Ocean Tides Observed from A GPS Receiver on Floating Sea Ice Near Chinese Zhongshan Station,Antarctica

Due to limit of coverage in TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) satellite and sparseness of in-situ tide gauges around Antarctica, the accuracy of global ocean tide models in Antarctic seas is relatively poorer than in low- and mid-latitude regions. To better understand ocean tides in Prydz Bay, east Antarctica, a GPS receiver was deployed on floating sea ice to measure tide-induced ice motion in multiple campaigns. Four online Precise Point Positioning (PPP) services are used to process the GPS data in the kinematic PPP mode, and UTide software is used to separate the major tidal constituents. Comparison between results from different processing methods (relative processing solutions from Track, kinematic PPP solutions from online services) and with bottom pressure gauge (BPG) shows that, high-accuracy tidal information can be obtained from GPS observations on floating sea ice, the root-sum-square (RSS) for the eight major constituents (O1, K1, P1, Q1, M2, S2, N2, K2) is below 4 cm. We have also studied the impacts of data span and filter edge effects at daily boundaries on the accuracy of tide estimates, and found that to obtain reliable tide estimates and neglect the filter edge effects, continuous observation longer than 30 days is necessary. Our study suggests that GPS provides an independent method to estimate tides in Prydz Bay, and can be an alternative to tidal gauges, which are costly and hard to maintain in Antarctica.     

Ocean Tide Models Developed by Assimilating TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimeter Data into Hydrodynamical Model: A Global Model and a Regional Model around Japan

A global ocean tide model (NAO.99b model) representing major 16 constituents with a spatial resolution of 0.5° has been estimated by assimilating about 5 years of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data into barotropic hydrodynamical model. The new solution is characterized by reduced errors in shallow waters compared to the other two models recently developed; CSR4.0 model (improved version of Eanes and Bettadpur, 1994) and GOT99.2b model (Ray, 1999), which are demonstrated in comparison with tide gauge data and collinear residual reduction test. This property mainly benefits from fine-scale along-track tidal analysis of TOPEX/POSEIDON data. A high-resolution (1/12°) regional ocean tide model around Japan (NAO.99Jb model) by assimilating both TOPEX/POSEIDON data and 219 coastal tide gauge data is also developed. A comparison with 80 independent coastal tide gauge data shows the better performance of NAO.99Jb model in the coastal region compared with the other global models. Tidal dissipation around Japan has been investigated for M₂ and K₁ constituents by using NAO.99Jb model. The result suggests that the tidal energy is mainly dissipated by bottom friction in localized area in shallow seas; the M₂ ocean tidal energy is mainly dissipated in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea at the mean rate of 155 GW, while the K₁ energy is mainly dissipated in the Sea of Okhotsk at the mean rate of 89 GW. TOPEX/POSEIDON data, however, detects broadly distributed surface manifestation of M₂ internal tide, which observationally suggests that the tidal energy is also dissipated by the energy conversion into baroclinic tide.     

GPS接收机与PC机的串口通讯技术及其在海洋潮位监测中的应用

在剖析"Jupiter"GPS接收机工作原理及其硬软件接口的基础上,实现接收机与计算机的实时通讯,为以浮标为搭载,中、远程海洋长基线精密潮位监测定位打下基础.该接收机软件实现原DOS环境下接收信号的GPS接收机,直接在Windows下实时显示、存储和处理数据.该软件不但适用于"Jupiter"接收机,通过配置串口参数,可以用于任意遵循NMEA0183协议的接收机,扩展性强.     

Absolute Calibration of the Jason-1 Altimeter Using UK Tide Gauges

This article describes an “absolute” calibration of Jason-1 (J-1) altimeter sea surface height bias using a method developed for TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) bias determination reported previously. The method makes use of U.K. tide gauges equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to measure sea surface heights at the same time, and in the same geocentric reference frame, as Jason-1 altimetric heights recorded in the nearby ocean. The main time-dependent components of the observed altimeter-minus-gauge height-difference time series are due to the slightly different ocean tides at the gauge and in the ocean. The main harmonic coefficients of the tide differences are calculated from analysis of the copious TOPEX data set and then applied to the determination of T, P, and J-1 bias in turn. Datum connections between the tide gauge and altimetric sea surface heights are made by means of precise, local geoid differences from the EGG97 model. By these means, we have estimated Jason-1 altimeter bias determined from Geophysical Data Record (GDR) data for cycles 1–61 to be 12.9 cm, with an accuracy estimated to be approximately 3 cm on the basis of our earlier work. This J-1 bias value is in close agreement with those determined by other groups, which provides a further confirmation of the validity of our method and of its potential for application in other parts of the world where suitable tide gauge, GPS, and geoid information exist.     

