High-Resolution Water Vapor Mapping from Interferometric Radar Measurements.
Spaceborne radar interferometric delay measurements were used to infer high-resolution maps of integrated atmospheric water vapor, which can be readily related to meteorological phenomena. Maps of the water vapor distribution associated with a precipitating cloud, a partly precipitating cold front, and horizontal convective rolls reveal quantitative measures that are not observed with conventional methods, and suggest that such radar observations can be used for forecasting and to study atmospheric dynamics.
Hanssen
RF
Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research, Delft University of Technology, Thijsseweg 11, 2629 JA Delft, The Netherlands. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA. Departments of Geophysics and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. 
Weckwerth
TM
Zebker
HA
Klees
R