单站地基GPS天顶延迟反演大气剖面研究

基于一定的大气折射率剖面模型和搜索方法,可以由GPS天顶延迟反演大气折射率剖面。利用上海气象站的探空数据和上海IGS站的GPS数据,对基于单站地基GPS天顶延迟的大气折射率剖面反演方法进行了验证。结果表明,根据目前处理得到的天顶延迟,反演剖面与实际剖面吻合较好。     

Characterization of diurnal cycles in ZTD from a decade of global GPS observations

The diurnal cycle of the tropospheric zenith total delay (ZTD) is one of the most obvious signals for the various physical processes relating to climate change on a short time scale. However, the observation of such ZTD oscillations on a global scale with traditional techniques (e.g. radiosondes) is restricted due to limitations in spatial and temporal resolution. Nowadays, the International GNSS Service (IGS) provides an important data source for investigating the diurnal and semidiurnal cycles of ZTD and related climatic signals. In this paper, 10 years of ZTD data from 1997 to 2007 with a 2-hour temporal resolution are derived from global positioning system (GPS) observations taken at 151 globally distributed IGS reference stations. These time series are used to investigate diurnal and semidiurnal oscillations. Significant diurnal and semidiurnal oscillations of ZTD are found for all GPS stations used in this study. The diurnal cycles (24 hours period) have amplitudes between 0.2 and 10.9 mm with an uncertainty of about 0.5 mm and the semidiurnal cycles (12 h period) have amplitudes between 0.1 and 4.3 mm with an uncertainty of about 0.2 mm. The larger amplitudes of the diurnal and semidiurnal ZTD cycles are observed in the low-latitude equatorial areas. The peak times of the diurnal cycles spread over the whole day, while the peak value of the semidiurnal cycles occurs typically about local noon. These GPS-derived diurnal and semidiurnal ZTD signals are similar with the surface pressure tides derived from surface synoptic pressure observations, indicating that atmospheric tides are the main driver of the diurnal and semidiurnal ZTD variations.     

利用中国区域MERRA-2资料计算ZTD和ZWD的精度分析

对流层延迟是影响高精度定位与导航的主要误差之一,也是全球导航卫星系统（global navigation satellite system,GNSS）水汽探测的关键参数。美国航空航天局发布了最新一代的大气再分析资料（MERRA-2资料）,其可用于计算高时空分辨率的对流层延迟产品,但是目前尚无文献对利用MERRA-2资料计算天顶对流层延迟（zenith tropospheric delay,ZTD）和天顶湿延迟（zenith wet delay,ZWD）的精度进行分析。因此,联合2015年中国陆态网214个GNSS站ZTD产品和分布于中国区域的87个探空站资料,对利用MERRA-2资料在中国区域计算ZTD/ZWD的精度进行评估。结果表明：（1）以陆态网ZTD为参考值,利用MERRA-2资料积分计算ZTD的年均偏差和均方根误差（root mean square error,RMSE）分别为0.32 cm和1.21 cm,且偏差和RMSE均表现出一定的季节变化,总体上呈现为夏季精度低、冬季精度高;在空间分布上,偏差随纬度和高程的变化趋势并不明显,但RMSE随纬度和高程的增加总体上呈现递减的趋...     

GPS-PWV estimation and validation with radiosonde data and numerical weather prediction model in Antarctica

Three permanent GPS tracking stations in the trans Antarctic mountain deformation (TAMDEF) network were used to estimate precipitable water vapor (PWV) using measurement series covering the period of 2002–2005. TAMDEF is a National Science Foundation funded joint project between The Ohio State University and the United States Geological Survey. The TAMDEF sites with the longest GPS data spans considered in this research are Franklin Island East (FIE0), the International GNSS Service site McMurdo (MCM4), and Cape Roberts (ROB1). For the experiment, PWV was extracted from the ionosphere-free double-difference carrier phase observations, processed using the adjustment of GPS ephemerides (PAGES) software. The GPS data were processed with a 30 s sampling rate, 15-degree cutoff angle, and precise GPS orbits disseminated by IGS. The time-varying part of the zenith wet delay is estimated using the Marini mapping function, while the constant part is evaluated using the corresponding Marini tropospheric model. Previous studies using TAMDEF data for PWV estimation show that the Marini mapping function performs the best among the models offered by PAGES. The data reduction to compute the zenith wet delay follows the step piecewise linear strategy, which is subsequently transformed to PWV. The resulting GPS-based PWV is compared to the radiosonde observations and to values obtained from the Antarctic mesoscale prediction system (AMPS). This comparison revealed a consistent bias of 1.7 mm between the GPS solution and the radiosonde and AMPS reference values.     

