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Estimation of ionospheric total electron content using GNSS observations derived from a smartphone / Li Xu in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 4 (October 2022)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 26 n° 4 (October 2022) . - n° 138 Titre : Estimation of ionospheric total electron content using GNSS observations derived from a smartphone Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Li Xu, Auteur ; Jiuping Zha, Auteur ; Min Li, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 138 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] pondération [Termes IGN] série de Fourier [Termes IGN] téléphone intelligent [Termes IGN] teneur totale en électrons [Termes IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (auteur) The global navigation satellite system (GNSS) measurements to determine ionospheric total electron content (TEC) are mainly derived from expensive geodetic-grade receivers, which are not conducive to high-density placement. In this work, we present an analysis of the performance of ionospheric TEC determined by GNSS dual-frequency measurements derived from the smartphone, taking the Xiaomi 8 (XMI8) as an example. First, the ionospheric observable is retrieved from the code and carrier phase data using the carrier-to-code leveling technique and a new carrier-to-noise weighting strategy instead of an elevation weighting strategy, considering the characteristic of the GNSS measurements from smartphones. Then, the absolute ionospheric slant TEC (STEC) values are isolated from the ionospheric observables by modeling with the generalized trigonometric series function. The experimental data, covering over 120 h, were taken from two situations: one is the data collected by the original smartphone antenna; the other is the external geodetic-grade antenna. The TEC data obtained from the collocated geodetic-grade receiver are used as reference data to evaluate the performance of the TEC values from XMI8. Compared to the reference data, the evaluation results show that the ionospheric STEC extraction accuracy can reach total electron content unit (TECU) values of 0.17 and 0.11 under the two different situations in the continuous carrier phase satellite arc without cycle slips. In addition, the VTEC modeling accuracy is above 5 and 2 TECU in the two different situations, respectively. Thus, we concluded that consumer-level GNSS chipsets are highly potential in the future to increase the ionospheric monitoring station density due to their low costs and good data quality. Numéro de notice : A2022-713 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01329-w Date de publication en ligne : 04/09/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01329-w Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101591 [article]

Global forecasting of ionospheric vertical total electron contents via ConvLSTM with spectrum analysis / Jinpei Chen in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022) . - n° 69 Titre : Global forecasting of ionospheric vertical total electron contents via ConvLSTM with spectrum analysis Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jinpei Chen, Auteur ; Nan Zhi, Auteur ; Haofan Liao, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 69 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] analyse spectrale [Termes IGN] apprentissage profond [Termes IGN] carte ionosphérique mondiale [Termes IGN] classification par réseau neuronal convolutif [Termes IGN] correction ionosphérique [Termes IGN] modèle dynamique [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] temps de convergence [Termes IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (auteur) The widely used GNSS correction services for high precision positioning take advantage of accurate real-time TEC forecasting based on vertical total electron content (VTEC) maps. The methods for modeling and forecasting are mainly based on overly simplified assumptions, which in principle cannot reflect the real situations due to limitations of the mathematical formulations. Therefore, these methods cannot comprehensively capture the features of ionospheric TEC in spatial–temporal series. To overcome the problems caused by such assumptions, we combine ConvLSTM (convolutional long short-term memory) with spectrum analysis. The method allows the extraction of high-resolution spatial–temporal patterns of the ionospheric VTEC maps and accelerates the convergence time of neural networks. Extensive experiments have been carried out for short- and long-term forecasting and demonstrated that the performance of our method is better than other state-of-the-art models developed for various time series analysis methods. Based on the data from global ionospheric maps (GIMs) products, the results show that the root-mean-square error (RMSE) of global VTEC forecasting by our method substantially improves for two hours intervals over the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 compared to existing methods, specifically, 20–50% reduction on 1 or 2 h forecasting in terms of RMSE. In addition, the method is sufficient to support real-time forecasting since it takes less than one second to output global forecasting solutions. With these properties, we can facilitate real-time and highly accurate ionosphere correction services beneficial to numerous GNSS correct services and positioning terminals. Numéro de notice : A2022-378 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01253-z Date de publication en ligne : 13/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01253-z Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100638 [article]

