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Real-Time Precise Point Positioning (RTPPP) with raw observations and its application in real-time regional ionospheric VTEC modeling / Teng Liu in Journal of geodesy, vol 92 n° 11 (November 2018)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 92 n° 11 (November 2018) . - pp 1267 - 1283 Titre : Real-Time Precise Point Positioning (RTPPP) with raw observations and its application in real-time regional ionospheric VTEC modeling Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Teng Liu, Auteur ; Baocheng Zhang, Auteur ; Yunbin Yuan, Auteur ; Min Li, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 1267 - 1283 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes descripteurs IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes descripteurs IGN] retard ionosphèrique [Termes descripteurs IGN] temps réel [Termes descripteurs IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (Auteur) Precise Point Positioning (PPP) is an absolute positioning technology mainly used in post data processing. With the continuously increasing demand for real-time high-precision applications in positioning, timing, retrieval of atmospheric parameters, etc., Real-Time PPP (RTPPP) and its applications have drawn more and more research attention in recent years. This study focuses on the models, algorithms and ionospheric applications of RTPPP on the basis of raw observations, in which high-precision slant ionospheric delays are estimated among others in real time. For this purpose, a robust processing strategy for multi-station RTPPP with raw observations has been proposed and realized, in which real-time data streams and State-Space-Representative (SSR) satellite orbit and clock corrections are used. With the RTPPP-derived slant ionospheric delays from a regional network, a real-time regional ionospheric Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) modeling method is proposed based on Adjusted Spherical Harmonic Functions and a Moving-Window Filter. SSR satellite orbit and clock corrections from different IGS analysis centers are evaluated. Ten globally distributed real-time stations are used to evaluate the positioning performances of the proposed RTPPP algorithms in both static and kinematic modes. RMS values of positioning errors in static/kinematic mode are 5.2/15.5, 4.7/17.4 and 12.8/46.6 mm, for north, east and up components, respectively. Real-time slant ionospheric delays from RTPPP are compared with those from the traditional Carrier-to-Code Leveling (CCL) method, in terms of function model, formal precision and between-receiver differences of short baseline. Results show that slant ionospheric delays from RTPPP are more precise and have a much better convergence performance than those from the CCL method in real-time processing. 30 real-time stations from the Asia-Pacific Reference Frame network are used to model the ionospheric VTECs over Australia in real time, with slant ionospheric delays from both RTPPP and CCL methods for comparison. RMS of the VTEC differences between RTPPP/CCL method and CODE final products is 0.91/1.09 TECU, and RMS of the VTEC differences between RTPPP and CCL methods is 0.67 TECU. Slant Total Electron Contents retrieved from different VTEC models are also validated with epoch-differenced Geometry-Free combinations of dual-frequency phase observations, and mean RMS values are 2.14, 2.33 and 2.07 TECU for RTPPP method, CCL method and CODE final products, respectively. This shows the superiority of RTPPP-derived slant ionospheric delays in real-time ionospheric VTEC modeling. Numéro de notice : A2018-463 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-018-1118-2 date de publication en ligne : 29/01/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1118-2 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91062 [article]

Method for real-time self-calibrating GLONASS code inter-frequency bias and improvements on single point positioning / Liang Chen in GPS solutions, vol 22 n° 4 (October 2018)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 22 n° 4 (October 2018) Titre : Method for real-time self-calibrating GLONASS code inter-frequency bias and improvements on single point positioning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Liang Chen, Auteur ; Min Li, Auteur ; Zhigang Hu, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] autoétalonnage [Termes descripteurs IGN] données GLONASS [Termes descripteurs IGN] données GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] erreur systématique [Termes descripteurs IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes descripteurs IGN] temps réel Mots-clés libres : code inter-frequency bias (cIFB) Résumé : (Auteur) Utilization of frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) leads to GLONASS pseudorange and carrier phase observations suffering from variable levels inter-frequency bias (IFB). The bias related with carrier phase can be absorbed by ambiguities. However, the unequal code inter-frequency bias (cIFB) will degrade the accuracy of pseudorange observations, which will affect positioning accuracy and convergence of precise point positioning (PPP) when including GLONASS satellites. Based on observations made on un-differenced (UD) ionospheric-free combinations, GLONASS cIFB parameters are estimated as a constant to achieve GLONASS cIFB real-time self-calibration on a single station. A total of 23 stations, with different manufacturing backgrounds, are used to analyze the characteristics of GLONASS cIFB and its relationship with variable receiver hardware. The results show that there is an obvious common trend in cIFBs estimated using broadcast ephemeris for all of the different manufacturers, and there are unequal GLONASS inter-satellite cIFB that match brand manufacture. In addition, a particularly good consistency is found between self-calibrated receiver-dependent GLONASS cIFB and the IFB products of the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). Via a comparative experiment, it is also found that the algorithm of cIFB real-time self-calibration not only corrects receiver-dependent cIFB, but can moreover eliminate satellite-dependent cIFB, providing more stable results and further improving global navigation satellite system (GNSS) point positioning accuracy. The root mean square (RMS) improvements of single GLONASS standard point positioning (SPP) reach up to 54.18 and 53.80% in horizontal and vertical direction, respectively. The study’s GLONASS cIFB self-estimation can realize good self-consistency between cIFB and stations, working to further promote convergence efficiency relative to GPS + GLONASS PPP. An average improvement percentage of 19.03% is observed, realizing a near-consistent accuracy with GPS + GLONASS fusion PPP. Numéro de notice : A2018-378 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-018-0774-2 date de publication en ligne : 17/08/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-018-0774-2 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=90782 [article]

