A Study on the Reliability of the Ionospheric VTEC and Satellite DCB Derived from a Regional GPS Network

According to the requirement of high-precision satellite navigation, we have introduced the method for the quasi-realtime monitoring of variations of the regional ionospheric total electron content (TEC) and GPS satellite differential code bias (DCB), based on the dual-frequency carrier-phase smoothed pseudorange data obtained from a regional GPS network in China. Especially, we have studied the feasibility of retrieving DCB independently from the regional GPS networks with different sizes. For this purpose, 3 regional networks based on the countrywide GPS stations are investigated. The comparisons of the computed DCB and VTEC(vertical total electron content) with those of CODE(the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe) indicate that in order to realize a reliable quasi-realtime measurement of DCB by a regional network, there is a certain requirement on the size of the regional network, and that the relative accuracies of the quasi-realtime VTEC and DCB measured by using a Chinese GPS regional network can reach 2.0TECu and 0.25 ns, respectively.     

A New Ionosphere Monitoring Technology Based on GPS

Although global positioning system (GPS) was originally planned as a satellite-based radio-navigation system for military purposes, civilian users have significantly increased their access to the system for both, commercial and scientific applications. Almost 400 permanent GPS tracking stations have been stablished around the globe with the main purpose of supporting scientific research. In addition, several GPS receivers on board of low Earth orbit satellites fitted with special antennas that focus on Earth's horizon, are tracking the radio signals broadcasted by the high-orbiting GPS satellites, as they rise and set on Earth horizon. The data of these ground and space-born GPS receivers, readily accessible through Internet in a ‘virtual observatory’ managed by the International GPS Service, are extensively used for many researches and might possibly ignite a revolution in Earth remote sensing. By measuring the changes in the time it takes for the GPS signals to arrive at the receiver as they travel through Earth's atmosphere, scientists can derive a surprising amount of information about the Earth's ionosphere, a turbulent shroud of charged particles that, when stimulated by solar flares, can disrupt communications around the world. This contribution presents a methodology to obtain high temporal resolution images of the ionospheric electron content that lead to two-dimensional vertical total electron content maps and three-dimensional electron density distribution. Some exemplifying results are shown at the end of the paper.     

利用Bernese5.0软件实现LEO卫星精密定轨

越来越多的LEO卫星装载了高精度的星载GPS接收机,星载GPS定轨已成为LEO卫星精密定轨的重要手段之一。星载GPS精密定轨精度依赖于GPS星历及钟差精度,采用CODE(Center for Orbit Determination in Europe)官方网站提供的GPS精密星历及钟差数据,基于瑞士伯尼尔大学开发的Bernese 5.0软件,采用非差减缩动力学定轨方法,解算了60天的CHAMP卫星和SAC-C卫星轨道,并将所得轨道与JPL和GFZ事后科学轨道比较,得出的轨道位置三维精度优于20 cm量级,速度三维精度约为0.20 mm/s。     

多模卫星导航系统的RAIM算法研究

研究了多模卫星导航系统的RAIM（接收机完好性自主检测）算法,根据多模卫星导航系统的定位模型,基于最小二乘法的原理计算伪距残差,构造奇偶矢量进行故障检测和故障排除。在只有一个观测量出现粗差的前提下,仿真了GPS与多模GPS／GLONAss／Galileo系统下的卫星可见数和DOP（精度因子）,对比了衡量RAIM算法可用性的水平保护门限值（HPL）及这2种系统下的故障检测率与故障排除率。仿真结果表明：与GPS相比,多模导航系统具有更多的可见星,RAIM算法的可用性更高,并且其故障检测和故障排除的性能更好。因此,多模卫星导航系统不仅能为用户提供更高的定位精度,还能为用户提供更好的完好性保障。     

一种提高车载单频GPS实时定位精度的方法

民用单频GPS接收机实时定位精度约为 1 0 0m。将民用单频GPS接收机装载到汽车上进行导航工作 ,如不用差分等方法 ,则其实时定位精度也只能为 1 0 0m。假设在车上另加测向测距装置 ,以此为基础 ,提出一种提高车载单频GPS接收机实时定位精度的算法。     

GPS定时噪声分析与控制

分析了选择可用性干扰的噪声特性,得到了选择可用干扰的数学模型。建立起时刻差方程的状态空间的描述,利用离散的状态方程,用卡尔曼滤波的方法减小ＳＡ干扰对校频,定时精度的影响。     

附有周期项的预报模型及其在GPS卫星钟差预报中的应用研究

为了有效进行GPS卫星钟差预报和更好地反映卫星钟差特性,除了考虑卫星原子钟频移、频漂和频漂率等物理性质外,还应考虑到卫星钟差的周期性变化特点.在二次多项式模型基础上,增加了周期项因素,构造了新的预报模型.选取部分GPS卫星铯钟(Cs.clock)和铷钟(Rb.clock)钟差资料,根据钟差变化趋势分3种情况,按不同时间长度进行钟差预报分析,并与二次多项式模型的预报结果比较分析,大量数据分析表明:附有周期项的二次多项式模型预报精度优于二次多项式模型,铷钟预报精度略优于铯钟.     

