Topographic amplification of crustal subsidence by the rainwater load of the 2018 heavy rain in SW Japan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syachrul Arief
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Heavy Rain ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Surface Load ◽  
Rain Area ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
Sw Japan

<p>The huge amount of water vapor in the atmosphere caused disastrous heavy rain and floods in early July 2018 in SW Japan. Here I present a comprehensive space geodetic study of water brought by this heavy rain done by using a dense network of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. </p><p>First, I reconstruct sea level precipitable water vapor above land region on the heavy rain. The total amount of water vapor derived by spatially integrating precipitable water vapor on land was ~25.8 Gt, which corresponds to the bucket size to carry water from ocean to land. I then compiled the precipitation measured with a rain radar network. The data showed the total precipitation by this heavy rain as ~22.11 Gt.</p><p>Next, I studied the crustal subsidence caused by the rainwater as the surface load. The GNSS stations located under the heavy rain area temporarily subsided 1-2 centimeters and the subsidence mostly recovered in a day. Using such vertical crustal movement data, I estimated the distribution of surface water in SW Japan. </p><p>The total amount of the estimated water load on 6 July 2018 was ~68.2 Gt, which significantly exceeds the cumulative on-land rainfalls of the heavy rain day from radar rain gauge analyzed precipitation data. I consider that such an amplification of subsidence originates from the selective deployment of GNSS stations in the concave places, e.g. along valleys and within basins, in the mountainous Japanese Islands.</p>

scholarly journals Improved Drought Monitoring Index Using GNSS-Derived Precipitable Water Vapor over the Loess Plateau Area

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 5566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingzhi Zhao ◽  
Xiongwei Ma ◽  
Wanqiang Yao ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Zheng Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Reanalysis Data ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Drought Monitoring ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Monitoring Index

Standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) is an acknowledged drought monitoring index, and the evapotranspiration (ET) used to calculated SPEI is obtained based on the Thornthwaite (TH) model. However, the SPEI calculated based on the TH model is overestimated globally, whereas the more accurate ET derived from the Penman–Monteith (PM) model recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is unavailable due to the lack of a large amount of meteorological data at most places. Therefore, how to improve the accuracy of ET calculated by the TH model becomes the focus of this study. Here, a revised TH (RTH) model is proposed using the temperature (T) and precipitable water vapor (PWV) data. The T and PWV data are derived from the reanalysis data and the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) observation, respectively. The initial value of ET for the RTH model is calculated based on the TH model, and the time series of ET residual between the TH and PM models is then obtained. Analyzed results reveal that ET residual is highly correlated with PWV and T, and the correlate coefficient between PWV and ET is −0.66, while that between T and ET for cases of T larger or less than 0 °C are −0.54 and 0.59, respectively. Therefore, a linear model between ET residual and PWV/T is established, and the ET value of the RTH model can be obtained by combining the TH-derived ET and estimated ET residual. Finally, the SPEI calculated based on the RTH model can be obtained and compared with that derived using PM and TH models. Result in the Loess Plateau (LP) region reveals the good performance of the RTH-based SPEI when compared with the TH-based SPEI over the period of 1979–2016. A case analysis in April 2013 over the LP region also indicates the superiority of the RTH-based SPEI at 88 meteorological and 31 GNSS stations when the PM-based SPEI is considered as the reference.

scholarly journals Multi-year Precipitable Water Vapor Observations in East Manila, Philippines using Radiosonde and Global Navigation Satellite System

2020 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 00002
Author(s):  
Agana Louisse S. Domingo ◽  
Ernest P. Macalalad
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Type I ◽  
Navigation Satellite ◽  
Global Navigation ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Precipitable water vapor (PWV) is a parameter that used to describe the water vapor content in the atmosphere has the potential to become a precipitation. Thus, it is important to measure PWV and investigate its trends and variability for potential forecasting precipitation. This study presents the variation of PWV at Tanay Upper Station (14°34’52.8”N, 121°22’08.9”E) from radiosonde operated by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration and at PIMO station (14°38’08.5”N, 121°04’39.4”E) using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) operated by NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory under the International GNSS Service (IGS) network from 2015-2017. Moreover, there is no significant difference (p-values < 0.05) among PWV radiosonde, GNSS-PWV and rainfall as a function of year of observation. Monthly mean variation conforms to the Coronas climate classification, Climate Type I, in terms of the amount of precipitation. It is shown that PWV is high during wet months and least during dry months (November to April). Further, monthly mean variation is moderate correlated with surface temperature from radiosonde (R = +0.589). Evaporation rate depends on the surface temperature, which contributes in forming water vapor. The results showed that PWV from radiosonde gave reasonable values to be considered during wet and dry season as well as the seasonal variation of rainfall.

scholarly journals Validating HY-2A CMR precipitable water vapor using ground-based and shipborne GNSS observations

