“陆态网”GPS与GRACE的中国大陆地表垂直形变对比分析

基于中国大陆构造环境监测网络的连续GPS观测数据,比较分析了中国大陆234个GPS台站和GRACE得到的地表垂直形变。GPS和GRACE垂直形变具有较好的一致性,反映了地表质量变化是引起GPS垂直形变非线性变化的重要因素之一,但二者也存在着一定的差异。为定量分析GPS和GRACE垂直形变的差异,探讨了热膨胀效应对GPS垂直位移的影响及区域地壳结构对GRACE估算地表垂直负荷形变的影响。结果表明,中国大陆50%以上的GPS台站热膨胀垂直形变周年振幅不小于1 mm;对GPS进行热膨胀效应改正后,中国大陆GPS与GRACE垂直形变具有更好的一致性;GPS与GRACE垂直形变周年振幅比值由1.07±0.06变为1.01±0.05;热膨胀效应可以解释6.2%的GPS与GRACE垂直形变的差异,热膨胀效应改正可使GPS和GRACE垂直形变的一致性相对增加11.2%。是否顾及区域地壳结构引起的GRACE估算中国大陆垂直负荷形变的相对差异为2.5%。     

利用GPS和GRACE研究澳大利亚地壳垂向季节性变化

为探究重力场恢复与气候实验(gravity recovery and climate experiment,GRACE)卫星与全球定位系统(global positioning system,GPS)两种独立技术获取的因陆地水储量变化引起的地壳垂向季节性位移的一致性,选取澳大利亚27个GPS站点5～10 a的高程时间序...     

Vertical velocities of European coastal sites derived from continuous GPS observations

Vertical velocities of 30 European permanent Global Positioning System (GPS) stations at or close to tide gauge sites are estimated from more than 3 years of continuous observations. The results of two different solution strategies are presented and compared. The first approach accumulates the daily free network normal equations, the second introduces all sets of daily ellipsoidal height estimates and their covariance matrix into a subsequent common least squares adjustment. In both solutions, mean station heights at a reference epoch, linear vertical velocities, height discontinuities and short period height offsets are estimated. The second approach solves in addition for periodic annual signals and for site-specific pressure loading coefficients. The vertical velocities range from +8 mm/year in the center of the Fennoscandian uplift area to –4 mm/year at a few subsiding locations. Apart from these extrema, most of the sites experience only very small vertical motions. The standard deviations from the second approach providing more realistic error estimates are well below 0.15 mm/year. Some specific data problems are discussed.     

陆态网基准站高程时间序列的环境负载效应分析

GPS坐标时间序列呈现显著的季节性变化,以中国大陆构造环境监测网络(CMONOC) 233个GPS测站的高程方向坐标时间序列为研究对象,通过计算环境负载效应改正前后的均方根(RMS)减少率,对比了德国波茨坦地学研究中心(GFZ)与法国斯特拉斯堡大学提供的EOST不同环境负载产品对CMONOC坐标时间序列数据的改善程度.统计结果表明：经过GFZ环境负载产品和EOST环境负载产品改正后分别有90.2%和75.54%的测站RMS减小,说明GFZ的环境负载产品对CMONOC基准站坐标时间序列数据的改善效果更好.同时发现环境负载效应不仅对GPS坐标时间序列中的季节项有明显的改正效果,对非季节项的改善效果也非常明显,经过GFZ提供的环境负载产品改正后有87.8%的GPS测站周年项振幅削弱,有82.4%的测站非季节项的RMS减小.     

环境负载对区域GPS基准站时间序列的影响分析

基于1999-2011年中国地壳运动观测网络(CMONOC)及2007-2012年武汉市连续运行卫星定位服务系统(WHCORS)的观测数据,联合中国及周边35个IGS基准站数据,采用GAMIT软件解算,获得了ITRF2008框架下的GPS基准站坐标时间序列.然后采用QOCA计算了环境负载位移,并利用其对GPS时间序列进行改正.研究结果表明环境负载造成的中国区域基准站位移呈现显著的区域性特征,东北、华北、华中区域变化较为一致且较大,西南区域基准站(KUNM)垂直方向的负载位移均方根(RMS)最大值达6.09 mm.通过对改正前后的数据进行时间序列分析,认为环境负载改正能够削弱中国区域大多数GPS基准站(约70%)垂直及水平东方向位移时间序列的非线性变化,其加权均方根(WRMS)减小量最大达1.5 mm,但是对于水平北方向坐标时间序列的改善作用不明显.     

