ELF Radar System Proposed for Localized D-Region Ionospheric Anomalies

This letter proposes a novel extremely low frequency (ELF) radar for localized D-region (altitude < 95 km) ionospheric anomalies that have been generated by natural geophysical processes. The proposed system would use the former U.S. Navy Wisconsin Transmitting Facility as a distant well-characterized impulsive ELF source. Sample calculations that demonstrate how passive vertical E-field detectors could characterize ionospheric conductivity depressions of variable diameter located above Los Angeles are provided. These calculations have been obtained using our recently developed three-dimensional whole-Earth electromagnetic wave propagation model based upon the rigorous finite-difference time-domain solution of Maxwell's equations. A key potential application of the proposed ELF radar system is the detection of hypothesized ionospheric earthquake precursors     

伪卫星辅助下的北斗GBAS完好性增强技术研究

根据机场实施精密导航技术（RNP）的要求,国际民航组织（ICAO）提出地基增强系统（GBAS）,GBAS必将成为未来发展的必然趋势。但是在复杂的机场环境下,卫星信号易受外界影响和干扰,连续性不足,进而影响GBAS系统完好性性能的实施。因此,本文提出了伪卫星与北斗卫星联合定位增强GBAS的方法,并从加入伪卫星后的精度因子（DOP）、多参考一致性检测（MRCC）、完好性等方面进行了对比仿真分析。仿真结果表明,增加伪卫星后的系统精度因子得到了明显改善（PDOP小于3）,同时提高了完好性性能,能够为复杂环境下的机场提供GBAS CAT Ⅱ类及以上等级的精密进近服务。     

Approach service type D evaluation of the DLR GBAS testbed

Ground-based augmentation systems (GBAS) for satellite navigation are intended to replace the instrument landing system for precision approach of aircraft into an airport in the near future. Here, we show an evaluation of data collected during flight trials with the GBAS testbed of the German aerospace center with respect to requirements for the GBAS approach service type D. This service will permit approach and landing down to the zero visibility conditions of category IIIc approaches. We show output of all airborne monitors and the results of an integrity analysis. During all flight trials, the system performed within the required criteria for integrity, continuity, and availability.     

电离层延迟的区域CORS数据实时监测

针对区域电离层变化情况较为复杂,所确定的电离层模型系数难以反映其短时间内的变化情况问题,该文提出了利用旋转地图内插结合曲面拟合模型实现区域电离层实时监测方法。采用旋转地图内插IGS提供的电离层数据,能够有效补偿电离程度与太阳位置的强相关性,提高总电子含量内插精度;基于曲面拟合模型对区域电离层进行实时监测,实现了模型系数的实时更新。利用JSCORS网的双频观测数据,采用曲面拟合模型建立了实时的区域电离层监测模型,数据计算结果表明,其网内外精度分别优于0.81TECU和0.96TECU。     

Integrity and continuity allocation for the RAIM with multiple constellations

The allocation of integrity and continuity is crucial for the performance of integrity monitoring when multiple failure modes from multiple constellations have to be monitored. Using the four-state Markov model to link the integrity parameters, an optimal allocation algorithm for the slope-based receiver autonomous integrity monitoring is developed under the minimization criterion of protection level. The test based on a simulated dual constellation with various failure rates has shown that, when compared with other typical algorithms, the proposed algorithm can achieve a worldwide protection level decrement by at least 12.1% when the mean time between failures of each system is less than 10³ h.     

多尺度ARMA残差修正模型震前电离层TEC异常探测

为提高电离层总电子含量（total electronic content，TEC）扰动探测参考背景值的预测精度，提出了多尺度自回归移动平均（autoregressive moving average，ARMA）残差修正模型。通过对比该方法、ARMA模型、四分位距法（inter quartile range，IQR）及滑动时窗法对TEC背景值的预测精度，结果显示修正模型预测的TEC背景值平均相对精度为89.78%，分别比ARMA模型、IQR及滑动时窗法高5.18%、1.41%和1.42%，且预测值的残差绝对值小于等于3.0 TECU的百分比为91.67%，明显优于其他3种方法，说明修正模型探测震前TEC异常是可行的。利用该方法探测2013-04-20芦山县Mw7.0级地震震前电离层TEC扰动情况，验证了该方法的有效性。实验结果表明，震前第9天和第13天电离层明显的正异常和震前第1~4天明显的负异常极可能是孕育地震引起的，且正异常主要出现在08:00-10:00 UT，而负异常主要集中在0:00-14:00 UT。     

