scholarly journals Investigation of MODIS mission capability in tropospheric delay estimation for precise point positioning

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Saeid Haji-Aghajany ◽  
Yazdan Amerian ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Precise Point Positioning ◽  
Delay Estimation ◽  
Tropospheric Delay ◽  
Point Positioning

scholarly journals The Impact of Different Ocean Tide Loading Models on GNSS Estimated Zenith Tropospheric Delay Using Precise Point Positioning Technique

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 3080
Author(s):  
Jinglei Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Wang ◽  
Zishen Li ◽  
Shuhui Li ◽  
Cong Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Precise Point Positioning ◽  
Precipitable Water ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite Systems ◽  
Ocean Tide ◽  
Tropospheric Delay ◽  
Ocean Tide Loading ◽  
Zenith Tropospheric Delay ◽  
Point Positioning ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs) have become an important tool to derive atmospheric products, such as the total zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) and precipitable water vapor (PWV) for weather and climate studies. The ocean tide loading (OTL) effect is one of the primary errors that affects the accuracy of GNSS-derived ZTD/PWV, which means the study and choice of the OTL model is an important issue for high-accuracy ZTD estimation. In this study, GNSS data from 1 January 2019 to 31 January 2019 are processed using precise point positioning (PPP) at globally distributed stations. The performance of seven widely used global OTL models is assessed and their impact on the GNSS-derived ZTD is investigated by comparing them against the ZTD calculated from co-located radiosonde observations. The results indicate that the inclusion or exclusion of the OTL effect will lead to a difference in ZTD of up to 3–15 mm for island stations, and up to 1–2 mm for inland stations. The difference of the ZTD determined with different OTL models is quite small, with a root-mean-square (RMS) value below 1.5 mm at most stations. The comparison between the GNSS-derived ZTD and the radiosonde-derived ZTD indicates that the adoption of OTL models can improve the accuracy of GNSS-derived ZTD. The results also indicate that the adoption of a smaller cutoff elevation, e.g., 3° or 7°, can significantly reduce the difference between the ZTDs determined by GNSS and radiosonde, when compared against a 15° cutoff elevation. Compared to the radiosonde-derived ZTD, the RMS error of GNSS-derived ZTD is approximately 25–35 mm at a cutoff elevation of 15°, and 15–25 mm when the cutoff elevation is set to 3°.

scholarly journals Quality Assessment of Tropospheric Delay Estimated by Precise Point Positioning in the Korean Peninsula

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Earl Park ◽  
Kyoung Min Roh ◽  
Sung-Moon Yoo ◽  
Byung-Kyu Choi ◽  
Jong-Kyun Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Precise Point Positioning ◽  
Tropospheric Delay ◽  
Point Positioning

The Effect of the State-of-the-Art Mapping Functions on Precise Point Positioning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faruk Can Durmus ◽  
Bahattin Erdogan
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Precise Point Positioning ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Mapping Function ◽  
Empirical Models ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite Systems ◽  
Tropospheric Delay ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Mapping Functions ◽  
Point Positioning

<p>Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are effectively used for different applications of Geomatic Engineering. There are lots of model error sources that affect the performance of the point positioning. Especially for the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) technique, which depends on the absolute point positioning, these errors should be modelled since PPP technique utilizes un-differenced and ionosphere-free combinations. Studies about PPP technique show that the effect of tropospheric delay caused by water vapor and dry air in the troposphere, which affects GNSS signals, is an important parameter should be modelled. Total zenith delay consists of both hydrostatic and wet delay. Hydrostatic delay can be accurately estimated by using atmospheric surface pressure and temperature with empirical models. Although there are many empirical models currently used for the determination of the zenith wet delay, the accuracies of these models are inadequate due to the temporal and spatial variation of atmospheric water vapor. Moreover, the tropospheric delay occurs along the path of GNSS signals and the Mapping Functions (MFs) are used to convert the tropospheric signal delay along the zenith direction to the slant direction. In this study, it is aimed to measure the effect of the globally produced MFs as Niell Mapping Function (NMF), Vienna Mapping Function 1 (VMF1), Global Mapping Function (GMF) and Global Pressure Temperature model 2 (GPT2) for GNSS positioning accuracy. Only GPS satellite system has been taken into account. For the analysis it has planned to process approximately 294 permanent stations from Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) archive with Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s GipsyX v1.2 software. In order to reveal the effect of different season the GPS observations in January, April, July and October, 2018 have been obtained. The solutions were derived for different session durations as 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 24 hours for each global MFs and root mean square values have been estimated for each session durations. According to the first results that based on the six points, which the ellipsoidal heights of them are between 20 m and 105 m, although the results of north and east components are close to each other; the results of VMF1 are better than other global MFs for up component.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: State-of-the-Art Mapping Function, Troposphere, Precise Point Positioning, Accuracy, GipsyX</p>

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