Seasonal and secular positional variations at eight co-located GPS and VLBI stations

Time series of daily position solutions at eight co-located GPS and VLBI stations are used to assess the frequency features in the solutions over various time-scales. This study shows that there are seasonal and inter-annual signals in all three coordinate components of the GPS and VLBI solutions. The power and frequency of the signals vary with time, the station considered and the coordinate components, and between the GPS and VLBI solutions. In general, the magnitudes of the signals in the horizontal coordinate components (latitude and longitude) are weaker than those in the height component. The weighted means of the estimated annual amplitudes from the eight GPS stations are, respectively, 1.0, 0.8 and 3.6 mm for the latitude, longitude and height components, and are, respectively, 1.5, 0.7 and 2.2 mm for the VLBI solutions. The phases of the annual signals estimated from the GPS and VLBI solutions are consistent for most of the co-located stations. The seasonal signals estimated from the VLBI solutions are, in general, more stable than those estimated from the GPS solutions. Fluctuations at inter-annual time-scales are also found in the series. The inter-annual fluctuations are up to ∼5 mm for the latitude and longitude components, and up to ∼10 mm for the height component. The effects of the seasonal and inter-annual variations on the estimated linear rates of movement of the stations are also evaluated.     

Nontectonic signals in reprocessed continuous GPS position time series of CMONOC

The nearly nine-year continuous GPS data collected since 1 March 1999 from the Crustal Motion Observation Network of China (CMONOC) were consistently analyzed. Most of the nonlinear movements in the cumulative position time series produced by CMONOC data center disappeared; and more accurate vertical terms and tectonic signals were extracted. Displacements caused by atmospheric pressure loading, nontidal ocean loading, soil moisture mass loading, and snow cover mass loading using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Reanalysis I/II models and Estimation of the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) data can explain most of the vertical annual terms at many stations, while only parts can be explained at Lhasa and southern coastal sites, indicating that there are some deformation mechanisms that are still unknown or not modeled accurately. The remarkable differences in vertical position time series for short-baseline sites reveal that GPS stations can be greatly affected by local factors; and attention should be paid when explaining observed GPS velocity vectors.     

Nontectonic signals in reprocessed continuous GPS position time series of CMONOC

The nearly nine-year continuous GPS data collected since 1 March 1999 from the Crustal Motion Observation Network of China(CMONOC) were consistently analyzed.Most of the nonlinear movements in the cumulative position time series pro-duced by CMONOC data center disappeared;and more accurate vertical terms and tectonic signals were extracted.Displacements caused by atmospheric pressure loading,nontidal ocean loading,soil moisture mass loading,and snow cover mass loading using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP) Reanalysis I/II models and Estimation of the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean(ECCO) data can explain most of the vertical annual terms at many stations,while only parts can be explained at Lhasa and southern coastal sites,indicating that there are some deformation mechanisms that are still unknown or not modeled accurately.The remarkable differences in vertical position time series for short-baseline sites reveal that GPS stations can be greatly affected by lo-cal factors;and attention should be paid when explaining observed GPS velocity vectors.     

Klobuchar模型和NeQuick模型在中国地区的精度评估

将CODE以及GPS广播星历提供的8个系数分别作为Klobuchar模型的输入参数,利用Klobuchar模型及NeQuick模型计算得到中国地壳运动观测网15个GPS基准站上2000～2008年的电离层VTEC序列,以欧洲定轨中心CODE提供的事后电离层产品作为参考标准,得到了两个模型在中国地区的精度评估结果。     

天津GPS沉降监测的十年试验结果

1995年以来,天津市控制地面沉降工作办公室在天津市内陆续布设了一批永久性GPS观测点。本文作者利用十年的重复观测结果分析了这些点的相对高程变化,并与精密水准测量结果进行了比较,讨论了它们的差异和一致性,最后估计了GPS方法测定地面垂直变化的精度。     

