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A first look at the effects of ionospheric signal bending on a globally processed GPS network / E. Petrie in Journal of geodesy, vol 84 n° 8 (August 2010)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 84 n° 8 (August 2010) . - pp 491 - 499 Titre : A first look at the effects of ionospheric signal bending on a globally processed GPS network Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : E. Petrie, Auteur ; M. King, Auteur ; P. Moore, Auteur ; David Lavallée, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : pp 491 - 499 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement du signal [Termes IGN] atténuation du signal [Termes IGN] correction ionosphérique [Termes IGN] propagation ionosphérique [Termes IGN] réfraction atmosphérique [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] signal GPS Résumé : (Auteur) This study provides a first attempt at quantifying potential signal bending effects on the GPS reference frame, coordinates and zenith tropospheric delays (ZTDs). To do this, we homogeneously reanalysed data from a global network of GPS sites spanning 14 years (1995.0–2009.0). Satellite, Earth orientation, tropospheric and ground station coordinate parameters were all estimated. We tested the effect of geometric bending and dTEC bending corrections, which were modelled at the observation level based, in part, on parameters from the International Reference Ionosphere 2007 model. Combined, the two bending corrections appear to have a minimal effect on site coordinates and ZTDs except for low latitude sites. Considering five days (DOY 301–305, 28 October–1 November 2001) near ionospheric maximum in detail, they affect mean ZTDs by up to ~1.7 mm at low latitudes, reducing to negligible levels at high latitudes. Examining the effect on coordinates in terms of power-spectra revealed the difference to be almost entirely white noise, with noise amplitude ranging from 0.3 mm (high latitudes) to 2.4 mm (low latitudes). The limited effect on station coordinates is probably due to the similarity in the elevation dependence of the bending term with that of tropospheric mapping functions. The smoothed z-translation from the GPS reference frame to ITRF2005 changes by less than 2 mm, though the effect combines positively with that from the second order ionospheric refractive index term. We conclude that, at the present time, and for most practical purposes, the geometric and dTEC bending corrections are probably negligible at current GPS/reference frame precisions. Numéro de notice : A2010-440 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE/POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-010-0386-2 Date de publication en ligne : 01/06/2010 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-010-0386-2 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=30633 [article]

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