On the use of GPS tomography to investigate water vapor variability during a Mistral/sea breeze event in southeastern France

Sophie Bastin; Cédric Champollion; Olivier Bock; Philippe Drobinski; Frédéric Masson

doi:10.1029/2004GL021907

On the use of GPS tomography to investigate water vapor variability during a Mistral/sea breeze event in southeastern France

Sophie Bastin
, Cédric Champollion
, Olivier Bock
, Philippe Drobinski
, Frédéric Masson

Service d'Aéronomie
Université Montpellier II

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Abstract

Global Positioning System (GPS) tomography analyses of water vapor, complemented by high-resolution numerical simulations are used to investigate a Mistral/sea breeze event in the region of Marseille, France, during the ESCOMPTE experiment. This is the first time GPS tomography has been used to validate the three-dimensional water vapor concentration from numerical simulation, and to analyze a small-scale meteorological event. The high spatial and temporal resolution of GPS analyses provides a unique insight into the evolution of the vertical and horizontal distribution of water vapor during the Mistral/sea-breeze transition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021907
Publication status	Published - 16 Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

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