Validation of regional and global ionosphere maps from GNSS measurements versus IRI2016 during different magnetic activity / Ahmed Sedeek in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 16 n° 3 (July 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of applied geodesy > vol 16 n° 3 (July 2022) . - pp 229 - 240 Titre : Validation of regional and global ionosphere maps from GNSS measurements versus IRI2016 during different magnetic activity Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ahmed Sedeek, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 229 - 240 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] Afrique du nord [Termes IGN] données GNSS [Termes IGN] harmonique sphérique [Termes IGN] International Reference Ionosphere [Termes IGN] interpolation [Termes IGN] Matlab [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] station GNSS [Termes IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (auteur) This manuscript explores the divergence of the Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) estimated from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurements using global, regional, and International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) models over low to high latitude regions during various magnetic activity. The VTEC is estimated using a territorial network consisting of 7 GNSS stations in Egypt and 10 GNSS stations from the International GNSS Service (IGS) Global network. The impact of magnetic activity on VTEC is investigated. Due to the deficiency of IGS receivers in north Africa and the shortage of GNSS measurements, an extra high interpolation is done to cover the deficit of data over North Africa. A MATLAB code was created to produce VTEC maps for Egypt utilizing a territorial network contrasted with global maps of VTEC, which are delivered by the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE). Thus we can have genuine VTEC maps estimated from actual GNSS measurements over any region of North Africa. A Spherical Harmonics Expansion (SHE) equation was modelled using MATLAB and called Local VTEC Model (LVTECM) to estimate VTEC values using observations of dual-frequency GNSS receivers. The VTEC calculated from GNSS measurement using LVTECM is compared with CODE VTEC results and IRI-2016 VTEC model results. The analysis of outcomes demonstrates a good convergence between VTEC from CODE and estimated from LVTECM. A strong correlation between LVTECM and CODE reaches about 96 % and 92 % in high and low magnetic activity, respectively. The most extreme contrasts are found to be 2.5 TECu and 1.3 TECu at high and low magnetic activity, respectively. The maximum discrepancies between LVTECM and IRI-2016 are 9.7 TECu and 2.3 TECu at a high and low magnetic activity. Variation in VTEC due to magnetic activity ranges from 1–5 TECu in moderate magnetic activity. The estimated VTEC from the regional network shows a 95 % correlation between the estimated VTEC from LVTECM and CODE with a maximum difference of 5.9 TECu. Numéro de notice : A2022-495 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1515/jag-2021-0046 Date de publication en ligne : 09/02/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1515/jag-2021-0046 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100985 [article]

A novel ionospheric mapping function modeling at regional scale using empirical orthogonal functions and GNSS data / Peng Chen in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 5 (May 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 5 (May 2022) . - n° 34 Titre : A novel ionospheric mapping function modeling at regional scale using empirical orthogonal functions and GNSS data Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Peng Chen, Auteur ; Rong Wang, Auteur ; Zhihao Wang, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 34 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] décomposition en fonctions orthogonales empiriques [Termes IGN] données GNSS [Termes IGN] ionosphère [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] teneur totale en électrons [Termes IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (auteur) The ionospheric mapping function (MF) converts the line-of-sight slant total electron content (STEC) into the vertical total electron content (VTEC) and vice versa, and it is an important function in the creation and use of ionospheric models. Most of the existing MFs are only related to satellite elevation angle, the accuracy is low, and it is necessary to establish a MF with higher accuracy. Therefore, this paper considers the differences of MF for different local time (LT) and DOY (day of year), and uses the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) STEC observation data from International GNSS Service (IGS) tracking stations in the northern hemisphere mid-latitude region in 2016–2020 to establish a novel MF model. First, we retrieve the mapping coefficient αh for different LT and DOY, where the results show significant correlation with LT and DOY, and other periodic variations. Then, we use the empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) to decompose the time series, and the first four order EOF components can describe 98.31% of the total variability. Finally, the periodic function is used to fit the time series of EOF, and a small number of model coefficients are obtained. This work employs the differential STEC of 28 IGS tracking stations in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere in 2020 to verify the accuracy of the new MF and compare it with the widely used modified single-layer model (MSLM) MF. The results show that the accuracy of the new MF is higher than the existing MSLM MF when using JPLG (Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s final Global Ionospheric Maps) to convert VTEC to STEC. Compared with MSLM MF, the RMS of the new MF is reduced by 0.24 TECU on average, and the maximum reduction is close to 0.4 TECU (~ 25%). Among the 28 tracking stations that participated in the verification, the new MF is better than MSLM MF on most days, with 7 stations reaching 100% and 20 stations exceeding 95%. For nearly 60% of the days in 2020, the accuracy of the new MF for all tracking stations is better than that of MSLM MF. Numéro de notice : A2022-340 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01624-x Date de publication en ligne : 30/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01624-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100512 [article]

