利用GPS三频观测值监测电离层TEC及其变化率

三频观测数据为监测电离层总电子含量提供了更多的观测值选择。在双频观测值估算电离层总电子含量的原理基础上,利用不同纬度地区的三频GPS观测资料计算获得了电离层总电子含量值及其变化率。分析结果表明：由于GPS接收机码间偏差的影响,不同频率间组合获得的电离层总电子含量结果出现较大的系统差异,使用不同频率组合获得的电离层TEC变化率有很好的一致性。     

基于GPS的南极电离层电子总含量空间分布特征研究

利用南极区域内的中国中山站GPS常年跟踪站(ZHON)和国际GPS服务站GPS观测数据,计算出2000-2006年期间南极地区上空高精度电离层电子总含量值,分别对极光区内、极光区外、极隙、极盖区的电离层电子总含量进行分析比较.结果表明,极光区外的电子总含量峰值要大于极光区内,极光区内的电子总含量峰值又大于极盖区,而每日...     

利用双频GPS数据研究区域电离层TEC变化规律

利用GPS双频观测数据分析了仪器偏差对计算电离层TEC的影响,结果表明忽略仪器偏差的影响不能正确反映测站上空电离层总电子含量的变化规律。验证了短期内仪器偏差的稳定性,并在此基础上研究了2005年太阳活动低峰年区域电离层VTEC的周年变化规律,揭示了电离层VTEC半年变化、季节性变化及冬季异常等现象。     

利用双频GPS数据研究区域电离层TEC变化规律

利用GPS双频观测数据分析了仪器偏差对计算电离层TEC的影响,结果表明忽略仪器偏差的影响不能正确反映测站上空电离层总电子含量的变化规律.验证了短期内仪器偏差的稳定性,并在此基础上研究了2005年太阳活动低峰年区域电离层VTEC的周年变化规律,揭示了电离层VTEC半年变化、季节性变化及冬季异常等现象.     

利用单站地基GPS数据反演电离层电子密度

利用单站GPS观测数据对GPS硬件系统延迟作出修正,得到较精确的电离层总电子含量。根据Chapman电离层理论,建立电离层模型,利用遗传算法优化选择电离层关键参量,反演得到接收机上空电子密度剖面,结果表明：该方法用于太阳活动高年白天电子密度剖面反演效果优于国际参考电离层。     

NeQuick2电离层改正模型的性能评估

NeQuick2电离层改正模型是在NeQuick1模型基础上改进而来的。利用GPS实测观测值在不同卫星截止高度角情况下获得的斜路径总电子含量作为参考,对该电离层模型性能进行评价,并与常用的国际参考电离层和Klobuchar电离层模型进行比较。结果表明,NeQuick2模型获得的斜向总电子含量与实测差值的标准差保持在15TECU以内,其稳定性显著优于国际参考电离层和Klobuchar模型。     

利用非组合精密单点定位技术确定斜向电离层总电子含量和站星差分码偏差

联合双频GPS数据,利用相位平滑伪距算法,可得到包含斜向电离层总电子含量（slant total electron content,sTEC）、测站和卫星差分码偏差（differential code bias,DCB）的电离层观测值（称之为＂平滑伪距电离层观测值＂）,常应用于与电离层有关的研究。然而,平滑伪距电离层观测值易受平滑弧段长度和与测站有关的误差影响。提出一种新算法：利用非组合精密单点定位技术（precise point positioning,PPP）计算电离层观测值（称之为＂PPP电离层观测值＂）,进而估计sTEC和站星DCB。基于短基线试验,先用一台接收机按上述两种方法估计sTEC,用于改正另一接收机观测值的电离层延迟以实施单频PPP,结果表明,利用PPP电离层观测值得到的sTEC精度较高,定位结果的可靠性较强。随后,选取全球分布的8个IGS（internationalGNSS service）连续跟踪站2009年1月内某四天的观测数据,利用上述两种电离层观测值计算所有卫星的DCB,并将计算结果与CODE发布的月平均值进行比较,其中,平滑伪距电离层观测值的卫星DCB估值与CODE（Centre for Orbit Deter mination in Europe）发布值的差别较大,部分卫星甚至可达0.2～0.3 ns,而PPP电离层观测值而言,绝大多数卫星对应的差异均在0.1 ns以内。     

