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Spatiotemporal accuracy evaluation and errors analysis of global VTEC maps using a simulation technique / Jian Lin in GPS solutions, vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 27 n° 1 (January 2023) . - n° 6 Titre : Spatiotemporal accuracy evaluation and errors analysis of global VTEC maps using a simulation technique Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jian Lin, Auteur ; Xinxing Li, Auteur ; Shenfeng Gu, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 6 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] données GPS [Termes IGN] harmonique sphérique [Termes IGN] modèle cartographique [Termes IGN] modèle ionosphérique [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] rayonnement solaire [Termes IGN] simulation [Termes IGN] station GPS [Termes IGN] teneur verticale totale en électrons Résumé : (auteur) The computation of vertical total electron content (VTEC) maps has become an important issue gradually for the international GNSS service. Given the current literature reports, little research is involved in the quantitative analysis of each error of the VTEC map and the spatiotemporal characteristic of global VTEC accuracy. Based on the single layer model and sphere harmonic function, we propose an approach using simulated GPS data to comprehensively verify the accuracy of the VTEC map. The spatiotemporal characteristic of global VTEC accuracy and the errors induced by different processing steps, i.e., carrier phase to code leveling, mapping function (MF), DCB estimation and coefficient fitting, are analyzed and discussed in detail. In addition, the effect of solar activity on the accuracy of the global VTEC map, MF and DCB estimation has been discussed. The results suggest: First, it is found that the MF error at sunrise is more significant than that at sunset, and this important characteristic can be proven based on the analysis of theory and ionospheric radio occultation and VTEC measurements; second, the MF is the most significant error source in the VTEC processing for regions with dense and homogeneous distributed GPS stations, e.g., North America and Europe. The VTEC accuracy in these regions can be improved by 100% with the satellite elevation cutoff angle increasing from 12° to 30°; finally, compared with the global VTEC accuracy using 350 GPS stations observations, the accuracy is improved by 306% based on the double GPS stations with even distribution. Numéro de notice : A2023-002 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-022-01343-y Date de publication en ligne : 13/10/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01343-y Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101871 [article]

A method to determine secondary codes and carrier phases of short snapshot signals / Xiao Liu in Navigation : journal of the Institute of navigation, vol 69 n° 4 (Fall 2022)  

Public [article]  inNavigation : journal of the Institute of navigation > vol 69 n° 4 (Fall 2022) . - n° 541 Titre : A method to determine secondary codes and carrier phases of short snapshot signals Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xiao Liu, Auteur ; Pau Closas, Auteur ; Adria Gusi-Amigó, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 541 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement du signal [Termes IGN] ambiguïté entière [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] signal GNSS [Termes IGN] temps instantané Résumé : (auteur) Recently, the Snapshot Real-Time Kinematic (SRTK) technique was demonstrated, which aims at achieving high accuracy navigation solutions with a very short signal collection. The main challenge in implementing SRTK is the generation of valid carrier-phase measurements, which relies on a data bit ambiguity (DBA) resolution process. For pilot signals, this step is equivalent to the correct selection of secondary code indexes (SCIs) from the ambiguous sets obtained from a multi-hypotheses (MH) acquisition process. Currently, SCI ambiguities are solved independently for each satellite. However, this method is ineffective when the snapshot signal is relatively short. In order to tackle this problem, this article proposes a new method that makes use of assistance data and processes information from all satellites to jointly solve the DBA issue. This new method is shown to be more effective in determining the correct SCI and enabling valid snapshot carrier-phase measurements, largely expanding the scope of high-accuracy snapshot positioning. Numéro de notice : A2022-868 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.33012/navi.541 Date de publication en ligne : 21/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.33012/navi.541 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102161 [article]