区域GPS网对夏季降雨过程中大气可降水量的探测

利用GPS网的观测资料,通过GAMIT软件求得5个测站对流层天顶总延迟,进而求出各测站对流层湿延迟;利用湿延迟与大气可降水量之间的转换关系得到各测站的大气可降水量。将所得GPS-PWV值与同时段探空资料所得的大气可降水量以及地表实际降水量进行对比分析,结果表明:GPS-PWV值与探空资料所得的PWV值比较相符;在降水前后,GPS-PWV有比较明显的变化,降水一般出现在GPS-PWV值迅速增加的4-6h内;实际降水量峰值与GPS-PWV增量大小也有较强的相关性。     

Estimation and evaluation of real-time precipitable water vapor from GLONASS and GPS

The revitalized Russian GLONASS system provides new potential for real-time retrieval of zenith tropospheric delays (ZTD) and precipitable water vapor (PWV) in order to support time-critical meteorological applications such as nowcasting or severe weather event monitoring. In this study, we develop a method of real-time ZTD/PWV retrieval based on GLONASS and/or GPS observations. The performance of ZTD and PWV derived from GLONASS data using real-time precise point positioning (PPP) technique is carefully investigated and evaluated. The potential of combining GLONASS and GPS data for ZTD/PWV retrieving is assessed as well. The GLONASS and GPS observations of about half a year for 80 globally distributed stations from the IGS (International GNSS Service) network are processed. The results show that the real-time GLONASS ZTD series agree quite well with the GPS ZTD series in general: the RMS of ZTD differences is about 8 mm (about 1.2 mm in PWV). Furthermore, for an inter-technique validation, the real-time ZTD estimated from GLONASS-only, GPS-only, and the GPS/GLONASS combined solutions are compared with those derived from very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) at colocated GNSS/VLBI stations. The comparison shows that GLONASS can contribute to real-time meteorological applications, with almost the same accuracy as GPS. More accurate and reliable water vapor values, about 1.5–2.3 mm in PWV, can be achieved when GLONASS observations are combined with the GPS ones in the real-time PPP data processing. The comparison with radiosonde data further confirms the performance of GLONASS-derived real-time PWV and the benefit of adding GLONASS to stand-alone GPS processing.     

GPS气象的可靠性检核研究

本文通过对GPS湿延迟和水汽辐射计、GPS可降水量与无线电探空资料的比较,进行了GPS气象可靠性检核研究。得出如下结论:GPS可降水量序列与无线电探空的相关性可达0.94;差值均值为-0.24mm;均方根4.0mm。文中对用精密星历及快速预报星历计算所得的GPS湿延迟和水汽辐射计数据进行了比较,在发展趋势上水汽辐射计观测数据与快速预报/精密星历解算出的对流层湿延迟相近,且经过精密星历与快速预报星历反演所得出的的对流层延迟与水汽辐射计数据的差值的均方根分别为1.51cm、1.52cm。     

Multi-technique comparisons of 10?years of wet delay estimates on the west coast of Sweden

We present comparisons of 10-year-long time series of the atmospheric zenith wet delay (ZWD), estimated using the global positioning system (GPS), geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), a water vapour radiometer (WVR), radiosonde (RS) observations, and the reanalysis product of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). To compare the data sets with each other, a Gaussian filter is applied. The results from 10 GPS–RS comparisons using sites in Sweden and Finland show that the full width at half maximum at which the standard deviation (SD) is a minimum increases with the distance between each pair. Comparisons between three co-located techniques (GPS, VLBI, and WVR) result in mean values of the ZWD differences at a level of a few millimetres and SD of less than 7?mm. The best agreement is seen in the GPS–VLBI comparison with a mean difference of ?3.4?mm and an SD of 5.1?mm over the 10-year period. With respect to the ZWD derived from other techniques, a positive bias of up to ~7?mm is obtained for the ECMWF reanalysis product. Performing the comparisons on a monthly basis, we find that the SD including RS or ECMWF varies with the season, between 3 and 15?mm. The monthly SD between GPS and WVR does not have a seasonal signature and varies from 3 to 7?mm.     