利用GPS观测值监测电离层的时空变化

研究电离层时空变规律对卫星导航、航空航天和通讯等具有重要价值。文中利用IGS站提供的GPS双频观测数据,采用区域电离层模型估计GPS系统硬件延迟,从而计算绝对电离层总电子含量。在时间尺度上,选择COR1站的2012年、2015年和2017年的数据进行时间变化分析,结果表明,电离层总电子含量在时间上呈现出周日变化、月变化和季节性变化。在空间方面,选择了经度相差较小、纬度方向分布均匀的CRO1、BRMU、UNBJ和QIKI四个IGS站进行分析,结果表明在纬度方向具有明显的单峰效应,随着纬度的增大电离层总电子含量呈现减小趋势。      

利用GPS双频数据进行区域电离层TEC提取

从利用GPS提取区域电离层总电子含量(total electron content,TEC)的基本原理出发,解决了伪距观测值优化以及硬件延迟(DCB)处理问题,并将提取的TEC信息与欧洲定轨中心(CODE)计算的全球电离层(GIM)模型内插值应用在单频精密单点定位中,进行电离层延迟改正实验。结果表明,利用本文提取的TEC值进行单频精密单点定位电(PPP)离层延迟改正时,点位精度能提高到0.2~0.4m左右,明显优于利用GIM内插值的改正精度。     

利用BP神经网络改进电离层短期预报模型

电离层总电子含量TEC(Total Electron Content)是电离层的一个重要特征参数。对TEC的预报也已经成为电离层研究的一个热点。根据JS CORS中心提供的GPS观测数据,建立了区域实时多站多项式模型;并分别以模型计算得到的南京地区的电离层电子含量数据和苏州地区的电离层电子含量数据为样本,采用时间序列和BP神经网络融合模型进行了预报。结果表明,采用融合模型在短期预报中能够取得较好的效果,精度比时间序列模型提高20%左右。     

Monitoring Seasonal Variations of Ionospheric TEC Using GPS Measurements

The regional ionospheric model is adopted to determine satellite-plus-receiver differential delay. The satellite-plus-receiver differential delay is estimated as constant values for each day. Dual-frequency GPS pseudo-ranges observables are used to compute vertical TEC (VTEC). All the monthly mean VTEC profiles are represented by graphs using GPS data of the Beijing IGS site between 2000 and 2004. The monthly averaged values and amplitudes of VTEC are also represented by graphs. The results indicate that the VTEC has seasonal dependency. The monthly averaged values and amplitudes of VTEC in 2000 are about 2 times larger than that in 2004. The maximum VTEC values are observed in March and April, while the minimum VTEC values are observed in December. The seasonal variations trend is found to be similar after polynomial fitting between 2000 and 2004.     

太阳活动高峰年山东区域电离层时空变化研究

2012年为太阳活动高峰年份,为了研究太阳活动高年区域电离层的变化特征,该文选取了山东区域内的SDCORS站点,构建了山东区域垂直电子含量(VTEC)球谐格网模型,对该年山东区域电离层时空变化规律进行分析。实验研究表明,在空间变化上山东区域电离层表现出较强的纬度相关性,出现了明显的分层现象。同时给出了山东电离层在时间上呈现出的时段变化、日变化、月变化、季节变化,发现VTEC受太阳活动影响较大,除了存在明显的单峰和双峰结构外,该年还发生了半年度异常现象。     

基于格网的GPS/ BD-2组合系统电离层VTEC模型研究

本文利用中国地壳运动观测网络的GPS数据,兼顾卫星发射频率硬件延迟影响,模拟了BD-2系统的电离层VTEC,并建立GPS/ BD-2组合系统的VTEC格网模型,实验结果证实了该模型在电离层延迟短时间预报上的有效性.     

Anomalies in broadcast ionospheric coefficients recorded by GPS receivers over the past two solar cycles (1992–2013)