A new partial ambiguity resolution method based on modified solution separation and GNSS epoch-differencing / Yang Jiang in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 11 (November 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 11 (November 2022) . - n° 88 Titre : A new partial ambiguity resolution method based on modified solution separation and GNSS epoch-differencing Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Yang Jiang, Auteur ; Wei Ding, Auteur ; Yuting Gao, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 88 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] compensation Lambda [Termes IGN] erreur de positionnement [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] récepteur GNSS [Termes IGN] résolution d'ambiguïté Résumé : (auteur) Partial ambiguity resolution has been widely used in real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning to provide accurate and continuous centimeter-level positioning solutions. Current PAR methods are concerned with the exclusion of ambiguities that otherwise would result in low rate of full ambiguity resolution (FAR). With an assumption of unbiased ambiguities, the traditional PAR methods use the ambiguity-domain test statistics and probability-domain quantitative evaluation to select and validate the ambiguity subset. Consequentially, they would degrade the performance using low-cost devices in challenging environments where ambiguity biases exist, causing high probabilities of false alarm and missed detection of PAR and subsequently poor availability and accuracy of PAR. To deal with this issue, in this study, we propose a new PAR method for application in challenging environments. The proposed method consists of two major steps. First, a global navigation satellite system epoch-differencing (GED) algorithm is applied to derive a prior ambiguity solution. Second, we use a modified solution separation (SS) method with the prior ambiguity solution as an external input to obtain more accurate ambiguity test statistics. Based on a dynamic road test under environments with significant signal blockages, the performance of the proposed method is analyzed by using a low-cost GNSS receiver. The proposed method provides ambiguity test statistics with higher accuracy and can achieve 73.19% and 50.55% improvement in the accuracy and availability of the fixed solution, compared with the traditional PAR methods. Besides, the RMS of positioning errors with fixed solution are 1.03 cm, 0.70 cm, and 1.50 cm for the proposed PAR method in the east, north, and upward directions, respectively, which are 1.06 cm, 0.72 cm, and 1.35 cm for SS-based PAR, and 5.29 cm, 0.86 cm, and 5.56 cm for ILS-based PAR. The proposed PAR method achieves 90.36% fixed epochs, versus 79.06%, and 88.28%, for ILS-based PAR and SS-based PAR, respectively. Numéro de notice : A2022-810 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01674-1 Date de publication en ligne : 02/11/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01674-1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101967 [article]

On the relation of GNSS phase center offsets and the terrestrial reference frame scale: a semi-analytical analysis / Oliver Montenbruck in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 11 (November 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 11 (November 2022) . - n° 90 Titre : On the relation of GNSS phase center offsets and the terrestrial reference frame scale: a semi-analytical analysis Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Oliver Montenbruck, Auteur ; Peter Steigenberger, Auteur ; Arturo Villiger, Auteur ; Paul Rebischung , Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 90 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] antenne GNSS [Termes IGN] centre de phase [Termes IGN] décalage d'horloge [Termes IGN] hauteur (coordonnée) [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes IGN] orbitographie [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] station GNSS Résumé : (auteur) Phase center offsets (PCOs) of global navigation satellites systems (GNSS) transmit antennas along the boresight axis introduce line-of-sight-dependent range changes in the modeling of GNSS observations that are strongly correlated with the estimated station heights. As a consequence, changes in the adopted PCOs impact the scale of GNSS-based realizations of the terrestrial reference frame (TRF). Vice versa, changes in the adopted TRF scale require corrections to the GNSS transmit antenna PCOs for consistent observation modeling. Early studies have determined an approximate value of α=−0.050 for the ratio of station height changes and satellite PCO changes in GPS orbit determination and phase center adjustment. However, this is mainly an empirical value and limited information is available on the actual PCO-scale relation and how it is influenced by other factors. In view of the recurring need to adjust the IGS antenna models to new ITRF scales, a semi-analytical model is developed to determine values of α for the four current GNSSs from first principles without a need for actual network data processing. Given the close coupling of satellite boresight angle and station zenith angle, satellite PCO changes are essentially compensated by a combination of station height, zenith troposphere delay, and receiver clock offset. As such, the value of α depends not only on the orbital altitude of the considered GNSS but also on the elevation-dependent distribution of GNSS observations and their weighting, as well as the elevation mask angle and the tropospheric mapping function. Based on the model, representative values of αGPS=−0.051, αGLO=−0.055, αGAL=−0.041, and αBDS-3=−0.046 are derived for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and BeiDou-3 at a 10∘ elevation cutoff angle. These values may vary by Δα≈0.003 depending on the specific model assumptions and data processing parameters in a precise orbit determination or precise point positioning. Likewise changes of about ±0.003 can be observed when varying the cutoff angle between 5∘ and 15∘. Numéro de notice : A2022-836 Affiliation des auteurs : UMR IPGP-Géod+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01678-x Date de publication en ligne : 09/11/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01678-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102033 [article]

