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Raytracing atmospheric delays in ground-based GNSS reflectometry / T. Nicolaidou in Journal of geodesy, vol 94 n° 8 (August 2020)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 94 n° 8 (August 2020) . - n° 68 Titre : Raytracing atmospheric delays in ground-based GNSS reflectometry Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : T. Nicolaidou, Auteur ; M.C. Santos, Auteur ; Simon D.P. Williams, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : n° 68 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] coin réflecteur [Termes IGN] correction atmosphérique [Termes IGN] lancer de rayons [Termes IGN] modèle atmosphérique [Termes IGN] réflectométrie par GNSS [Termes IGN] réfraction [Termes IGN] temps de propagation Résumé : (auteur) Several studies have recognized that Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is subject to atmospheric propagation delays. Unfortunately, there is little information in the peer-reviewed literature about the methods and algorithms involved in correcting for this effect. We have developed an atmospheric ray-tracing procedure to solve rigorously the three-point boundary value problem of ground-based GNSS-R observations. We defined the reflection-minus-direct or interferometric delay in terms of vacuum distance and radio length. We clarified the roles of linear and angular refraction in splitting the total delay in two components, along-path and geometric. We have introduced for the first time two subcomponents of the atmospheric geometric delay, the geometry shift and the geometric excess. We have defined corresponding atmospheric altimetry corrections necessary for unbiased altimetry retrievals. Using simulations, we examined the interferometric atmospheric delay for a range of typical scenarios, where it attained centimeter-level values at low satellite elevation angles ~ 5° for a 10-m high station. We found a linear and exponential dependence on reflector height and satellite elevation angle, respectively. A similar trend was found for the atmospheric altimetry correction, albeit with an amplified meter-level magnitude. The two delay components were similar near the horizon while the angular one vanished at zenith. For the altimetry correction components, both remained non-zero at zenith. We thus quantified the atmospheric bias in GNSS-R sea level retrievals. Numéro de notice : A2020-538 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-020-01390-8 Date de publication en ligne : 23/07/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01390-8 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95731 [article]