全球大洋潮汐模式在北印度洋潮汐预报准确性的评估

为评估DTU10、TPXO8、GOT00.2和NAO.99b 4个全球大洋潮汐模式对北印度洋潮汐的预报能力,采用英国海洋资料中心提供的海区中部和沿岸站潮汐调和常数资料,检验了这些模式4个主要分潮(M_2、S_2、K_1、O_1)的准确度。它们的各分潮调和常数资料准确度都比较高,振幅绝均差的最大值仅5.61 cm,迟角绝均差的最大值仅9.13°。这些模式的调和常数给出潮波传播特征差别不大。基于这些模式提供的调和常数,分别建立了北印度洋4、8和16分潮潮汐预报模型,将预报结果与中国海事服务网提供的沿岸24个站潮汐表资料进行对比。各模式的8分潮(M_2、S_2、N_2、K_2、K_1、O_1、P_1、Q_1)潮汐预报模型均优于4分潮(M_2、S_2、K_1、O_1)潮汐预报模型,NAO.99b模式可以提供16分潮(M_2、S_2、N_2、K_2、K_1、O_1、P_1、Q_1、MU_2、NU_2、T_2、L_2、2N_2、J_1、M1、OO_1)潮汐预报模型,但是对预报结果改善不明显;在各模式中,GOT00.2模式的8分潮潮汐预报模型对北印度洋沿岸的预报效果最好,平均绝均差为14.97 cm。     

远程GPS验潮方法研究

提出了基于精密单点定位(PPP)技术的远程GPS验潮方法,可有效地弥补现有实时动态GPS验潮模式受距离限制的缺陷。分析了影响GPS验潮精度的各种因素,并针对具体的试验区域,将远程GPS验潮方法在不同作用距离下的观测结果与验潮仪的观测结果分析比对,结果表明基于PPP技术的远程潮汐测量方法切实可行,因此扩大了GPS验潮的作用范围,提高了海洋测绘的作业效率。     

利用验潮站数据进行三种潮汐模型的精度分析

采用全球分布的565个验潮站水位资料对NAO.99b,CSR4.0和TPXO7.2三种潮汐模型进行精度评估。结果表明:在全球海洋范围内,NAO.99b模型精度最高;在黄海海域,TPXO7.2模型的精度最高;在东海和南海海域,则是NAO.99b模型最优;在深海海域,三种模型精度差异不大;在浅海海域,采用同化方法的潮汐模型比采用经验方法的潮汐模型更有优势。     

Improving the Coastal Mean Dynamic Topography by Geodetic Combination of Tide Gauge and Satellite Altimetry

Abstract

The ocean mean dynamic topography (MDT) is the surface representation of the ocean circulation. The MDT may be determined by the ocean approach, which involves temporal averaging of numerical ocean circulation model information, or by the geodetic approach, wherein the MDT is derived using the ellipsoidal height of the mean sea surface (MSS), or mean sea level (MSL) minus the geoid as the geoid. The ellipsoidal height of the MSS might be estimated either by satellite or coastal tide gauges by connecting the tide gauge datum to the Earth-centred reference frame. In this article we present a novel approach to improve the coastal MDT, where the solution is based on both satellite altimetry and tide gauge data using new set of 302 tide gauges with ellipsoidal heights through the SONEL network. The approach was evaluated for the Northeast Atlantic coast where a dense network of GNSS-surveyed tide gauges is available. The typical misfit between tide gauge and satellite or oceanographic MDT was found to be around 9?cm. This misfit was found to be mainly due to small scale geoid errors. Similarly, we found, that a single tide gauge places only weak constraints on the coastal dynamic topography.     

