Open AccessGPS as a Weather Sensor
Author(s) -
Kumar Mohi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo520003
Subject(s) - global positioning system , water cycle , meteorology , surge , geology , environmental science , computer science , geography , telecommunications , biology , ecology
Global Positioning System (GPS) stations are not just useful for studying how tectonic plates and glaciers surge or creep or how land deforms as magma runs below it. They also are rapidly becoming important sensors for monitoring the terrestrial water cycle (see “Using GPS to study the terrestrial water cycle,” pages 505–506). What is more, they can help study and forecast weather, according to scientists who presented their work at AGU's 2013 Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.