navigation satellite system (GNSS) products have become widely employed, complementing satellite observations over the oceans. Although the past decade has seen a significant development of the GNSS infrastructure in Central and South America, its potential for atmospheric water vapour monitoring has not been fully exploited. With this in mind, we have performed a regional, 7-year-long and homogeneous analysis, comprising 136 GNSS tracking stations, obtaining high-rate and continuous observations of column-integrated water vapour and troposphere zenith total delay. As a preliminary application for this data set, we have estimated local water vapour trends, their significance, and their relation with specific climate regimes. We have found evidence of drying at temperate regions in South America, at a rate of about 2 % per decade, while a slow moistening of the troposphere over tropical regions is also weakly suggested by our results. Furthermore, we have assessed the regional performance of the empirical model GPT2w to blindly estimate troposphere delays. The model reproduces the observed mean delays fairly well, including their annual and semi-annual variations. Nevertheless, a long-term evaluation has shown systematical biases, up to 20 mm, probably inherited from the underlying atmospheric reanalysis. Additionally, the complete data set has been made openly available as supplementary material. Fil: Bianchi, Clara Eugenia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina Fil: Mendoza, Luciano Pedro Oscar. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina Fil: Fernandez, Laura Isabel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina Fil: Natali, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Departamento de Georreferenciación Satelitaria; Argentina Fil: Meza, Amalia Margarita. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas. Área Física Teórica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina Fil: Moirano, Juan Francisco. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina |
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