On the Relation Between the Wet Delay and the Water Precipitable Vapor in Consideration of Topographic Relief in the Low-latitude Region of China
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Abstract
Theconversioncoefgficient betweenthezenithwetdelayandtheprecipitablewatervaporisanimportantparameteringround basedGPSmeteorology.Thedataof20radiosondestationsfrom2008to2011inalow latituderegionofChina(20.03°N~28.2°N)wereusedtoanalyzethechangeof withrespecttolatitudeandheight.Aregionalconversioncoefficient modelwithoutanymeteoro logicalparameterswasconstructedbyconsideringsitelatitude,dayoftheyear,andsiteheight.Theresultsshowthatthemeanvaluesof ateachsitetendtoreducewithincreasinglatitudeandheightattheratesof0.0002perdegreeand0.002perkilometer,respectively.Theregionalconversioncoef ficient modelhasalmostsameaccuracyasthatofthesite specificmodelorasestimatedbytheweightedmeantemperature,andcanbeusedtoobtainGPSPWVintheappliedregionwithoutanymeteorologicalparameters.
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