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Outliers and uncertainties in GNSS ZTD estimates from double-difference processing and precise point positioning / Katarzyna Stępniak in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022) . - n° 74 Titre : Outliers and uncertainties in GNSS ZTD estimates from double-difference processing and precise point positioning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Katarzyna Stępniak, Auteur ; Olivier Bock , Auteur ; Pierre Bosser , Auteur ; Pawel Wielgosz, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Projets : VEGAN / Bock, Olivier Article en page(s) : n° 74 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] données GNSS [Termes IGN] double différence [Termes IGN] ERA5 [Termes IGN] incertitude des données [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] valeur aberrante [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement de données GNSS Résumé : (auteur) Double-difference (DD) analysis and precise point positioning (PPP) are two widely used processing approaches to analyze ground-based GNSS measurements. We investigate the quality of the zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) estimates produced from both processing approaches for a regional network over 1 year and show that DD solutions contain more numerous and larger ZTD outliers. The accuracy of both DD and PPP solutions strongly depends on the data processing procedure and models. We analyze the impact of mapping functions, satellite orbit and clock products and ambiguity resolution (fixed vs. float) on ZTD estimates. The results are assessed from station position repeatability and ZTD differences with respect to the ERA5 reanalysis. As expected, mapping functions have the strongest impact, with VMF1 being more accurate than GMF. Surprisingly, the impact of the ambiguity resolution and satellite products is rather weak in the PPP solution. We speculate that this results from the fact that final satellite products have reached a high level of accuracy and that other error sources now dominate static PPP solutions. A time and frequency analysis reveal unprecedented spurious sub-daily signals in the ZTD time series, which occur at the frequency of the GPS satellite repeat period and its harmonics. This suggests that sub-daily GPS ZTD estimates contain a significant part of the residual modeling errors due to satellite orbits, tidal models, mapping functions and multipath, which still need to be improved. Numéro de notice : A2022-359 Affiliation des auteurs : UMR IPGP-Géod+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01261-z Date de publication en ligne : 29/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01261-z Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100578 [article]

Reduction of ZTD outliers through improved GNSS data processing and screening strategies [Interactive discussion] / Katarzyna Stępniak in Atmospheric measurement techniques, vol 11 n° 3 (March 2018)  

Public [article]  inAtmospheric measurement techniques > vol 11 n° 3 (March 2018) . - pp 1347 - 1361 Titre : Reduction of ZTD outliers through improved GNSS data processing and screening strategies [Interactive discussion] Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Katarzyna Stępniak, Auteur ; Olivier Bock , Auteur ; Pawel Wielgosz, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Projets : 3-projet - voir note / Bock, Olivier Article en page(s) : pp 1347 - 1361 Note générale : Bibliographie This work has been supported by Polish National Science Centre grant no. UMO-2015/19/B/ST10/02758. The study was partially carried out during Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the framework of ES1206 COST Action. Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes de référence et réseaux [Termes IGN] Bernese [Termes IGN] coordonnées GPS [Termes IGN] double différence [Termes IGN] erreur systématique [Termes IGN] Pologne [Termes IGN] réseau géodésique local [Termes IGN] réseau géodésique permanent [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] valeur aberrante Résumé : (Auteur) Though Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data processing has been significantly improved over the years, it is still commonly observed that zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) estimates contain many outliers which are detrimental to meteorological and climatological applications. In this paper, we show that ZTD outliers in double-difference processing are mostly caused by sub-daily data gaps at reference stations, which cause disconnections of clusters of stations from the reference network and common mode biases due to the strong correlation between stations in short baselines. They can reach a few centimetres in ZTD and usually coincide with a jump in formal errors. The magnitude and sign of these biases are impossible to predict because they depend on different errors in the observations and on the geometry of the baselines. We elaborate and test a new baseline strategy which solves this problem and significantly reduces the number of outliers compared to the standard strategy commonly used for positioning (e.g. determination of national reference frame) in which the pre-defined network is composed of a skeleton of reference stations to which secondary stations are connected in a star-like structure. The new strategy is also shown to perform better than the widely used strategy maximizing the number of observations available in many GNSS programs. The reason is that observations are maximized before processing, whereas the final number of used observations can be dramatically lower because of data rejection (screening) during the processing. The study relies on the analysis of 1 year of GPS (Global Positioning System) data from a regional network of 136 GNSS stations processed using Bernese GNSS Software v.5.2. A post-processing screening procedure is also proposed to detect and remove a few outliers which may still remain due to short data gaps. It is based on a combination of range checks and outlier checks of ZTD and formal errors. The accuracy of the final screened GPS ZTD estimates is assessed by comparison to ERA-Interim reanalysis. Numéro de notice : A2018-065 Affiliation des auteurs : LASTIG LAREG+Ext (2012-mi2018) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.5194/amt-11-1347-2018 Date de publication en ligne : 08/03/2018 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1347-2018 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89407 [article]

