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The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies

Malaysia is witnessing a rapid growth in the vicinity of urban cities with the construction of large engineering structures (e.g. towers, factories, high-rise condominiums, wide-span bridges and highways) to meet the requirement for the nation’s economic growth, societal activities and the aspirat...

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Main Authors: Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz, Kamaruddin, Md. Nor, Lim, Samsung, Rizos, Chris
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2008
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7715/1/SENVAR_ISESEE2008.pdf
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spelling my.utm.77152011-05-19T02:32:35Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7715/ The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz Kamaruddin, Md. Nor Lim, Samsung Rizos, Chris TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Malaysia is witnessing a rapid growth in the vicinity of urban cities with the construction of large engineering structures (e.g. towers, factories, high-rise condominiums, wide-span bridges and highways) to meet the requirement for the nation’s economic growth, societal activities and the aspirations of its population. These manmade structures are, however, subject to deformation and structural displacement caused by severe weather conditions such as strong wind, fluctuating temperatures, seasonal monsoons, flash flooding and heavy rains. This paper gives an overview of the role of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, in retrieving atmospheric parameters for monitoring and predicting severe weather conditions. As GPS technology is still relatively new to the Malaysian weather forecasting community, the principles presented in this paper deal with the two main approaches: the ground-based atmospheric sounding and the radio occultation method. If appropriate strategies are employed during the data acquisition and data processing phases, it is noted that GPS is potentially capable of being implemented as an alternative and promising tool to remotely sense the spatial and temporal variability of the Earth’s atmosphere. Because of its practicality, accuracy and data continuity, GPS is adequate and effective in overcoming the shortcomings of other commonly-used atmospheric sounding techniques. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7715/1/SENVAR_ISESEE2008.pdf Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz and Kamaruddin, Md. Nor and Lim, Samsung and Rizos, Chris (2008) The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies. In: Proceeding of International seminar in Sustainable Environment & Architecture + International Symposium & Exhibition in Sustainable Energy & Environment (9th SENVAR + @nd ISESEE 2008), 1-3 December 2008, FPSU, UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
Lim, Samsung
Rizos, Chris
The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
description Malaysia is witnessing a rapid growth in the vicinity of urban cities with the construction of large engineering structures (e.g. towers, factories, high-rise condominiums, wide-span bridges and highways) to meet the requirement for the nation’s economic growth, societal activities and the aspirations of its population. These manmade structures are, however, subject to deformation and structural displacement caused by severe weather conditions such as strong wind, fluctuating temperatures, seasonal monsoons, flash flooding and heavy rains. This paper gives an overview of the role of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, in retrieving atmospheric parameters for monitoring and predicting severe weather conditions. As GPS technology is still relatively new to the Malaysian weather forecasting community, the principles presented in this paper deal with the two main approaches: the ground-based atmospheric sounding and the radio occultation method. If appropriate strategies are employed during the data acquisition and data processing phases, it is noted that GPS is potentially capable of being implemented as an alternative and promising tool to remotely sense the spatial and temporal variability of the Earth’s atmosphere. Because of its practicality, accuracy and data continuity, GPS is adequate and effective in overcoming the shortcomings of other commonly-used atmospheric sounding techniques.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
Lim, Samsung
Rizos, Chris
author_facet Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
Kamaruddin, Md. Nor
Lim, Samsung
Rizos, Chris
author_sort Yahya, Mohd. Hafiz
title The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
title_short The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
title_full The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
title_fullStr The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
title_full_unstemmed The potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
title_sort potential of global positioning system in weather and environmental studies
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7715/1/SENVAR_ISESEE2008.pdf
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