Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey

Autores
Graffigna, Victoria; Hernández Pajares, Manuel; Gende, Mauricio Alfredo; Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier; Antico, Pablo Luis
Año de publicación
2019
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inglés
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During the last decade Global Positioning System (GPS) Continuous Operating Reference Stations networks have become a new important data source for meteorology. This has dramatically improved the ability to remotely sense the atmosphere under the influence of severe mesoscale and synoptic systems. The zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) is one of the atmospheric variables continuously observed, and its horizontal variations, the horizontal tropospheric gradients, are routinely computed nowadays within the dual-frequency GPS processing, but their interpretation and relationship with the weather is still an open question. The purpose of this paper is to contribute in this direction by studying the effect that Hurricane Harvey had on the spatial and temporal behavior of the ZTDs and gradients, when it reached Texas coast, during 18–31 August 2017. The results show that ZTD time series present a clear and rapid increase larger than 10 cm in a few hours when the hurricane reached the area. Gradients behaviors show that the hurricane also produced significant changes on them, since the magnitude and predominant directions before and after the hurricane arrived are completely different. Noticeably, the gradient vectors before the landing are consistently related to the horizontal winds and pressure fields. In this manuscript we demonstrate that the ZTD gradients can show a consistent signature under severe weather events, strongly suggesting their potential application for short-term weather forecasting.
Fil: Graffigna, Victoria. 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; Argentina
Fil: Hernández Pajares, Manuel. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España
Fil: Gende, Mauricio Alfredo. 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: Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier. 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: Antico, Pablo Luis. 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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ABSOLUTE POSITIONING
GNSS
HURRICANE
RELATIVE POSITIONING
TROPOSPHERIC GRADIENTS
ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAY
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spelling Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane HarveyGraffigna, VictoriaHernández Pajares, ManuelGende, Mauricio AlfredoAzpilicueta, Francisco JavierAntico, Pablo LuisABSOLUTE POSITIONINGGNSSHURRICANERELATIVE POSITIONINGTROPOSPHERIC GRADIENTSZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1During the last decade Global Positioning System (GPS) Continuous Operating Reference Stations networks have become a new important data source for meteorology. This has dramatically improved the ability to remotely sense the atmosphere under the influence of severe mesoscale and synoptic systems. The zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) is one of the atmospheric variables continuously observed, and its horizontal variations, the horizontal tropospheric gradients, are routinely computed nowadays within the dual-frequency GPS processing, but their interpretation and relationship with the weather is still an open question. The purpose of this paper is to contribute in this direction by studying the effect that Hurricane Harvey had on the spatial and temporal behavior of the ZTDs and gradients, when it reached Texas coast, during 18–31 August 2017. The results show that ZTD time series present a clear and rapid increase larger than 10 cm in a few hours when the hurricane reached the area. Gradients behaviors show that the hurricane also produced significant changes on them, since the magnitude and predominant directions before and after the hurricane arrived are completely different. Noticeably, the gradient vectors before the landing are consistently related to the horizontal winds and pressure fields. In this manuscript we demonstrate that the ZTD gradients can show a consistent signature under severe weather events, strongly suggesting their potential application for short-term weather forecasting.Fil: Graffigna, Victoria. 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; ArgentinaFil: Hernández Pajares, Manuel. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; EspañaFil: Gende, Mauricio Alfredo. 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; ArgentinaFil: Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier. 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; ArgentinaFil: Antico, Pablo Luis. 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; ArgentinaWiley2019-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/128431Graffigna, Victoria; Hernández Pajares, Manuel; Gende, Mauricio Alfredo; Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier; Antico, Pablo Luis; Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey; Wiley; Earth and Space Science; 6; 8; 8-2019; 1348-13652333-5084CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018EA000527info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2018EA000527info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:49:50Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/128431instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:49:50.694CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
title Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
spellingShingle Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
Graffigna, Victoria
ABSOLUTE POSITIONING
GNSS
HURRICANE
RELATIVE POSITIONING
TROPOSPHERIC GRADIENTS
ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAY
title_short Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
title_full Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
title_fullStr Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
title_full_unstemmed Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
title_sort Interpretation of the tropospheric gradients estimated with GPS during the hurricane Harvey
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Graffigna, Victoria
Hernández Pajares, Manuel
Gende, Mauricio Alfredo
Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier
Antico, Pablo Luis
author Graffigna, Victoria
author_facet Graffigna, Victoria
Hernández Pajares, Manuel
Gende, Mauricio Alfredo
Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier
Antico, Pablo Luis
author_role author
author2 Hernández Pajares, Manuel
Gende, Mauricio Alfredo
Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier
Antico, Pablo Luis
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ABSOLUTE POSITIONING
GNSS
HURRICANE
RELATIVE POSITIONING
TROPOSPHERIC GRADIENTS
ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAY
topic ABSOLUTE POSITIONING
GNSS
HURRICANE
RELATIVE POSITIONING
TROPOSPHERIC GRADIENTS
ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv During the last decade Global Positioning System (GPS) Continuous Operating Reference Stations networks have become a new important data source for meteorology. This has dramatically improved the ability to remotely sense the atmosphere under the influence of severe mesoscale and synoptic systems. The zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) is one of the atmospheric variables continuously observed, and its horizontal variations, the horizontal tropospheric gradients, are routinely computed nowadays within the dual-frequency GPS processing, but their interpretation and relationship with the weather is still an open question. The purpose of this paper is to contribute in this direction by studying the effect that Hurricane Harvey had on the spatial and temporal behavior of the ZTDs and gradients, when it reached Texas coast, during 18–31 August 2017. The results show that ZTD time series present a clear and rapid increase larger than 10 cm in a few hours when the hurricane reached the area. Gradients behaviors show that the hurricane also produced significant changes on them, since the magnitude and predominant directions before and after the hurricane arrived are completely different. Noticeably, the gradient vectors before the landing are consistently related to the horizontal winds and pressure fields. In this manuscript we demonstrate that the ZTD gradients can show a consistent signature under severe weather events, strongly suggesting their potential application for short-term weather forecasting.
Fil: Graffigna, Victoria. 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; Argentina
Fil: Hernández Pajares, Manuel. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya; España
Fil: Gende, Mauricio Alfredo. 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: Azpilicueta, Francisco Javier. 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: Antico, Pablo Luis. 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
description During the last decade Global Positioning System (GPS) Continuous Operating Reference Stations networks have become a new important data source for meteorology. This has dramatically improved the ability to remotely sense the atmosphere under the influence of severe mesoscale and synoptic systems. The zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) is one of the atmospheric variables continuously observed, and its horizontal variations, the horizontal tropospheric gradients, are routinely computed nowadays within the dual-frequency GPS processing, but their interpretation and relationship with the weather is still an open question. The purpose of this paper is to contribute in this direction by studying the effect that Hurricane Harvey had on the spatial and temporal behavior of the ZTDs and gradients, when it reached Texas coast, during 18–31 August 2017. The results show that ZTD time series present a clear and rapid increase larger than 10 cm in a few hours when the hurricane reached the area. Gradients behaviors show that the hurricane also produced significant changes on them, since the magnitude and predominant directions before and after the hurricane arrived are completely different. Noticeably, the gradient vectors before the landing are consistently related to the horizontal winds and pressure fields. In this manuscript we demonstrate that the ZTD gradients can show a consistent signature under severe weather events, strongly suggesting their potential application for short-term weather forecasting.
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