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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 IGN] erreur systématique [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] propagation ionosphérique [Termes IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes IGN] récepteur monofréquence [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes 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 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-017-1071-5 Date de publication en ligne : 05/10/2017 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]