全球GPS测站垂向周年变化统计改正模型的建立

对GPS测站坐标进行非线性变化的研究和建模,是削弱测站非线性运动的有效途径。由于导致测站坐标非线性变化的机制具有多样性和复杂性,目前还未能建立一个包含多种机制影响的理论改正模型来削弱测站的非线性运动。本文基于全球近500个实测的GPS测站垂向坐标残差时间序列,研究发现了测站垂向坐标周年项的全球分布规律,并分别针对南北半球构建了两个基于实测数据的周年变化统计改正模型。试验表明,本文提出的统计改正模型能削弱全球大部分GPS测站30%~50%的垂向坐标残差。     

热膨胀效应对GNSS基准站垂向位移非线性变化的影响

天线观测墩及基岩的热膨胀效应会造成GNSS基准站坐标时间序列高程方向的非线性变化。本文提出了一种计算热膨胀效应导致的基准站垂向位移的改进方法:首先利用基岩热膨胀模型和基准站地表温度数据,分别计算热膨胀效应对基准站天线观测墩和基岩的影响量;其次,利用最小二乘拟合方法,同时估计模型中周期项的周期、振幅、相位等信息,而已有方法仅估计振幅与相位信息;最后,基于改进的模型,分析了基准站垂向位移的周期性特征变化。本文利用该方法分析了有代表性的9个IGS基准站的数据。结果表明:基岩热膨胀和天线观测墩热效应能造成测站垂直方向位移变化;在分析的基准站中,最大影响分别可达0.57mm和1.85mm;热膨胀效应造成的GNSS基准站垂直方向位移时间序列具有周年和半周年周期特性,分别可以解释测站U方向坐标时间序列季节性变化的11.2%和3.3%,影响大小随测站纬度的增加而增加,且半周年影响明显小于周年影响;同时,部分测站发现了其他小周期的影响(约51d)。此外,基于该方法,选取了全球107个IGS站,计算了热膨胀造成的各测站垂向位移周年振幅及其相位,结果显示周年振幅最大可达3.3mm,其大小和测站纬度具有比较明显的相关性。     

质量负荷引起地表形变的格林函数和球谐函数方法对比研究

固体地球对地表质量负荷响应,一般采用格林函数或球谐函数方法来计算。两者在数学上是等价的,在实际计算中存在差异。应用地表流体质量负荷变化数据,定量分析了二者在计算地表位移时的精度。结果表明,同一负荷作用下对单点地表位移的计算,两者的精度在误差水平上是一致的,其计算效率也是一致的;但在计算全球1°规则网格站点时,球谐函数方法要比格林函数方法在计算效率上快近100倍。对地表流体质量变化而言,2°空间网格的分辨率一般可满足改正GPS位移数据的精度,且地表流体引起的站点垂直位移变化可解释超过50%的GPS观测方差。     

Canadian GPS Network for Ionosphere Monitoring (CANGIM)

Ionospheric activity is a significant concern for reliable operation of GPS positioning applications, particularly at high latitudes. In order to monitor high latitude ionospheric activity for GPS users, researchers at the University of Calgary have installed the Canadian GPS Network for Ionosphere Monitoring (CANGIM). This network has been operational since 2003 and consists of a number of reference stations, each equipped with a specialized GPS receiver capable of providing near real-time observations of ionospheric parameters and raw GPS data. Potential exists to provide ionospheric warnings and near real-time measures of associated impacts on positioning and navigation applications for GPS users. This paper provides an overview of ionospheric limitations for high latitude GPS users, and describes the ionospheric monitoring services developed for the CANGIM.     

Vertical deformations from homogeneously processed GRACE and global GPS long-term series