Joint estimation of vertical total electron content (VTEC) and satellite differential code biases (SDCBs) using low-cost receivers / Baocheng Zhang in Journal of geodesy, vol 92 n° 4 (April 2018)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 92 n° 4 (April 2018) . - pp 401 - 413 Titre : Joint estimation of vertical total electron content (VTEC) and satellite differential code biases (SDCBs) using low-cost receivers Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Baocheng Zhang, Auteur ; Peter J.G. Teunissen, Auteur ; Yunbin Yuan, Auteur ; Hongxing Zhang, Auteur ; Min Li, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 401 - 413 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] erreur systématique [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes descripteurs IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes descripteurs IGN] propagation ionosphérique [Termes descripteurs IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes descripteurs IGN] récepteur monofréquence [Termes descripteurs IGN] série temporelle [Termes descripteurs IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (Auteur) Vertical total electron content (VTEC) parameters estimated using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data are of great interest for ionosphere sensing. Satellite differential code biases (SDCBs) account for one source of error which, if left uncorrected, can deteriorate performance of positioning, timing and other applications. The customary approach to estimate VTEC along with SDCBs from dual-frequency GNSS data, hereinafter referred to as DF approach, consists of two sequential steps. The first step seeks to retrieve ionospheric observables through the carrier-to-code leveling technique. This observable, related to the slant total electron content (STEC) along the satellite–receiver line-of-sight, is biased also by the SDCBs and the receiver differential code biases (RDCBs). By means of thin-layer ionospheric model, in the second step one is able to isolate the VTEC, the SDCBs and the RDCBs from the ionospheric observables. In this work, we present a single-frequency (SF) approach, enabling the joint estimation of VTEC and SDCBs using low-cost receivers; this approach is also based on two steps and it differs from the DF approach only in the first step, where we turn to the precise point positioning technique to retrieve from the single-frequency GNSS data the ionospheric observables, interpreted as the combination of the STEC, the SDCBs and the biased receiver clocks at the pivot epoch. Our numerical analyses clarify how SF approach performs when being applied to GPS L1 data collected by a single receiver under both calm and disturbed ionospheric conditions. The daily time series of zenith VTEC estimates has an accuracy ranging from a few tenths of a TEC unit (TECU) to approximately 2 TECU. For 73–96% of GPS satellites in view, the daily estimates of SDCBs do not deviate, in absolute value, more than 1 ns from their ground truth values published by the Centre for Orbit Determination in Europe. Numéro de notice : A2018-062 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-017-1071-5 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1071-5 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89398 [article]