逐历元GNSS-R测高单差和双差算法

GNSS-R测高是一种高效监测水面高度及其变化的新技术。与传统水面测量技术,如验潮站、卫星测高等相比,其主要优点包括可实现更高时空分辨率的观测、测高结果不受板块垂直运动的影响等。本文提出了一种基于单差观测值组合的cGNSS-R逐历元测高算法,可提高水面高度测量的时空分辨率,并给出了基于双差观测值逐历元cGNSS-R测高算法。利用武汉东湖清河桥上cGNSS-R试验中GPS反射信号观测数据,给出了高精度高时空分辨率的湖面到反射天线相位中心垂直距离,验证了本文算法的准确性,精度可达±2~±4 cm。与水面高实际观测比较结果表明,cGNSS-R单差、双差算法可有效削弱钟差以及电离层和对流层误差对反演水面高度的影响。     

Carrier phase-based integrity monitoring for high-accuracy positioning

Pseudorange-based integrity monitoring, for example receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM), has been investigated for many years and is used in various applications such as non-precision approach phase of flight. However, for high-accuracy applications, carrier phase-based RAIM (CRAIM), an extension of pseudorange-based RAIM (PRAIM) must be used. Existing CRAIM algorithms are a direct extension of PRAIM in which the carrier phase ambiguities are estimated together with the estimation of the position solution. The main issues with the existing algorithms are reliability and robustness, which are dominated by the correctness of the ambiguity resolution, ambiguity validation and error sources such as multipath, cycle slips and noise correlation. This paper proposes a new carrier phase-based integrity monitoring algorithm for high-accuracy positioning, using a Kalman filter. The ambiguities are estimated together with other states in the Kalman filter. The double differenced pseudorange, widelane and carrier phase observations are used as measurements in the Kalman filter. This configuration makes the positioning solution both robust and reliable. The integrity monitoring is based on a number of test statistics and error propagation for the determination of the protection levels. The measurement noise and covariance matrices in the Kalman filter are used to account for the correlation due to differencing of measurements and in the construction of the test statistics. The coefficient used to project the test statistic to the position domain is derived and the synthesis of correlated noise errors is used to determine the protection level. Results from four cases based on limited real data injected with simulated cycle slips show that residual cycle slips have a negative impact on positioning accuracy and that the integrity monitoring algorithm proposed can be effective in detecting and isolating such occurrences if their effects violate the integrity requirements. The CRAIM algorithm proposed is suitable for use within Kalman filter-based integrated navigation systems.

AutoCAD与ArcGIS数据转换研究与应用

结合珠海市空间数据自适应动态更新系统的建设实践,提出AutoCAD与ArcGIS空间数据转换技术路线。阐述了这一过程中数据标准建立、质量控制和数据转换等关键技术。在此基础上,编程实现AutoCAD与GIS空间数据的相互转换以及空间数据库中GIS数据与AutoCAD数据的直接转换。试验结果显示,AutoCAD空间数据在编码、规整、转换和质检等处理后,可生成符合标准的GIS数据。     

Prediction and analysis of GBAS integrity monitoring availability at LinZhi airport

Prediction and analysis of GBAS integrity monitoring is important, especially at the airports where a GBAS station it to be installed. Based on existing standard documents and published research, we present a software tool for GBAS availability prediction. Simulations have been conducted that include single point, single approach path, and multiple repetitions of a same approach path in order to analyze the availability of GNSS signal integrity monitoring with a GBAS at LinZhi airport. The results show that the long-term 24-h service availability figure at two typical single points along the approach path for GBAS Approach Service Type C (GAST C) is above 99.999 % for each point, and for GBAS Approach Service Type D (GAST D) at three typical single points, it is lower than 99.8 % for each point. The unavailability percentage over a 24-h period is 0.76 and 2.40 % for GAST C and GAST D, respectively. The results of sensitivity tests show that the impact of the mask angle and the latitude on the GBAS availability at LinZhi airport are more important than that of the constellation. Our conclusions could also be of interest for the implementation of GBAS stations at other plateau airports.     