Temporal variations in the geographic distribution of surface mass cause surface displacements. Surface displacements derived from GRACE gravity field coefficient time series also should be observed in GPS coordinate time series, if both time series are sufficiently free of systematic errors. A successful validation can be an important contribution to climate change research, as the biggest contributors to mass variability in the system Earth include the movement of oceanic, atmospheric, and continental water and ice. In our analysis, we find that if the signals are larger than their precision, both geodetic sensor systems see common signals for almost all the 115 stations surveyed. Almost 80% of the stations have their signal WRMS decreased, when we subtract monthly GRACE surface displacements from those observed by GPS data. Almost all other stations are on ocean islands or small peninsulas, where the physically expected loading signals are very small. For a fair comparison, the data (79 months from September 2002 to April 2009) had to be treated appropriately: the GPS data were completely reprocessed with state-of-the-art models. We used an objective cluster analysis to identify and eliminate stations, where local effects or technical artifacts dominated the signals. In addition, it was necessary for both sets of results to be expressed in equivalent reference frames, meaning that net translations between the GPS and GRACE data sets had to be treated adequately. These data sets are then compared and statistically analyzed: we determine the stability (precision) of GRACE-derived, monthly vertical deformation data to be ~1.2 mm, using the data from three GRACE processing centers. We statistically analyze the mean annual signals, computed from the GPS and GRACE series. There is a detailed discussion of the results for five overall representative stations, in order to help the reader to link the displayed criteria of similarity to real data. A series of tests were performed with the goal of explaining the remaining GPS–GRACE residuals.     

我国GPS基准站地壳垂直位移周年变化的气象激发

利用全球大气、海洋、积雪和土壤水的地表质量负荷资料 ,计算了中国GPS基准网 2 4个台站垂向位移周年变化的气象激发 ,得到振幅 5mm10mm的高程变化。通过与GPS观测资料解算的垂向位移结果比较 ,大部分台站的结果与GPS结果在振幅上符合比较好 ,但相位普遍超前一到二个月     

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.     

升降轨InSAR与GPS数据集成反演西安形变场

根据InSAR观测量对南北向形变不敏感的特点,将内插GPS数据得到的南北向形变场信息和InSAR监测数据进行集成和融合解算,提取三维形变场。该方法有效避免了因直接忽略南北向形变而带来的精度影响问题,较好地改善了垂向形变场的反演精度。以西安市作为研究区域,融合EnviSat ASAR、ALOS PALSAR及GPS数据,反演西安市2009—2010年在东西向和垂向的绝对的年平均形变速率场(形变场),并与11个水准监测结果进行比对,发现融合反演法不仅能提供三维形变场,而且反演的垂向精度明显优于忽略南北向形变后的反演形变结果,从而对西安市地表形变有更深入的认识。     

北斗二代导航卫星系统地壳运动监测能力

为了评估北斗卫星导航系统（BeiDou navigation satellite system, BDS）监测中国大陆地区地壳变形的技术能力,利用GAMIT/GLOBK软件处理了2017—2019年中国大陆构造环境监测网络23个基准站的全球定位系统（global positioning system, GPS）与BDS-2双模观测数据。结果显示,北斗二代的水平和垂向单日测站定位精度分别约为5~7 mm和13 mm,基线相对定位精度水平分量达到3~4 mm+（1~2）×10-8,水平位移速度测定精度约为0.6 mm/a。北斗二代的精密定位水平大致与20世纪90年代初GPS相当,可用于测定大尺度的板块运动及板内变形,但受卫星星座和定轨精度限制,不能准确反映季节性变动状态。作为对现有GPS监测的补充,可将基准站3年尺度的地壳运动监测精度最多提高20%。     

Affine distortion of small GPS networks with large height differences

GPS is a promising tool for real-time monitoring of deformations of slopes or large structures. However, remaining systematic effects in GPS phase observations after double differencing and application of a priori models affect the resulting coordinates. They complicate the proper separation of the actual deformations from pseudo-deformations induced by the systematic effects. This paper shows that for small monitoring networks (baseline lengths <5 km) only affine distortions of the network geometry are generated by the remaining distance dependent systematic effects, e.g. unmodelled tropospheric and ionospheric propagation effects, or satellite orbit errors. Hence, a generic correction model is given by a three-dimensional affine transformation involving a maximum of 12 transformation parameters. For the determination of these parameters, four high quality GPS stations are necessary which are not affected by the actual deformations to be monitored. Based on the analysis of network geometries of synthetic GPS networks with large height differences and considering the physics of the GPS observations it is shown, however, that less than 12 parameters are sufficient for the computation of the corrections. The proposed 8 parameter model was applied to the GPS monitoring network of the Gradenbach landslide. For this small network with large height differences, it was shown that the distortions can be reduced by about 75%.