基于GPS精密单点定位技术的水深测量

首先阐述了水深测量的两种作业模式：传统人工验潮水深测量和GPS无验潮水深测量,对两种作业方式作了简单的比较。简要介绍了GPS精密单点定位（PPP）的基本原理,给出了GPS无验潮水深测量数学模型。然后,针对传统水深测量作业模式的弊端,提出采用GPS精密单点定位技术进行无验潮水深测量作业,并从静态和动态定位两个方面验证了PPP技术进行无验潮水深测量作业的可行性。     

Fast BDS Positioning Convergence Based on the Contribution of GPS Observations

Comparing to single BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Precise Point Positioning (PPP), a method which can more quicklydetermine the ambiguity parameters of BDS through applying the contribution of GPS observations is proposed and analyzed in this article. The numerical examples and analysis show that the ionosphere-free ambiguities of BDS satellites can be determined and converged more quickly because of the contribution of GPS observations. The average improvement of the convergent speed of positioning is 18.5% and its positioning accuracy in N, E, and U components are improved by 29.4, 30.3, and 34.4%, respectively, with the contribution of the a priori coordinates obtained from GPS observations. This method is useful for single BDS system positioning when there is a priori information provided by GPS or other sensors which be replaced by and can be applied at the beginning of the computation.     

New Determinations of the Ages of Tide in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ages of tide provide relevant information about the spatial distribution of existing anomalies in the normal modes of the oceans, because a delay may be associated with bottom friction energy dissipation, closely located resonances, bathymetric gradients, or radiational effects. The determination of other parameters, such as the age of diurnal tide or age of parallax, also provide further knowledge about the ocean's hydrodynamical response to acting forces. Following the development of new ocean models and the availability of a greater amount of data, these parameters can be redetermined. We present the spatial distribution of these parameters in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, obtained from 507 stations. The results are discussed in terms of bathymetric models, coastal features, sea surface temperature, wind and other environmental factors.     

New Determinations of the Ages of Tide in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ages of tide provide relevant information about the spatial distribution of existing anomalies in the normal modes of the oceans, because a delay may be associated with bottom friction energy dissipation, closely located resonances, bathymetric gradients, or radiational effects. The determination of other parameters, such as the age of diurnal tide or age of parallax, also provide further knowledge about the ocean's hydrodynamical response to acting forces. Following the development of new ocean models and the availability of a greater amount of data, these parameters can be redetermined. We present the spatial distribution of these parameters in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, obtained from 507 stations. The results are discussed in terms of bathymetric models, coastal features, sea surface temperature, wind and other environmental factors.     

Absolute Calibration of the Jason-1 Altimeter Using UK Tide Gauges

This article describes an “absolute” calibration of Jason-1 (J-1) altimeter sea surface height bias using a method developed for TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) bias determination reported previously. The method makes use of U.K. tide gauges equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to measure sea surface heights at the same time, and in the same geocentric reference frame, as Jason-1 altimetric heights recorded in the nearby ocean. The main time-dependent components of the observed altimeter-minus-gauge height-difference time series are due to the slightly different ocean tides at the gauge and in the ocean. The main harmonic coefficients of the tide differences are calculated from analysis of the copious TOPEX data set and then applied to the determination of T, P, and J-1 bias in turn. Datum connections between the tide gauge and altimetric sea surface heights are made by means of precise, local geoid differences from the EGG97 model. By these means, we have estimated Jason-1 altimeter bias determined from Geophysical Data Record (GDR) data for cycles 1-61 to be 12.9 cm, with an accuracy estimated to be approximately 3 cm on the basis of our earlier work. This J-1 bias value is in close agreement with those determined by other groups, which provides a further confirmation of the validity of our method and of its potential for application in other parts of the world where suitable tide gauge, GPS, and geoid information exist.     

