GPS Monitoring of the Tropical Storm Delta along the Canary Islands Track, November 28-29, 2005

Seco, A.; González, Pablo J.; Ramírez, Francisco; García, Rafael; Prieto, Eduardo; Yagüe, Carlos; Fernández, Javier Díaz

doi:10.1007/s00024-009-0502-5

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“…Thus, GPS system appears at this moment as one of the most powerful technique to study PWV (Hagemann et al, 2003;De Haan S. de, 2006;Wang et al, 2007;Heise et al, 2009). It has already been used in recent studies to analyze its annual cycle (Jin and Luo, 2009), the diurnal cycle (Ortiz de Galisteo et al, 2011), the long-term trends (Nilsson and Elgered, 2008), the monitoring of meteorological episodes (Champollion et al, 2004;Seco et al, 2009) or the improvement in precipitation forecasting (Marcus et al, 2007).…”

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Analysis of the annual cycle of the precipitable water vapour over Spain from 10‐year homogenized series of GPS data

Galisteo

Bennouna

Toledano

et al. 2013

Quart J Royal Meteoro Soc

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This study reports a characterization of the precipitable water vapor (PWV) at ten sites over Spain from 10 years of hourly data from ground-based GPS receivers. The GPS-PWV data series turned out to be inhomogeneous due to the change in the calibration procedure of the variations of the antenna phase center in November 2006. Radiosonde data were used to homogenize the GPS data series and to assess the quality of the GPS measurements. The annual average value of PWV ranges from 14.5 to 20.0 mm, with an average of 18.3 ± 1.9 for the entire Spain. The highest values are registered at the sites on the coast, especially on the Mediterranean coast, and the lowest ones at inland sites. The PWV presents a clear annual cycle, with a minimum in winter and maximum at the end of the summer. However, the southwestern sites present a relative minimum in July. This minimum seems to be related with the presence of drier air masses in the atmospheric layers between 1 and 4 km altitude. The amplitude of the cycle ranged from 8.9 to 18.7 mm. The largest amplitudes are found at the Mediterranean coastal sites (approx. 15-19 mm) and the lowest ones at inland sites (approx. 9-10 mm). A harmonic analysis of the annual cycle showed that the 12-month period harmonic explains, on average, over 96 % of the variance. The average annual regime of PWV followed the cycle of the temperature, except for the relative minimum of PWV in July at the southwestern sites.

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Analysis of the annual cycle of the precipitable water vapour over Spain from 10‐year homogenized series of GPS data

Galisteo

Bennouna

Toledano

et al. 2013

Quart J Royal Meteoro Soc

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“…Notwithstanding the above, hurricanes can occur all year round (except in March). Less commonly, they can form or turn into tropical or extra-tropical storms, generally in areas further away in the Caribbean and closer to the Canary Islands [11].…”

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Maritime Climate in the Canary Islands and its Implications for the Construction of Coastal Infrastructures

Rodríguez‐Martín

Cerezal

2022

Civ Eng J

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Islands are isolated systems that depend on maritime trade for their subsistence. Efficient, durable and structurally reliable port infrastructures are essential for the economic and social development of islands. However, not all port infrastructures are designed in the same way. They can vary, depending on whether they are built on continental land, built on non-volcanic islands or built on volcanic oceanic islands (such as the Canary Islands, Spain). The latter islands are the subject of this study due to their specific features, construction difficulties and the importance of sound maritime infrastructures. The maritime climate of an area consists of the wave and storm regimes that affect it and, from these, the coastal dynamics and coastal formations of that area can be studied. For this reason, historical data were collated on significant directional wave heights from 1958 to 2015 from several WANA-SIMAR points in the virtual buoy network of State Ports of Spain located near the Canary Islands. These data have been studied to obtain the maximum directional wave heights (Hs) at each point. With this analysis, we have obtained useful summary tables to calculate wave height by a graphic method that transforms the distribution function into a line drawn on probabilistic paper, using reduced variables. This enables adjustments to be made by linear regression and minimum square methods to facilitate planning and design of maritime infrastructures in a reliable way. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-01-02 Full Text: PDF

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“…Thus, observed changes in ZTD are commonly attributed to water content variation in the troposphere. This parameter is used to study changes in the water vapour content due to various meteorological events and applications such as in numerical weather prediction (Bocolari et al 2002;Seco et al 2009;Jin et al 2007;Akilan et al 2015a). In this paper, we study the perturbations in the tropospheric water content in terms of ZTD changes, over the northern margin of East Antarctica during the period of intense snow fall event in June 2004.…”

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Changes in atmospheric water content associated with an unusual high snowfall during June 2004 at Maitri station (Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica) and the role of South West Indian ridge geodynamics

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We study changes in the atmospheric water vapour associated with the unusual snowfall during June 2004 polar night at the Indian Antarctica station Maitri (MAIT), located *70 km inland of the East Antarctic north coast. The GPS-derived Zenith Total Delay data for the 2004 polar night are used to evaluate the atmospheric water content at four GPS locations along the northern margin of East Antarctica. Stations Maitri and Syowa (SYOG) showed significant increase in atmospheric water vapour from GPS day 162 (10 June 2004) to 176 (24 June 2004) and correlate well with the duration of heavy snowfall at MAIT. The precipitable water vapour values computed for IGS station SYOG confirm high water vapour during this high snowfall period. Such an anomalous water vapour over East Antarctica in this peak winter time, characterized by the complete absence of solar radiations, suggests a link between this phenomenon and the high evaporation rate over South West Indian Ridge triggered by the geothermal heat radiated to the sea bottom through active magma spreading.

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GPS Monitoring of the Tropical Storm Delta along the Canary Islands Track, November 28-29, 2005

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

Analysis of the annual cycle of the precipitable water vapour over Spain from 10‐year homogenized series of GPS data

Analysis of the annual cycle of the precipitable water vapour over Spain from 10‐year homogenized series of GPS data

Maritime Climate in the Canary Islands and its Implications for the Construction of Coastal Infrastructures

Changes in atmospheric water content associated with an unusual high snowfall during June 2004 at Maitri station (Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica) and the role of South West Indian ridge geodynamics

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