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In 1997, the Kyoto protocol to the United Nation’s framework convention on climate change spelt out measures that were to be taken to reduce the greenhouse gas emission that has contributed to global warming . Global warming is just but one of the many challenges facing our environment today. The rapid increase in desertification on one hand and flooding on the other hand are environmental issues that are increasingly becoming of concern. For instance, the torrential rains that caused havoc and destroyed properties in USA in 1993 is estimated to have totalled to $15 billion, 50 people died and thousands of people were evacuated, some for months [261]. Today, the threat from torrential rains and flooding still remains real as was seen in 1997 El’nino rains that swept roads and bridges in Kenya, the 2000 Mozambique flood disaster, 2002 Germany flood disaster or the Hurricane Isabel in the US coast1. The melting of polar ice thus raising the sea level is creating fear of submersion of beaches and cities surrounded by the oceans and those already below sea level. In-order to be able to predict and model these occurrences so as to minimize damages such as those indicated by [261], atmospheric studies have to be undertaken with the aim of improving on mechanism for providing reliable, accurate and timely data. These data are useful in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models for weather forecasting and climatic models for monitoring climatic changes . Besides, accurate and reliable information on weather is essential for other applications such as agriculture, flight navigation, etc.

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  1. Department of Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange

  2. Geodätisches Institut Universität Stuttgart, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 24 D, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erik W. Grafarend

  3. Dept. Photogrammetry & Geoinformatics, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary

    Prof.Dr. Béla Paláncz

  4. Dept. Geodesy & Surveying, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Müegyetem rkp. 3, 1111, Budapest, Hungary

    Dr. Piroska Zaletnyik

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Awange, J.L., Grafarend, E.W., Paláncz, B., Zaletnyik, P. (2010). GNSS environmental monitoring. In: Algebraic Geodesy and Geoinformatics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12124-1_15

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