多系统GNSS浮标潮位提取精度研究

为实现多频多模GNSS浮标在远距离海洋潮汐测量中的应用,基于精密单点定位(precision pointing positioning,PPP)数据处理策略获取潮位信息,以压力验潮仪为参考,对GNSS浮标测量海面高进行经验模态分解(empirical mode decomposition,EMD),滤去高频波浪和噪声,获取潮位进行精度分析。结果表明:多系统可以提高PPP解算潮位精度。GPS/GLONASS双系统和GPS/GLONASS/Bei Dou三系统PPP提取潮位与验潮仪潮位差值的最大误差均小于18cm,RMSE小于6. 5cm。因此,多系统PPP解算GNSS浮标海面高可以实现远离海岸的潮位获取与监测,能够提高海上潮位测量的效率。     

GPS技术在城市交通状况实时检测技术中的应用

该文介绍 1种检测城市交通状况的新方法。在利用 GPS对车辆的定位与导航的基础上 ,进一步利用 GPS提供的即时速度和准确的时间信息 ,通过数学建模 ,得到交通流量、平均车速、行程时间、车道占有率等一系列重要交通状况信息 ,以实现交通状况的实时检测 ,为城市交通管理系统智能化的实现提供必要保证。     

潮汐测量与验潮技术的发展

潮汐是由各天体作用于地球上的引潮力所产生，不仅海洋中有潮汐，大气圈和地球固体部分也同样存在着潮汐。海道测量中的潮汐测量仅指海洋潮汐测量仅指海洋潮汐测量，潮汐测量的手段很多，主要包括采用水尺；浮子式、引压钟式、声学式、压力式验潮仪验潮。而GPS验潮及潮汐遥感测量等技术研究国内外正在开展。所有这些验潮技术各有自己的特点。     

潮汐数据支持的海岸带区域网平差

由于海部遥感影像的特殊性,使得传统摄影测量定位方法无法满足高精度的海岸带地理信息获取。提出利用潮汐数据转换计算的水边线高程数据值支持海岸带区域网平差,可以大幅度提高海岸带高程定位精度,在四角布设平高控制点条件下,可以提高海岸带高程精度74%。实验结果表示该方法可行,并得出一些有益结论。     

山东邻海长周期分潮对深度基准面的影响分析

利用潮汐模型NAO.99Jb和FES2014确定了山东邻海的深度基准面模型并对其精度进行了评估,结果表明,NAO.99Jb模型确定的深度基准值L10的中误差为23.28 cm,FES2014模型确定的深度基准值L13的中误差为34.37 cm,长周期分潮的相对误差过大导致加入长周期分潮改正项后深度基准值中误差分别增大了11.04 cm和12.38 cm,较其他分潮对深度基准值精度的影响更明显,所以基于潮汐模型构建深度基准面模型时,长周期分潮部分必须加入实测数据改正。进一步采用山东邻海13个长期验潮站实测数据,定量地分析了长周期分潮对深度基准面确定的影响,结果表明,长周期分潮改正项的量值介于13.89~22.39 cm,平均改正值为18.03 cm,在深度基准值中占比达到15.15%。因此,长周期分潮改正对深度基准面的精确确定研究贡献较大,准确的长周期分潮模型是构建高精度深度基准面模型的基础。     

世界大洋潮波特征的比较分析

对TOPEX/Poseidon(以下简称T/P)高度计资料直接分析得到4个主要分潮(M2,K1,S2和O1)的调和常数,并与5个全球大洋潮波模式的模拟结果和138个验潮站观测资料的分析结果进行了系统比较,得出如下结论:在深水大洋,高度计资料直接分析结果与潮波模式模拟结果较一致;模拟出的无潮点的个数和位置也较一致;半日分潮模拟结果比全日分潮要好。5个模式模拟结果之间的差异相对较小,振幅的绝对偏差在1.0 cm左右,迟角的绝对偏差在10(°)左右。在陆架浅海,不同模型结果差异相对较大。高度计资料直接分析结果比模式模拟结果普遍偏小,尤其在陆架浅海更是如此。     

基于POM模式与blending同化法建立中国近海潮汐模型

利用POM海洋数值模式建立了中国近海（2°N-41°N,99°E～132°E）分辨率为5′×5′的潮汐模型,模式采用blending同化法同化了由10年TOPEX／Poseidon测高数据反演的潮汐参数与沿岸52个验潮站观测。精度分析表明建立的潮汐模型的8分潮RSS为12．5cm。