Precise orbit determination of the Fengyun-3C satellite using onboard GPS and BDS observations / Min Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 11 (November 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 11 (November 2017) . - pp 1313 - 1327 Titre : Precise orbit determination of the Fengyun-3C satellite using onboard GPS and BDS observations Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Min Li, Auteur ; Wenwen Li, Auteur ; Chuang Shi, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 1313 - 1327 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Techniques orbitales [Termes descripteurs IGN] analyse comparative [Termes descripteurs IGN] correction du trajet multiple [Termes descripteurs IGN] Feng-Yun-3 [Termes descripteurs IGN] orbite géostationnaire [Termes descripteurs IGN] orbitographie [Termes descripteurs IGN] orbitographie par GNSS [Termes descripteurs IGN] positionnement par BeiDou [Termes descripteurs IGN] positionnement par GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] précision du positionnement [Termes descripteurs IGN] satellite météorologique Résumé : (Auteur) The GNSS Occultation Sounder instrument onboard the Chinese meteorological satellite Fengyun-3C (FY-3C) tracks both GPS and BDS signals for orbit determination. One month’s worth of the onboard dual-frequency GPS and BDS data during March 2015 from the FY-3C satellite is analyzed in this study. The onboard BDS and GPS measurement quality is evaluated in terms of data quantity as well as code multipath error. Severe multipath errors for BDS code ranges are observed especially for high elevations for BDS medium earth orbit satellites (MEOs). The code multipath errors are estimated as piecewise linear model in 2∘×2∘ grid and applied in precise orbit determination (POD) calculations. POD of FY-3C is firstly performed with GPS data, which shows orbit consistency of approximate 2.7 cm in 3D RMS (root mean square) by overlap comparisons; the estimated orbits are then used as reference orbits for evaluating the orbit precision of GPS and BDS combined POD as well as BDS-based POD. It is indicated that inclusion of BDS geosynchronous orbit satellites (GEOs) could degrade POD precision seriously. The precisions of orbit estimates by combined POD and BDS-based POD are 3.4 and 30.1 cm in 3D RMS when GEOs are involved, respectively. However, if BDS GEOs are excluded, the combined POD can reach similar precision with respect to GPS POD, showing orbit differences about 0.8 cm, while the orbit precision of BDS-based POD can be improved to 8.4 cm. These results indicate that the POD performance with onboard BDS data alone can reach precision better than 10 cm with only five BDS inclined geosynchronous satellite orbit satellites and three MEOs. As the GNOS receiver can only track six BDS satellites for orbit positioning at its maximum channel, it can be expected that the performance of POD with onboard BDS data can be further improved if more observations are generated without such restrictions. Numéro de notice : A2017-705 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-017-1027-9 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1027-9 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=88086 [article]

Estimation and analysis of Galileo differential code biases / Min Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 3 (March 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 3 (March 2017) . - pp 279 - 293 Titre : Estimation and analysis of Galileo differential code biases Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Min Li, Auteur ; Yunbin Yuan, Auteur ; Ningbo Wang, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 279 - 293 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] analyse comparative [Termes descripteurs IGN] code Galileo [Termes descripteurs IGN] combinaison au niveau des observations [Termes descripteurs IGN] constellation Galileo [Termes descripteurs IGN] données Galileo [Termes descripteurs IGN] données GPS [Termes descripteurs IGN] erreur systématique [Termes descripteurs IGN] estimation statistique [Termes descripteurs IGN] Galileo en mode différentiel [Termes descripteurs IGN] mesurage de pseudo-distance [Termes descripteurs IGN] récepteur bifréquence [Termes descripteurs IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes descripteurs IGN] signal Galileo Mots-clés libres : Multi-GNSS Experiment (MGEX) Résumé : (Auteur) When sensing the Earth’s ionosphere using dual-frequency pseudorange observations of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), the satellite and receiver differential code biases (DCBs) account for one of the main sources of error. For the Galileo system, limited knowledge is available about the determination and characteristic analysis of the satellite and receiver DCBs. To better understand the characteristics of satellite and receiver DCBs of Galileo, the IGGDCB (IGG, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Wuhan, China) method is extended to estimate the satellite and receiver DCBs of Galileo, with the combined use of GPS and Galileo observations. The experimental data were collected from the Multi-GNSS Experiment network, covering the period of 2013–2015. The stability of both Galileo satellite and receiver DCBs over a time period of 36 months was thereby analyzed for the current state of the Galileo system. Good agreement of Galileo satellite DCBs is found between the IGGDCB-based DCB estimates and those from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), at the level of 0.22 ns. Moreover, high-level stability of the Galileo satellite DCB estimates is obtained over the selected time span (less than 0.25 ns in terms of standard deviation) by both IGGDCB and DLR algorithms. The Galileo receiver DCB estimates are also relatively stable for the case in which the receiver hardware device stays unchanged. It can also be concluded that the receiver DCB estimates are rather sensitive to the change of the firmware version and that the receiver antenna type has no great impact on receiver DCBs. Numéro de notice : A2017-066 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-016-0962-1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=84294 [article]

Real-time high-precision earthquake monitoring using single-frequency GPS receivers / Min Li in GPS solutions, vol 19 n° 1 (January 2015)  

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Initial results of precise orbit and clock determination for COMPASS navigation satellite system / Qile Zhao in Journal of geodesy, vol 87 n° 5 (May 2013)  

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