Topcon Positioning Systems has been selected by the Beijing Meteorological Bureau to supply continuously operating reference stations. The stations will be used in the Beijing ground-based GPS-PWV detection system project.
Topcon’s Net-G3 family of receivers that will be used for the project incorporate Topcon G3 technology which allows for universal signal tracking compatible with all existing and planned satellite navigation systems.
BJMB established its first 14 GPS CORS in 2006 as a pilot project in Fangshan District and Huairou District of Beijing City. Topcon CORS receivers were used in the pilot program. The pilot system was used to provide weather forecasts during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The 14 receivers will be deployed in Yanqing District and Miyun District of Beijing, where two major water reservoirs are located, to detect precipitable water vapor in the atmosphere above the area and improve weather forecast service to the public.
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