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4963-4972
Author(s):  
Zhilu Wu ◽  
Yanxiong Liu ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Jungang Wang ◽  
Xiufeng He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Microwave Radiometer ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Tropospheric Delay ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
International Gnss Service ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite ◽  
Gnss Observations

Abstract. The calibration microwave radiometer (CMR) on board the Haiyang-2A (HY-2A) satellite provides wet tropospheric delay correction for altimetry data, which can also contribute to the understanding of climate system and weather processes. The ground-based global navigation satellite system (GNSS) provides precise precipitable water vapor (PWV) with high temporal resolution and could be used for calibration and monitoring of the CMR data, and shipborne GNSS provides accurate PWV over open oceans, which can be directly compared with uncontaminated CMR data. In this study, the HY-2A CMR water vapor product is validated using ground-based GNSS observations of 100 International GNSS Service (IGS) stations along the global coastline and 56 d shipborne GNSS observations over the Indian Ocean. The processing strategy for GNSS data and CMR data is discussed in detail. Special efforts were made in the quality control and reconstruction of contaminated CMR data. The validation result shows that HY-2A CMR PWV agrees well with ground-based GNSS PWV with 2.67 mm as the root mean square (rms) within 100 km. Geographically, the rms is 1.12 mm in the polar region and 2.78 mm elsewhere. The PWV agreement between HY-2A and shipborne GNSS shows a significant correlation with the distance between the ship and the satellite footprint, with an rms of 1.57 mm for the distance threshold of 100 km. Ground-based GNSS and shipborne GNSS agree with HY-2A CMR well.

scholarly journals Comparisons of Performance Using Data Assimilation and Data Fusion Approaches in Acquiring Precipitable Water Vapor: A Case Study of a Western United States of America Area

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2943
Author(s):  
Zhaohui Xiong ◽  
Jizhang Sang ◽  
Xiaogong Sun ◽  
Bao Zhang ◽  
Junyu Li
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Vapor ◽  
Data Assimilation ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Wrf Model ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
The United States ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor

There are two main types of methods available to obtain precipitable water vapor (PWV) with high accuracy. One is to assimilate observations into a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model, for example, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, to improve the accuracy of meteorological parameters, and then obtain the PWV with improved accuracy. The other is the direct fusion of multi-source PWV products. Regarding the two approaches, we conduct a comparison experiment on the West Coast of the United States of America with the data from May 2018, in which the WRF data assimilation (DA) system is used to assimilate the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) PWV, while the method by Zhang et al. to fuse the GNSS PWV, ERA5 PWV and MODIS (moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer) PWV. As a result, four groups of PWV products are generated: the assimilated GNSS PWV, the unassimilated GNSS PWV, PWV from the fusion of the GNSS PWV and ECWMF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) ERA5 (ECWMF Reanalysis 5) PWV, and PWV from the fusion of the GNSS PWV, ERA5 PWV and MODIS PWV. Experiments show that the data assimilation based on the WRF model (WRFDA) and adopted fusion method can generate PWV products with similar accuracy (1.47 mm vs. 1.52 mm). Assimilating the GNSS PWV into the WRF model slightly improves the accuracy of the inverted PWV by 0.18 mm. The fusion of the MODIS PWV, GNSS PWV and ERA5 PWV results in a higher accuracy than the fusion of GNSS PWV and ERA5 PWV by a margin of 0.35 mm. In addition, the inland canyon topography appears to have an influence on the inversion accuracy of both the methods.

scholarly journals Precipitable Water Vapor Retrieval from Shipborne GNSS Observations on the Korean Research Vessel ISABU

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 4261
Author(s):  
Dong-Hyo Sohn ◽  
Byung-Kyu Choi ◽  
Yosup Park ◽  
Yoon Chil Kim ◽  
Bonhwa Ku
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Dual Frequency ◽  
Gnss Receiver ◽  
Ocean Science ◽  
Rms Error ◽  
Gnss Observations

We estimate precipitable water vapor (PWV) from data collected by the low-cost Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver at a vessel. The dual-frequency GNSS receiver that the vessel ISABU is equipped with that is operated by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology. The ISABU served in the Pacific Ocean for scientific research during a period from August 30 to September 21, 2018. It also performs radiosonde observations to obtain a vertical profile of troposphere on the vessel’s path. The GNSS-derived PWV is compared to radiosonde observations and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite output. A bias and root-mean-square (RMS) error between shipborne GNSS-PWV and radiosonde-PWV were −1.48 and 5.22 mm, respectively. When compared to the ground GNSS-PWV, shipborne GNSS-PWV has a relatively large RMS error in comparison with radiosonde-PWV. However, the GNSS observations on the vessel are still in good agreement with radiosonde observations. On the other hand, the GNSS-PWV is not well linearly correlated with AIRS-PWV. The RMS error between the two observations was approximately 8.97 mm. In addition, we showed that the vessel on the sea surface has significantly larger carrier phase multipath error compared to the ground-based GNSS observations. This also can result in reducing the accuracy of shipborne GNSS-PWV. However, we suggest that the shipborne GNSS has sufficient potential to derive PWV with the kinematic precise point positioning (PPP) solution on the vessel.