The anomaly phenomenon of broadcast ionospheric model coefficients of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is revealed after analyzing the navigation file data collected from all the IGS (International GNSS Service) stations worldwide over a 22-year period (1992–2013). GPS broadcast ionospheric coefficients widely used by many single-frequency users to correct the ionosphere errors for numerous GPS applications are usually believed to have only one set/version per day. However, it is found that GPS receivers from the IGS network can report as many as eight sets/versions of ionospheric coefficients in a day. In order to investigate the possible factors for such an anomalous phenomenon, the relationship between the number of coefficient sets and solar cycle, the receiver geographic locations, and receiver types/models are analyzed in detail. The results indicate that most of the coefficients show an annual variation. During the active solar cycle period from mid-1999 to mid-2001, all of the coefficients extracted from IGS navigation files behaved anomalously. Our analysis shows that the anomaly is also associated with GPS receiver types/models. Some types/models of GPS receivers report one set/version of ionospheric coefficients daily, while others report multiple sets. Our analysis also suggests that the ionospheric coefficient anomaly is not necessarily related to ionospheric scintillations. No correlation between the anomaly and geographic location of GPS receivers has been found in the analysis. Using the ionospheric coefficient data collected from 1998 to 2013, the impact of ionospheric coefficient anomaly on vertical total electron content (VTEC) calculation using the Klobuchar model has been evaluated with respect to the Global Ionospheric Maps generated by the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe. With different sets of coefficients recorded on the same day, the resulting VTEC values are dramatically different. For instance on June 1, 2000, the largest VTEC at one of our test stations can be as large as 153.3 TECu (total electron content unit) using one set of coefficients, which is 16.36 times larger than the smallest VTEC of 9.37 TECu computed from using another set of coefficients.     

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.     

全球定位系统(GPS)技术的最新进展第五讲利用双频GPS观测值建立电离层延迟模型

介绍了电离层的概况，GPS信号在电离层中的传播，电离层改正模型以及利用GPS双频观测值来建立电离层延迟或VTEC模型的原理、方法和结果。     

Ionospheric effects on differential GPS applications during auroral substorm activity

The use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology has become increasingly incorporated into airborne remote sensing applications over the past decade. While GPS positioning results may prove adequate for several applications at present, users should expect to experience degraded positioning accuracies over the next few years due to auroral substorm activity. Such degraded accuracies will arise from increased spatial decorrelation of ionosphere range delay errors in differential GPS applications, as the ionospheric activity increases during solar maximum. In this paper, the spatial decorrelation of ionospheric range delay is estimated during a substorm event and compared with “quiet” time values. Positional errors (in both vertical and horizontal measurements) in the range 60–80 cm RMSE were observed during a 1997 substorm event that is representative of the activity anticipated at solar maximum around the year 2000.     

用双频GPS观测值建立小区域电离层延迟模型研究

介绍了用双频GPS伪距观测值建立区域性电离层模型的基本原理和方法。模型的初步结果表明，该电离层模型建立后，可为性病区域的广大单频用户提供在天顶方向优于0．4m精度的电离层延迟改正量，且具有30min以内天顶方向优于0．4m的预报精度。     

确定卫星与接收机信号延迟偏差的新方法及其应用

单频ＧＰＳ接收机用户通常需要进行电离层延迟改正,电离层延迟改正量通常来源于电离层延迟改正模型或双频ＧＰＳ基准站信息,后者即是利用双频ＧＰＳ观测值估计电子含量总数,求解电离层延迟改正量。利用双频ＧＰＳ观测值估计电子含量总数,一个关键总是是去掉卫星与接收信号延迟偏差。     

Joint estimation of vertical total electron content (VTEC) and satellite differential code biases (SDCBs) using low-cost receivers

Vertical total electron content (VTEC) parameters estimated using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data are of great interest for ionosphere sensing. Satellite differential code biases (SDCBs) account for one source of error which, if left uncorrected, can deteriorate performance of positioning, timing and other applications. The customary approach to estimate VTEC along with SDCBs from dual-frequency GNSS data, hereinafter referred to as DF approach, consists of two sequential steps. The first step seeks to retrieve ionospheric observables through the carrier-to-code leveling technique. This observable, related to the slant total electron content (STEC) along the satellite–receiver line-of-sight, is biased also by the SDCBs and the receiver differential code biases (RDCBs). By means of thin-layer ionospheric model, in the second step one is able to isolate the VTEC, the SDCBs and the RDCBs from the ionospheric observables. In this work, we present a single-frequency (SF) approach, enabling the joint estimation of VTEC and SDCBs using low-cost receivers; this approach is also based on two steps and it differs from the DF approach only in the first step, where we turn to the precise point positioning technique to retrieve from the single-frequency GNSS data the ionospheric observables, interpreted as the combination of the STEC, the SDCBs and the biased receiver clocks at the pivot epoch. Our numerical analyses clarify how SF approach performs when being applied to GPS L1 data collected by a single receiver under both calm and disturbed ionospheric conditions. The daily time series of zenith VTEC estimates has an accuracy ranging from a few tenths of a TEC unit (TECU) to approximately 2 TECU. For 73–96% of GPS satellites in view, the daily estimates of SDCBs do not deviate, in absolute value, more than 1 ns from their ground truth values published by the Centre for Orbit Determination in Europe.