An efficient method to compensate receiver clock jumps in real-time precise point positioning / Shaoguang Xu in Remote sensing, vol 14 n° 20 (October-2 2022)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing > vol 14 n° 20 (October-2 2022) . - n° 5222 Titre : An efficient method to compensate receiver clock jumps in real-time precise point positioning Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Shaoguang Xu, Auteur ; Jialu Long, Auteur ; Jinling Wang, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 5222 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] ambiguïté entière [Termes IGN] décalage d'horloge [Termes IGN] erreur de positionnement [Termes IGN] glissement de cycle [Termes IGN] horloge du récepteur [Termes IGN] phase [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] positionnement par GNSS [Termes IGN] positionnement ponctuel précis [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] temps réel Résumé : (auteur) In global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs)-based positioning, user receiver clock jump is a common phenomenon on the low-cost receiver clocks and can break the continuity of observation time tag, carrier phase and pseudo range. The discontinuity may affect precise point positioning-related parameter estimation, including receiver clock error, position, troposphere and ionosphere parameters. It is important to note that these parameters can be used for timing, positioning, atmospheric inversion and so on. In response to this problem, the receiver clock jumps are divided into two types. The first one can be expressed by the carrier phase and pseudo range having the same scale jump, and the second one is that they are having different scale jumps. For the first type, if a small priori variance of receiver clock error is provided, it can affect the accuracy of ionospheric delay estimation both in static and kinematic mode, while in the latter mode, it also affects position estimation. However, if large process noise is provided, numerical problems may arise since other parameters’ process noises are usually small, it is proposed to use the single point positioning with pseudo ranges to provide a priori value of receiver clock error, and an empiric value is assigned to its prior variance, this handle can avoid the above problems. For the second type, instead of compensating so many raw observations in the traditional methods, it is proposed to compensate the ambiguities at the clock jump epochs only in a new method. The new method corrects the Melbourne–Wubbena (MW) combination firstly in order to avoid the misjudging of cycle slips for current epoch, and the second step is to compensate the corresponding ambiguities, then, after Kalman filtering, the MW and its mean should be corrected back in order to avoid the misjudging of cycle slips at the next epoch. This approach has the advantage of handling the clock jump epoch-wise and can avoid correcting the rest of the observations as the traditional methods used to. With the numerical validation examples both in static and kinematic modes, it shows the new method is simple but efficient for real time precise point positioning (PPP). Numéro de notice : A2022-792 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/rs14205222 Date de publication en ligne : 19/10/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205222 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101909 [article]

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

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An accurate train positioning method using tightly-coupled GPS + BDS PPP/IMU strategy / Wei Jiang in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 3 (July 2022)  

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Python software to transform GPS SNR wave phases to volumetric water content / Angel Martín in GPS solutions, vol 26 n° 1 (January 2022)  

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Robust GNSS phase tracking using variational bayesian inference / Fabio Fabozzi (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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Real-time GNSS precise point positioning using improved robust adaptive Kalman filter / Abdelsatar Elmezayen in Survey review, Vol 53 n° 381 (November 2021)  

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Visualization of GNSS multipath effects and its potential application in IGS data processing / Weiming Tang in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 9 (September 2021)  

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Comparison of polar ionospheric behavior at Arctic and Antarctic regions for improved satellite-based positioning / Arun Kumar Singh in Journal of applied geodesy, vol 15 n° 3 (July 2021)  

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GNSS-based statistical analysis of ionospheric anomalies during typhoon landings in Taiwan/Japan / Hai Peng in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 59 n° 6 (June 2021)  

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Integer phase clock method with single-satellite ambiguity fixing and its application in LEO satellite orbit determination / Kai Shao in Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica, vol 50 n° 4 ([20/04/2021])  

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