Dynamic Structure of the GLONASS and GPS Orbital Space: Problem of Disposal of Retired Objects

The paper presents the results of a study of the dynamic structure of the orbital space of the navigation systems GLONASS and GPS. It is shown that the dynamic structure of the GLONASS region is determined by the action of one stable Lidov–Kozai secular resonance. The motion of almost all the retired objects of the GLONASS system is stable throughout the 100-year study period. In the GPS region, there is an orbital resonance and a large number of secular resonances. Their combined influence leads to a rapid increase in the eccentricity of the orbits of the retired objects of the system. Features of the dynamic structure of the orbital space are used to find the graveyard (parking) orbits of the retired objects of navigation systems.     

Gigahertz-peaked spectrum (GPS) galaxies and quasars

The results of a comprehensive analysis of continuous radio spectra of a sample of Gigahertz-Peaked Spectrum (GPS) sources are reported. The sources are selected from a flux-density-complete sample (S _ν ≥ 200 mJy at 4.8 or 5 GHz) using multifrequency measurements of the RATAN-600 radio telescope and data from the CATS astrophysical catalogs support system. The analysis revealed a very small number (1–2%) of “classical” GPS objects, which is significantly less than the expected fraction of 10%. GPS galaxies are found to have narrower and steeper radio spectra than quasars. The low-frequency part of the spectrum is seen to become steeper with increasing redshift. Galaxies and quasars at the same z have comparable angular sizes, whereas their luminosities may differ by one order of magnitude. At large redshifts there is a deficit of objects with low (several GHZ) peak frequencies. The number of GPS galaxies decreases sharply with redshift, and most of them are found at z between 0.01 and 1.81. GPS quasars are found at large redshifts, from 0.11 to 3.99. A quarter of the sample consists of blazars whose spectra may temporarily have a convex shape when the object is in active state.     

Optical and near-infrared imaging of faint Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum sources

A sample of 47 faint Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum (GPS) radio sources selected from the Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS) has been imaged in the optical and near-infrared, resulting in an identification fraction of 87 per cent. The R  −  I R  −  K colours of the faint optical counterparts are as expected for passively evolving elliptical galaxies, assuming that they follow the R -band Hubble diagram as determined for radio-bright GPS galaxies. We find evidence that the radio spectral properties of the GPS quasars are different from those of GPS galaxies. The observed distribution of radio spectral peak frequencies for GPS sources optically identified with bright stellar objects (presumably quasars) is shifted compared with GPS sources identified with faint or extended optical objects (presumably galaxies), in the sense that a GPS quasar is likely to have a higher peak frequency than a GPS galaxy. This means that the true peak frequency distribution is different for the GPS galaxies and quasars, because the sample selection effects are independent of optical identification. The correlation between peak frequency and redshift that has been suggested for bright sources has not been found in this sample; no correlation exists between R magnitude (and therefore redshift) and peak frequency for the GPS galaxies. We therefore believe that the claimed correlation is actually caused by the dependence of the peak frequency on optical host, because the GPS galaxies are generally at lower redshifts than the quasars. The difference in the peak frequency distributions of the GPS galaxies and quasars is further evidence against the hypothesis that they form a single class of object.     