IGS站的选取对陆态网解算精度的影响

当前关于IGS站选择对GPS数据解算的影响尚未有定论,讨论陆态网数据解算过程中IGS站的选取问题,简要介绍陆态网和GAMIT软件,分析IGS基准站的分布以及数量对陆态网解算精度的影响。在本文的GAMIT参数设置下,通过实验发现,进行陆态网解算时只需要加入北半球的IGS站就可使基线得到较好的U方向解算精度,而陆态网选择8个左右的IGS站较为合适。     

BDS/GPS组合天顶对流层延迟的精度分析

在现有的精密轨道和钟差条件下,选取8个MGEX跟踪站2014年6—9月的观测数据,详细分析利用BDS/GPS组合PPP法在未固定跟踪站坐标和固定跟踪站坐标情况下估计ZTD的效果,并与IGS提供的对流层产品对比分析。实验分析表明,利用PPP法估计ZTD,BDS ZTD现阶段的STD优于34mm,GPS ZTD与BDS/GPS组合现阶段的STD相当,均优于14mm。与未固定跟踪站情形下估计的BDS ZTD相比,固定跟踪站坐标的方式虽然可以提高利用BDS估计ZTD的稳定性,但不能提高精度。     

GPS数据解算对流层天顶总延迟探讨

运用GAMIT／GLOBK软件,对南极长城站与周边的各IGS跟踪站的GPS观测数据进行组网解算。在解算各站上空总天顶延迟的过程中,利用不同的星历进行解算,并对其解算结果进行了分析和探讨得出：实时预报。星历与精密星历在解算结果上差别不大,最小差值是0mm,最大差值仅为0．5mm。所以在计算各GPS站上空大气水汽含量时,可直接采用实时预报星历,对今后实时探测水汽及实时天气预报具有一定的实用意义。     

A velocity field estimation of the Brazilian portion of the SOAM plate

With the proposition for the adoption of Geocentric Reference System for the Americas (SIRGAS) as a terrestrial reference frame for South America, the need for temporal monitoring of station coordinates used in its materialization has become apparent. This would provide a dynamic characterization of the frame. The Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of GPS (RBMC) has collected high accuracy GPS measurements since 1996. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) maintains this network in collaboration with several universities and organizations. Most of the stations are also part of the SIRGAS network. The RBMC also contributes data to the International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS) to densify the global frame. Two of the RBMC stations are also part of the International GPS Service (IGS). This paper reports initial results from these stations. To estimate the velocity field defined by these stations, ten IGS stations located on the border of the South American plate and in adjacent plates, along with nine RBMC stations, were used. Observations covering five groups of 15 days each were used. These groups of observations were at epochs 1997.3, 1997.9, 1998.3, 1998.9 and 1999.2. Seven IGS stations were chosen to have their coordinates constrained to those epochs. IGS products (precise ephemeris and clocks) were used to process the daily solutions, which were carried out with Bernese software. Carrier phase double differences were formed using the ionospheric-delay free observable. The troposphere was modeled using a combination of the Saastamoinen model and the Niell mapping function. A tropospheric parameter was estimated every two hours. The results of the daily baseline solutions were combined using the summation of normal equations technique, in which the final coordinates and velocities were estimated. The results were compared with various models, such as the NNR-NUVEL1 and the APKIM8.80. Velocity vectors estimated for the RBMC stations show good agreement with those two models, with rates approximately equal to 2 cm/year.     

GTDM:一种获取全球对流层延迟的新模型

对流层延迟是GNSS定位的主要误差源。现有的各对流层延迟模型大多存在过度拟合的弊端,不能反映延迟在短时间内的细节变化。本文利用2011-2017年ECMWF气象资料分析了对流层延迟的变化特征,发现同一格网相邻年份之间全球对流层延迟偏差绝大多数在5 cm内。在此基础上,本文提出了一种非参数拟合的对流层延迟模型GTDM。经验证,GTDM模型具有较好的拟合效果。本文将2016-2017年IGS分析中心提供的对流层延迟产品数据、探空气象数据解算的对流层延迟作为外检核数据,验证结果表明,GTDM模型在全球范围的精度均优于GZTD、GPT2w、UNB3m模型。GTDM模型建模方法简单,可避免过度拟合对流层延迟值的问题,能够有效地反映对流层延迟变化特征。     

不同因素下的ZTD端部效应影响分析

任何平滑拟合方法对实际资料处理时均会产生端部效应,即处理结果在资料(弧)段的两端精度较差,端部效应问题,已成为区域GPS气象网准实时PWV(可降水量)解算的重要问题之一。Bernese数据处理软件在解算对流层天顶延迟方面独树一帜,以中国境内和其周边共5个IGS站2012年某天的数据为解算实例,在简要介绍Bernese解算对流层产品的基础上,采用单一变量的原则,研究分析不同截止高度角和时间分辨率对数据处理结果的端部效应影响和误差量级,并给出参考性建议。     

Quality assessment of GPS rapid static positioning with weighted ionospheric parameters in generalized least squares

Precise GPS positioning requires the processing of carrier-phase observations and fixing integer ambiguities. With increasing distance between receivers, ambiguity fixing becomes more difficult because ionospheric and tropospheric effects do not cancel sufficiently in double differencing. A popular procedure in static positioning is to increase the length of the observing session and/or to apply atmospheric (ionospheric) models and corrections. We investigate the methodology for GPS rapid static positioning that requires just a few minutes of dual-frequency GPS observations for medium-length baselines. Ionospheric corrections are not required, but the ionospheric delays are treated as pseudo-observations having a priori values and respective weights. The tropospheric delays are reduced by using well-established troposphere models, and satellite orbital and clock errors are eliminated by using IGS rapid products. Several numerical tests based on actual GPS data are presented. It is shown that the proposed methodology is suitable for rapid static positioning within 50–70 km from the closest reference network station and that centimeter-level precision in positioning is feasible when using just 1 min of dual-frequency GPS data.     