GNSS电离层TEC和闪烁接收机监测

GAMIT／GLOBK是全球应用最广泛的高精度GPS数据处理软件之一,不仅在高精度定位方面得到应用,而且在全球地壳板块运动监测、电离层监测和GPS气象学等领域也得到广泛应用。本文介绍了在Windows7系统下实现Ubunru Kylin16.04桌面版系统的安装,并在Ubuntu Kylin系统平台下安装、更新最新版GAMIT／GLOBK10.60,并利用中国及其周边IGS站观测数据进行基线解算和网平差,验证了软件安装的正确性。      

GNSS电离层延迟模型的数学统一与方法扩展

总结了当前广泛研究的利用GNSS观测数据建立电离层延迟模型的基本理论,并从数学上利用第一类算子方程统一现有的模型。着重分析了电离层VTEC的数学模拟和逼近方法,提出了建立模型的方法上的一系列扩展,从数学角度分析模型各种处理方式上的潜在问题,并给出了简单的单站模型计算实例,实证了理论的正确性。     

基于盲信号分离的机载VDB接收机同频干扰抑制

针对民航飞机利用陆基增强系统(GBAS)进行精密进近着陆过程中,GBAS机载甚高频数据广播(VDB)接收机所受到的同频干扰问题,提出采用盲信号分离算法,对VDB接收机所接收到的期望信号与同频干扰信号进行分离,并通过识别解码数据中的机场标识(ID),得到所需期望信号,从而抑制同频干扰信号. 分析并仿真了基于快速固定点(Fast ICA)算法、自然梯度算法和等变自适应分离(EASI)算法,对VDB接收机接收到的混合信号进行分离的机理和同频干扰抑制的实现. 仿真结果表明,这三种算法均能有效分离期望信号与同频干扰信号,进而进行同频干扰抑制,并通过比较三种算法的收敛速度、串音误差和误码率,得出 Fast ICA算法更适合用于VDB信号的同频干扰抑制.      

Global ionosphere map constructed by using total electron content from ground-based GNSS receiver and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC GPS occultation experiment

Effects of rapidly changing ionospheric weather are critical in high accuracy positioning, navigation, and communication applications. A system used to construct the global total electron content (TEC) distribution for monitoring the ionospheric weather in near-real time is needed in the modern society. Here we build the TEC map named Taiwan Ionosphere Group for Education and Research (TIGER) Global Ionospheric Map (GIM) from observations of ground-based GNSS receivers and space-based FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (F3/C) GPS radio occultation observations using the spherical harmonic expansion and Kalman filter update formula. The TIGER GIM (TGIM) will be published in near-real time of 4-h delay with a spatial resolution of 2.5° in latitude and 5° in longitude and a high temporal resolution of every 5 min. The F3/C TEC results in an improvement on the GIM of about 15.5%, especially over the ocean areas. The TGIM highly correlates with the GIMs published by other international organizations. Therefore, the routinely published TGIM in near-real time is not only for communication, positioning, and navigation applications but also for monitoring and scientific study of ionospheric weathers, such as magnetic storms and seismo-ionospheric anomalies.     

Integrity of an integrated GPS/INS system in the presence of slowly growing errors. Part II: analysis

This is the second of two consecutive papers (Part II) in this journal on the monitoring of the integrity of integrated GPS/INS systems. Part I established that the worst class of error for an integrated system in terms of failure detection performance is that of slowly growing errors (SGEs). It was also concluded that among the integration architectures, the tightly coupled architecture provides the best mechanism to tackle SGEs due to its simpler structure and accessibility to the relevant measurements. In a subsequent comparison of the existing integrity algorithms, the multiple solution separation (MSS) and autonomous integrity monitoring by extrapolation (AIME) methods were selected for further analysis because of their representative characteristics of the current integrity algorithms. This paper carries out a detailed investigation of the capability of the MSS and AIME algorithms to deal with the SGEs, using a realistic simulation platform and limited real data analysis. Results show that although it is possible for the existing algorithms to detect SGEs, the time it takes to detect them varies inversely to the rate of growth of the SGE. A new algorithm is developed to deal with this based on the concept of rate detection. Simulation results show that the new algorithm can detect SGEs earlier than the current algorithms. This is validated by preliminary tests with real data.     