Determining normal heights with the use of Precise Point Positioning / Grzegorz Krzan in Survey review, vol 49 n° 355 (October 2017)  

Public [article]  inSurvey review > vol 49 n° 355 (October 2017) . - pp 259 - 267 Titre : Determining normal heights with the use of Precise Point Positioning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Grzegorz Krzan, Auteur ; Karol Dawidowicz, Auteur ; Katarzyna Stępniak, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 259 - 267 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Nivellement [Termes IGN] altitude normale [Termes IGN] Napeos [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté Résumé : (Auteur) In this paper, the authors analysed the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) performance in determination of normal heights using observations from a test network consisting of ten sites. One-week observation interval was processed using standard PPP approach and Multi-Station PPP (MS-PPP) with ambiguity resolution using the NAvigation Package for Earth Observation Satellites v. 3.3.1 software. In post-processing corrections like the Earth rotation parameters, ocean loadings, antenna phase centre offsets and variations etc. needed to obtain the most accurate position were utilised. By processing the various lengths observing sessions (1 hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes) the authors examined the degradation of the position determination precision with shortening the observation time. In the study both high-end receivers used most often at CORS, as well as commercial two-frequency receivers were utilised. Normal heights were obtained using PL–geoid–2011 model. The results of the research show that PPP is a viable alternative for Relative GNSS Positioning in the case of GNSS levelling. Numéro de notice : A2017-549 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/00396265.2016.1164939 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/00396265.2016.1164939 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86605 [article]

Application of the undifferenced GNSS precise positioning in determining coordinates in national reference frames / Grzegorz Krzan in Artificial satellites, vol 52 n° 3 (September 2017)  

Public [article]  inArtificial satellites > vol 52 n° 3 (September 2017) . - pp 49 - 69 Titre : Application of the undifferenced GNSS precise positioning in determining coordinates in national reference frames Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Grzegorz Krzan, Auteur ; Katarzyna Stępniak, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 49 - 69 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Navigation et positionnement [Termes IGN] coordonnées géodésiques [Termes IGN] Napeos [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] précision centimétrique [Termes IGN] récepteur bifréquence [Termes IGN] récepteur GPS [Termes IGN] réseau permanent EUREF [Termes IGN] système de référence géodésique [Termes IGN] système de référence local Résumé : (Auteur) In high-accuracy positioning using GNSS, the most common solution is still relative positioning using double-difference observations of dual-frequency measurements. An increasingly popular alternative to relative positioning are undifferenced approaches, which are designed to make full use of modern satellite systems and signals. Positions referenced to global International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF2008) obtained from Precise Point Positioning (PPP) or Undifferenced (UD) network solutions have to be transformed to national (regional) reference frame, which introduces additional bases related to the transformation process. In this paper, satellite observations from two test networks using different observation time series were processed. The first test concerns the positioning accuracy from processing one year of dual-frequency GPS observations from 14 EUREF Permanent Network (EPN) stations using NAPEOS 3.3.1 software. The results were transformed into a national reference frame (PL-ETRF2000) and compared to positions from an EPN cumulative solution, which was adopted as the true coordinates. Daily observations were processed using PPP and UD multi-station solutions to determine the final accuracy resulting from satellite positioning, the transformation to national coordinate systems and Eurasian intraplate plate velocities. The second numerical test involved similar processing strategies of post-processing carried out using different observation time series (30 min., 1 hour, 2 hours, daily) and different classes of GNSS receivers. The centimeter accuracy of results presented in the national coordinate system satisfies the requirements of many surveying and engineering applications. Numéro de notice : A2017-594 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1515/arsa-2017-0006 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2017-0006 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86802 [article]