scholarly journals Constructing Precipitable Water Vapor Map from Regional GNSS Network Observations without Collocated Meteorological Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biyan Chen ◽  
Wujiao Dai ◽  
Zhizhao Liu ◽  
Lixin Wu ◽  
Cuilin Kuang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Weighted Mean Temperature ◽  
Synoptic Observations ◽  
Gnss Network ◽  
Gnss Data ◽  
Better Than

Abstract. Surface pressure (Ps) and weighted mean temperature (Tm) are two necessary variables for the accurate retrieval of precipitable water vapor (PWV) from global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data. The lack of Ps or Tm information is a concern for those GNSS sites that are not collocated with meteorological sensors. This paper investigates an alternative method of inferring accurate Ps and Tm at the GNSS station using nearby synoptic observations. Ps and Tm obtained at the nearby synoptic sites are interpolated onto the location of GNSS station by performing both vertical and horizontal adjustments, in which the parameters involved in Ps and Tm calculation are estimated from ERA-Interim reanalysis profiles. In addition, we present a method of constructing high quality PWV map through vertical reduction and horizontal interpolation of the retrieved GNSS PWVs. To evaluate the performances of the Ps and Tm retrieval and the PWV map construction, GNSS data collected from 58 stations of the Hunan GNSS network and synoptic observations from 20 nearby sites in 2015 were processed to extract the PWV so as to subsequently generate PWV map. The retrieved Ps and Tm and constructed PWV maps were assessed by the results derived from radiosonde and ERA-Interim reanalysis. The results show that (1) accuracies of Ps and Tm derived by synoptic interpolation are within the range of 1.7–3.0 hPa and 2.5–3.0 K, respectively, which are much better than the GPT2w model; (2) the constructed PWV maps have good agreements with radiosonde and ERA reanalysis data with overall accuracy better than 3 mm; and (3) PWV maps can well reveal the moisture advection, transportation and convergence during heavy rainfall.

scholarly journals Error Evaluation of L-Band InSAR Precipitable Water Vapor Measurements by Comparison with GNSS Observations in Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 4866
Author(s):  
Keita Matsuzawa ◽  
Yohei Kinoshita
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Ionospheric Disturbance ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Absolute Error ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Error Level ◽  
Atmospheric Observations ◽  
L Band ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) enables us to obtain precipitable water vapor (PWV) maps with high spatial resolution through the phase difference caused by refraction in the atmosphere. Although previous studies have evaluated the error level of InSARPWV observations, they validated it only with C-band InSARPWV observations. Since ionospheric disturbance seriously contaminates the InSAR phase in the case of the lower-frequency SAR system, it is necessary for a PWV error level evaluation correcting the ionospheric effect appropriately if we use lower-frequency SAR systems, such as the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2). In this paper, we evaluated the error level of the L-band InSARPWV observation obtained from ALOS-2 data covering four areas in Japan. We compared the InSAR observations with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) atmospheric observations and estimated the L-band InSARPWV error value by utilizing the error propagation theory. As a result, the L-band InSARPWV absolute error reached 2.83 mm, which was comparable to traditional PWV observations. Moreover, we investigated the impacts of the seasonality, the interferometric coherence, and the height dependence on the PWV observation accuracy in InSAR.

scholarly journals A High-Resolution, Precipitable Water Vapor Monitoring System Using a Dense Network of GNSS Receivers

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazutoshi Sato ◽  
◽  
Eugenio Realini ◽  
Toshitaka Tsuda ◽  
Masanori Oigawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Standard Technique ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Horizontal Resolution ◽  
Precipitable Water Vapor ◽  
Dense Network ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Gnss Receivers

This work describes a system aimed at the near realtimemonitoring of precipitable water vapor (PWV) by means of a dense network of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. These receivers are deployed with a horizontal spacing of 1-2 km around the Uji campus of Kyoto University, Japan. The PWV observed using a standard GPS meteorology technique, i.e., by using all satellites above a low elevation cutoff, is validated against radiosonde and radiometer measurements. The result is a RMS difference of about 2 mm. A more rigorous validation is done by selecting single GPS slant delays as they pass close to the radiosonde or the radiometer measuring directions, and higher accuracy is obtained. This method also makes it possible to preserve short-term fluctuations that are lost in the standard technique due to the averaging of several slant delays. Geostatistical analysis of the PWV observations shows that they are spatially correlated within the area of interest; this confirms that such a dense network can detect inhomogeneous distributions in water vapor. The PWV horizontal resolution is improved by using high-elevation satellites only, with the aim of exploiting at best the future Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), which will continuously provide at least one satellite close to the zenith over Japan.

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