Improving the (re-)convergence of multi-GNSS real-time precise point positioning through regional between-satellite single-differenced ionospheric augmentation / Ahao Wang in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 2 (April 2022)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 26 n° 2 (April 2022) . - n° 39 Titre : Improving the (re-)convergence of multi-GNSS real-time precise point positioning through regional between-satellite single-differenced ionospheric augmentation Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ahao Wang, Auteur ; Yize Zhang, Auteur ; Junping Chen, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 39 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] correction ionosphérique [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] temps de convergence [Termes IGN] temps réel [Termes IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons [Termes IGN] transformation polynomiale Résumé : (auteur) The long (re-)convergence time seriously limits many applications of real-time precise point positioning (RTPPP) in challenging environments like urban vehicle navigation and hazards monitoring. Thus, we proposed a real-time fast-positioning model by introducing the regional between-satellite single-differenced (SD) ionospheric constraints into the undifferenced and uncombined PPP (UU-PPP). The line-of-sight ionospheric observables are extracted by the multi-GNSS (GPS + Galileo) UU-PPP method. The polynomial function with simple structure and high efficiency is applied to establish the real-time regional between-satellite SD ionospheric vertical total electron content (VTEC) model. The differential slant total electron content (dSTEC) variations retrieved from three VTEC models are validated with the between-satellite SD and epoch-differenced geometry-free combinations of dual-frequency phase observations. The average RMS values are 0.77, 0.78 and 0.47 TEC unit for the CLK93 real-time VTEC, CODE final GIM and regional between-satellite SD ionospheric VTEC model, respectively. In the positioning domain, the data of ten stations for 12 consecutive days in 2020 were used for implementing kinematic RTPPP with single-frequency (SF) and dual-frequency (DF) observations. Compared with the GPS + Galileo SF-RTPPP based on the GRoup And PHase Ionospheric Correction model, the initialization time of the SD ionospheric-constrained (SDIC) SF-RTPPP when converged to 0.2 m at the 68% confidence level can be improved from 58 to 32 min in horizontal and 72 to 49 min in vertical, and its positioning accuracy can be improved by 29.7 and 20.3% in the horizontal and vertical components, respectively. Meanwhile, the re-convergence errors of SDIC SF-RTPPP from the first epoch can be maintained at 0.15 m in three components. As to GPS + Galileo SDIC DF-RTPPP, the re-convergence time when converged to 0.1 m can be lower than 3 min in horizontal and 9 min in vertical, and the re-convergence errors at the first epoch could even be lower than 0.15 m in horizontal. Hence, the new positioning model can maintain high accuracy and improve the continuity of real-time kinematic positioning in a short time when the number of tracked satellites in the urban or canyon environment was greatly dropped due to signal blocking. Numéro de notice : A2022-107 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01229-z Date de publication en ligne : 21/02/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01229-z Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99608 [article]

Validating the impact of various ionosphere correction on mid to long baselines and point positioning using GPS dual-frequency receivers / Alaa A. Elghazouly in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 16 n° 2 (April 2022)  

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Comparison of atmospheric mass density models using a new data source: COSMIC satellite ephemerides / Yang Yang in IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol 37 n° 2 (February 2022)  

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Co-seismic ionospheric disturbances following the 2016 West Sumatra and 2018 Palu earthquakes from GPS and GLONASS measurements / Mokhamad Nur Cahyadi in Remote sensing, vol 14 n° 2 (January-2 2022)  

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Ionospheric tomographic common clock model of undifferenced uncombined GNSS measurements / German Olivares-Pulido in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 11 (November 2021)  

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On the TEC bias of altimeter satellites / Francisco Azpilicueta in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 10 (October 2021)  

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Predicting total electron content in ionosphere using vector autoregression model during geomagnetic storm / Sumitra Iyer in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 15 n° 4 (October 2021)  

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Estimation of code observation-specific biases (OSBs) for the modernized multi-frequency and multi-GNSS signals: an undifferenced and uncombined approach / Teng Liu in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 8 (August 2021)  

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Ordered subsets-constrained ART algorithm for ionospheric tomography by combining VTEC data / Dunyong Zheng in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 59 n° 8 (August 2021)  

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GPS satellite differential code bias estimation with current eleven low earth orbit satellites / Xingxing Li in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 7 (July 2021)  

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Three-dimensional reconstruction of seismo-traveling ionospheric disturbances after March 11, 2011, Japan Tohoku earthquake / Changzhi Zhai in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 7 (July 2021)  

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