Robust combination of IGS analysis center GLONASS clocks

GPS Solutions - The International GNSS Service (IGS) Analysis Centers (ACs) generate precise GNSS products by integrating tracking data from globally distributed IGS stations. The ACs’...     

基于MGEX站多系统GNSS反演大气可降水量精度评估

2020年6月北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)完成全面组网,为分析其解算水汽信息的精度,选用15个MGEX (Multi-GNSS Experiment)测站2021年10月至11月的观测数据进行水汽反演. 利用GAMIT软件分别解算BDS、GPS、Galileo和GLONASS的观测数据,将得到的对流层天顶延迟(ZTD)与国际GNSS服务(IGS)发布的结果进行对比,并将解算的大气可降水量(PWV)分别与探空数据、ERA5数据计算得到的PWV对比. 实验结果表明:截止高度角设置为5°时,4个卫星系统估计的ZTD均方根 (RMS)均小于13 mm,GPS-PWV、BDS-PWV、Galileo-PWV、GLONASS-PWV与无线电探空可降水量(RS-PWV)相比,RMS平均值分别为2.25 mm、2.46 mm、2.52 mm和2.84 mm,RMS均小于3 mm;与ERA5-PWV相比,RMS平均值分别为1.63 mm、1.86 mm、1.76 mm和1.99 mm,RMS均小于2 mm. GPS探测水汽的精度最高,BDS探测水汽的精度低于GPS和Galileo,高于GLONASS,均满足气象学应用需求.      

Experiment on driving precipitable water vapor from ground-based GPS network in Chengdu Plain

The estimates of total zenith delay are derived using Bernese GPS Software V4. 2 based on GPS data every 30 s from the first measurement experiment of a ground-based GPS network in Chengdu Plain of Southwest China during the period from July to September 2004. Then the estimates of 0.5 hourly precipitable water vapor (PWV) derived from global positioning system (GPS) are obtained using meteorological data from automatic weather stations (AWS). The comparison of PWV derived from GPS and those from radiosonde observations is given for the Chengdu station, with RMS (root mean square) differences of 3.09m. The consistency of precipitable water vapor derived from GPS to those from radiosonde is good. It is concluded that Bevis’ empirical formula for estimating the weighted atmospheric mean temperature can be applicable in Chengdu area because the relationship of GPS PWV with Bevis’ formula and GPS PWV with radiosonde method shows a high correlation. The result of this GPS measurement experiment is helpful both for accumulating the study of precipitable water vapor derived from GPS in Chengdu areas located at the eastern side of the Tibetan Plateau and for studying spatial-temporal variations of regional atmospheric water vapor through many disciplines cooperatively.     

The international global navigation satellite systems service (IGS): development and achievements

Since 21 June 1992 the International GPS Service (IGS), renamed International GNSS Service in 2005, produces and makes available uninterrupted time series of its products, in particular GPS observations from the IGS Global Network, GPS orbits, Earth orientation parameters (components x and y of polar motion, length of day) with daily time resolution, satellite and receiver clock information for each day with different latencies and accuracies, and station coordinates and velocities in weekly batches for further analysis by the IERS (International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service). At a later stage the IGS started exploiting its network for atmosphere monitoring, in particular for ionosphere mapping, for troposphere monitoring, and time and frequency transfer. This is why new IGS products encompass ionosphere maps and tropospheric zenith delays. This development became even more important when more and more space-missions carrying space-borne GPS for various purposes were launched. This article offers an overview for the broader scientific community of the development of the IGS and of the spectrum of topics addressed today with IGS data and products.     

无气象要素的GPS对流层延迟推算可降水量的研究

本文针对武汉地区GPS气象网资料,进行了GPS对流层延迟直接推算可降水量的研究。在武汉东湖站GPS对流层延迟与无线电探空可降水量的比较中,两者具有很好的相关性,相关系数达到了0.93;推导了对流层延迟直接推算可降水量的模型,对模型结果进行了检验,在武汉东湖站的对流层延迟转换的可降水量与无线电探空可降水量的比较中,均方根为7.8mm,相关性为0.91,这说明了在没有气象数据的地区对流层延迟直接推算的可降水量可以作为气象短期预报的参考。