An Improved Grey Model and Its Application Research on the Prediction of Real-time GPS Satellite Clock Errors

In the work on the real-time GPS precise point positioning, the realtime and reliable prediction of the satellite clock error is one of the keys to the realization of the GPS real-time high accuracy point positioning. The satelliteborne GPS atomic clock has high frequency, is very sensitive and extremely easy to be influenced by the outside world and its own factors. Therefore, it is very difficult for one to know well its complicated and detailed law of change, with these attributes being in accordance with the characteristics of the theory of grey system. Thus, it is considered that the process of variation of the clock error is regarded as a grey system. On the basis of the exploration of the limitations of the quadratic polynomial and grey model satellite clock error predictions, the research on the real-time prediction of the GPS satellite clock error by taking advantage of the improved grey model is proposed. Finally, the materials of the GPS satellite clock error of 3 different time intervals are used to make the accuracy analysis of the clock error prediction of different sampling intervals, to study the relation between the grey model exponential coefficient and the prediction accuracy and to make the analysis of the comparison of the prediction accuracy with that of the quadratic polynomial method. The general relation between the different types of satellite clock errors and the model exponential coefficients is summarized and compared with the IGS final clock error ephemeris product to test and verify the feasibility and availability of the improved prediction model proposed in the present article so as to provide the higher-accuracy satellite clock error products for the real-time GPS dynamic precise point positioning.     

GPS系统时间及其与其他时间的关系

指出不同授时规范对“GPS系统时间”定义、解释的差异,给出比较清楚和综合的“GPS系统时间”理解,这会有益于北斗系统和GPS系统组合PNT（定位、导航、授时）应用标准化。     

NTSC—PTB链路的GPS全视法时间比对数据分析

采用通过中国科学院国家授时中心(NTSC)GPS单、双频这2类观测设备得到的实测数据,进行了NTSC—PTB(physikalisch-technische bundesanstalt(Germary))链路的全视法比对计算和分析。利用这2类设备得到的GPS AV(全视)的结果与BIPM公布的AV方法的A类不确定度一致,从而确定国家授时中心的2类GPS观测设备的性能达到了国际同类水平。如果对双频观测设备时延校准后,采用P3类型进行比对,有望将NTSC现有的比对精度提高50%。     

GIM在LEO卫星单频GPS定轨中的应用

电离层延迟误差是单频GPS(Global Positioning System)数据最主要的误差源,为提高基于单频GPS数据的LEO(Low Earth Orbiting)卫星定轨精度,必须消除/减弱GPS观测数据中电离层延迟影响.研究了全球电离层模型GIM(Global IonosphericMaps)在基于单频GPS伪距数据的低轨卫星运动学和动力学定轨中的应用,并通过估算电离层尺度因子的方法消除C/A码伪距观测量中电离层延迟影响.由于LEO卫星星载GPS信号受电离层延迟影响与卫星轨道高度相关,选取了轨道高度在300～800 km的CHAMP(CHAllenging Mini-satellite Payload)、GRACE(Gravity Recovery AndClimate Experiment)、TerraSAR-X及SAC-C等LEO卫星C/A码伪距观测量作为试算数据.CHAMP等卫星实测数据计算结果表明:以JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)发布的GIM模型作为背景模型,通过电离层比例因子法能很好地消除C/A码伪距观测量中电离层延迟影响,提高LEO卫星运动学和动力学定轨精度,其中,CHAMP卫星轨道最低,受电离层延迟影响最严重,定轨精度提高最显著,分别为55.6%和47.6%;SAC-C卫星轨道高度最高,受电离层延迟影响最小,相应的定轨精度提高幅度也最低,分别为47.8%和38.2%.     

基于GPS与三轴磁强计的联合导航算法

为了修正近地轨道(小于1000 km)地磁场模型,提高导航的精度,在地磁导航系统中引入GPS作为一个新的测量设备,提出了一种基于三轴磁强计与GPS的联合导航算法．该算法取卫星的位置和速度向量作为状态向量,建立状态方程;取卫星周围的磁场强度和GPS接收的信号作为观测量,建立观测方程;并以GPS确定的轨道状态量为标准量,去估计磁场模型参数的修正量,构成冷备冗余导航算法．仿真结果表明,提出的导航算法对轨道位置的估计误差小于50 m,速度的估计误差小于0．1 m／s,导航算法的精度和收敛性都优于使用单一地磁导航的系统．     

The Application of GIM in Precise Orbit Determination for LEO Satellites with Single-Frequency GPS Measurements