2015年尼泊尔地震的震前电离层异常探测

提出了一种基于奇异谱分析的电离层异常探测的方法。通过对尼泊尔地震震中周围GIM格网点TEC时间序列的探测,发现在2015年4月23日震中东部区域出现电离层正异常。进一步利用二维电离层地图分析异常空间分布,发现出现电离层正异常的区域为25°N-37.5°N,90°E-110°E,时间为2015年4月23日UT9:00-15:00。利用中国陆态网数据计算异常区域卫星穿刺点轨迹STEC变化情况,发现2015年4月23日穿刺点轨迹进入异常区域后STEC值比前后几天明显增大,而离开异常区域后又恢复正常。采用CIT(computerized ionosphere tomography)方法详细地呈现了电离层异常的三维形态,发现4月23日UT9:00-15:00在震中东部区域出现电离层正异常,峰值位于约30°N,115°E,高度范围为100~500 km,且异常峰值随高度变化与电离层本身垂直密度分布规律相一致。     

Cycle slip detection and repair for undifferenced GPS observations under high ionospheric activity

We develop a new approach for cycle slip detection and repair under high ionospheric activity using undifferenced dual-frequency GPS carrier phase observations. A forward and backward moving window averaging (FBMWA) algorithm and a second-order, time-difference phase ionospheric residual (STPIR) algorithm are integrated to jointly detect and repair cycle slips. The FBMWA algorithm is proposed to detect cycle slips from the widelane ambiguity of Melbourne–Wübbena linear combination observable. The FBMWA algorithm has the advantage of reducing the noise level of widelane ambiguities, even if the GPS data are observed under rapid ionospheric variations. Thus, the detection of slips of one cycle becomes possible. The STPIR algorithm can better remove the trend component of ionospheric variations compared to the normally used first-order, time-difference phase ionospheric residual method. The combination of STPIR and FBMWA algorithms can uniquely determine the cycle slips at both GPS L ₁ and L ₂ frequencies. The proposed approach has been tested using data collected under different levels of ionospheric activities with simulated cycle slips. The results indicate that this approach is effective even under active ionospheric conditions.     

2014年鲁甸6.5级地震震前TEC异常分析

2014年8月3日云南省鲁甸发生了6.5级地震.针对震前电离层异常问题,利用IGS提供的全球电离层数据,采用滑动四分位法对鲁甸地震震中及其周围格网点的TEC进行异常探测,发现震前3d、6d和13 d电离层有明显的异常,其中震前3d、6d的异常最为显著.在进一步分析了太阳地磁活动及这几天的全球TEC异常分布后,认为这3d的电离层异常可能与震前的孕育地震有关.另外,这3d的TEC异常分布区域都满足在经度方向跨度和纬度方向跨度长度比约为3:1,且异常的峰值点并不位于震中的正上方,而是位于震中偏向赤道方向,同时赤道共轭区域也存在异常,但范围和幅度都较小.     

自适应无监督分类的PolSAR图像机场跑道区域快速检测

针对复杂PolSAR图像场景中机场目标区域检测问题,本文提出一种自适应无监督分类的机场目标快速检测方法,该方法首先对极化SAR相干矩阵分解提取PolSAR图像的特征值图,转化为超像素图实现图像去噪及降维。然后用SLIC超像素分割算法分割构造超像素。基于超像素图构建极化分类特征,并采用无监督的谱聚类方法提取出疑似机场跑道区域,其中的类别数确定利用VAT-DBE(Visual Assessment of cluster Tendency-Dark Block Extraction)算法获得。最后,在疑似区域内结合跑道结构特征进一步辨识检测出场景中的机场跑道区域。利用美国UAVSAR系统采集的多组全极化SAR实测数据对算法进行验证,并与两种已有的无监督跑道检测算法进行对比,实验结果表明,该算法能够快速准确检测出机场跑道区域,处理耗时可减小80%以上。具有更好的鲁棒性。     

Calibrating adaptive antenna arrays for high-integrity GPS

A major challenge in using GPS guidance for aircraft final approach and landing is to reject interference that can jam reception of the GPS signals. Antenna arrays, which use space–time adaptive processing (STAP), significantly improve the signal to interference plus noise ratio, but at the possible expense of distorting the received signals, leading to timing biases that may degrade navigation performance. Rather than a sophisticated calibration approach to remove biases introduced by STAP, this paper demonstrates that a relatively compact calibration strategy can substantially reduce navigation biases, even under elevated interference conditions. Consequently, this paper develops an antenna bias calibration strategy for two classes of adaptive array algorithm and validates this method using both simulated and experimental data with operational hardware in the loop. A proof-of-concept system and an operational prototype are described, which implement the adaptive antenna algorithms and deterministic corrections. This investigation demonstrates that systems with adaptive antenna arrays can approach the accuracy and integrity requirements for automatic aircraft landing, and in particular for sea-based landing on board aircraft carriers, while simultaneously providing significant attenuation of interference. Evidence suggests that achieving these goals is possible with minimal restrictions on system hardware configuration—specifically, limitations on the permissible level of antenna anisotropy and the use of sufficient analog-to-digital converter resolution.