Meteorology monitoring of the precipitable water vapor distribution in the atmosphere based on operational GNSS data processing at reference station network ZAKPOS

Abstract

Remote monitoring of the atmosphere is designed to obtain information about the state of the atmosphere. The principle of the remote monitoring system of the atmosphere is based on the registration and processing of spacecraft radio signals of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The wet tropospheric delay component of the electromagnetic signal ($\delta\rho_w^{tropo}$), which is derived from the GNSS observations data analysis, is used to calculate the water vapour content in the atmosphere. It is well known, that this parameter is critical to meteorologists, because the water vapour content in the atmosphere is a key parameter in the construction of numerical weather modelling. In this article the IWV - Integrated Water Vapour has been estimated and the expected accuracy of its determination on the basis of the operational GNSS data processing from reference station network ZAKPOS and the results of aerologic sensing of the atmosphere are given.