With the precise GPS ephemeris and clock error available, the iono- spheric delay is left as the dominant error source in the single-frequency GPS data. Thus, the removal of ionospheric effects is a ma jor prerequisite for an improved orbit reconstruction of LEO satellites based on the single-frequency GPS data. In this paper, the use of Global Ionospheric Maps (GIM) in kine- matic and dynamic orbit determinations for LEO satellites with single-frequency GPS pseudorange measurements is discussed first, and then, estimating the iono- spheric scale factor to remove the ionospheric effects from the C/A-code pseu- dorange measurements for both kinematic and dynamic orbit determinations is addressed. As it is known that the ionospheric delay of space-borne GPS sig- nals is strongly dependent on the orbit altitudes of LEO satellites, we select the real C/A-code pseudorange measurement data of the CHAMP, GRACE, TerraSAR-X and SAC-C satellites with altitudes between 300 km and 800 km as sample data in this paper. It is demonstrated that the approach to eliminating ionospheric effects in C/A-code pseudorange measurements by estimating the ionospheric scale factor is highly effective. Employing this approach, the accu- racy of both kinematic and dynamic orbits can be improved notably. Among those five LEO satellites, CHAMP with the lowest orbit altitude has the most remarkable improvements in orbit accuracy, which are 55.6% and 47.6% for kine- matic and dynamic orbits, respectively. SAC-C with the highest orbit altitude has the least improvements in orbit accuracy accordingly, which are 47.8% and 38.2%, respectively.     

GPS掩星折射率剖面一维变分同化

近年来,GPS／LEO(全球定位系统／低地球轨道)卫星无线电掩星技术给出了地球大气探测的新途径．从LEO卫星观测到的掩星数据可以反演的地球大气的气压、水汽、温度等剖面;它们对气象和大气科学研究,是具有潜在价值的数据资源．掩星数据资料的同化技术可以有效地改进这些气象参数的剖面,从而改进目前的数值天气预报模式．在当前采用的一维变分同化反演技术中,可以用掩星观测资料的大气折射率或弯曲角剖面进行同化,来反演大气水汽和温度剖面以及海平面压强．作为独立自主开发的GPD／LEO掩星技术系统的一部分,以欧洲中尺度天气预报分析(ECMWF)资料为背景场,CHAMP 掩星观测得到的折射率剖面为观测值,采用Levenberg—Marquardt方法实行GPS掩星资料一维变分同化．在讨论中,用掩星观测点附近相应的探空气球资料来检验CHAMP掩星资料变分同化的结果．     

Effect of magnetic activity on ionospheric time delay at low latitude

The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of magnetic activity on ionospheric time delay at low latitude Station Bhopal (geom. lat. 23.2°N, geom. long. 77.6°E) using dual frequency (1575.42 and 1227.60 MHz) GPS measurements. Data from GSV4004A GPS Ionospheric Scintillation and TEC monitor (GISTM) have been chosen to study these effects. This paper presents the results of ionospheric time delay during quiet and disturbed days for the year 2005. Results show that maximum delay is observed during quiet days in equinoxial month while the delays of disturbed period are observed during the months of winter. We also study the ionospheric time delay during magnetic storm conditions for the same period. Results do not show any clear relationship either with the magnitude of the geomagnetic storm or with the main phase onset (MPO) of the storm. But most of the maximum ionospheric time delay variations are observed before the main phase onset (MPO) or sudden storm commencement (SSC) as compared to storm days.     

The Effect of GPS Ephemeris on the Accuracy of Precise Orbit Determination of LEO Satellite-borne GPS

The satellite-borne GPS receivers dedicated to precise orbit determination are now being carried by more and more low earth orbit (LEO) satellites and the satellite-borne GPS has become one of the main means for the precise orbit determination of low earth orbit satellites. The accuracy of satellite-borne GPS precise orbit determination depends on the accuracies of the GPS ephemeris and the clock error. Based on the orbit determination function of SHORDEIII zero-difference dynamics and using the observational data obtained by the GRACE satellites for the week from 2005 August 1 to 7 as an example, three versions of GPS ephemerides (igs, igr and igu) are used to carry out orbit determination under the same conditions and to estimate the effect of the GPS ephemeris accuracy on the accuracy of orbit determination of low earth orbit satellites. Our calculated results show that the two ephemerides, igs and igr, are equivalent to each other in orbit determination accuracy (about 9.5 cm), while igu is slightly less accurate, at about 10.5 cm. The effect produced by the data of the high frequency GPS satellite clock error on the accuracy of orbit determination is 1–6 cm.     

Effect of ocean tides on the determination of zenith delay

GPS meteorology is a new field in GPS applications, in which precise determination of zenith delay is a key component. A strong correlation exists between the vertical displacement caused by ocean tide and the zenith delay at a given GPS station, so the effect of ocean tide on the precise determination of the zenith delay can not be neglected. We have processed and analyzed the GPS data of the Crustal Motion Observation Network of China from Day 10 to Day 40 of 2001, and the result shows that such effect varies over a range of several millimeters. For example, it is ± 7mm for the coastal station at Shanghai and ±1 mm for the inland station at Wuhan at maximum.