Abstract:This study investigates the retrieval of atmospheric precipitable water vapor (PWV) through the application of the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) algorithm utilizing the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data from Hechi, Baoshan, and Haikou stations. We conducted six experimental tests to analyze the effects of satellite data quality control on PWV retrieval accuracy, comparing our findings with sounding data and operational PWV products from the China Meteorological Administration. The results indicate that implementing effective quality control substantially improves inversion accuracy, eliminating satellite data with residual error more than 3 times before entering the filter and residual sigma values greater than 2 after entering the filter, which enhances correlation coefficients with sounding or PWV products by 0.03 to 0.25 while decreasing root mean square error by 0.54 to 10.7 mm. Optimal inversion accuracy is obtained by filtering out satellites with residual errors exceeding three times the threshold prior to analysis, resulting in an average correlation coefficient above 0.93 and a mean error ranging from -1.26 to -1.91 mm. This approach successfully mitigates the challenges associated with the low temporal resolution of conventional PWV data. The PWV retrieved via the PPP method demonstrates a enhanced sensitivity to short-term heavy precipitation events compared to other products, exhibiting rapid changes of 10 to 15 mm within 10 to 30 minutes before and after the rainfall,which can be used as an auxiliary discriminating condition for local short-term heavy precipitation forecast.