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However, existing fusion methods have some shortcomings, such as ignoring the applicability of the model space or the high complexity of model operation. In this study, the high-precision and high-temporal-resolution Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) PWV was used to calibrate and optimize the ERA5 PWV product of the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reanalysis 5 (ERA5) with high spatial resolution to improve its accuracy, and its applicability was verified at the spatiotemporal scale. First, this study obtained accurate GNSS PWV from meteorological data from stations and used it as the true value to analyze the distribution of the ERA5 PWV in mainland China. The results showed that the ERA5 PWV showed significant spatial and temporal differences. Then, a backpropagation neural network (BPNN) fusion correction model with additional constraints was established. The correction results showed that the bias of the ERA5 PWV mainly fluctuated near 0, the correlation between the ERA5 PWV and GNSS PWV was increased to 0.99, and the positive improvement rate of the root-mean-square error (RMSE) was 95%. In the temporal scale validation, the RMSE of the ERA5 PWV decreased from 2.05 mm to 1.67 mm, an improvement of 18.54%. In the spatial scale validation, the RMSE of the four seasons decreased by 0.26\u201380% (spring), 0.28\u201370.71% (summer), 0.28\u201345.23% (autumn), and 0.30\u201340.75% (winter). Especially in the summer and plateau mountainous areas where the ERA5 PWV performance was poor, the model showed suitable stability. Finally, the fusion model was used to generate a new PWV product, which improved the accuracy of ERA5 PWV on the basis of ensuring the spatial resolution.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14153750","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,9]],"date-time":"2022-08-09T04:16:55Z","timestamp":1660018615000},"page":"3750","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Fusion of CMONOC and ERA5 PWV Products Based on Backpropagation Neural Network"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9123-2592","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dong","family":"Ren","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth\u2019s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geology and Geomatics, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China"}]},{"given":"Guocheng","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth\u2019s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Lintao","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth\u2019s Dynamics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"11442","DOI":"10.1002\/2016JD024917","article-title":"Global water vapor variability and trend from the latest 36year (1979 to 2014) data of ECMWF and NCEP Reanalysis, radiosonde, GPS, and microwave satellite","volume":"121","author":"Chen","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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