Research Article

Precipitable Water Vapor Retrieval and Analysis by Multiple Data Sources: Ground-Based GNSS, Radio Occultation, Radiosonde, Microwave Satellite, and NWP Reanalysis Data

Table 4

Retrieved PWV precision statistic between FY3C, COSMIC, and ERA-Interim, ERA5.

Mean bias (mm)Mean RMSE (mm)

COSMIC RO sitesCOSMIC-Interim−2.34.5
COSMIC-ERA5−2.54.8
Interim-ERA5−0.12.0

FY3C RO sitesFY3C-Interim0.93.6
FY3C-ERA51.03.8
Interim-ERA50.11.9