基于北斗的精密单点定位估计对流层天顶延迟精度分析

通过全球导航卫星（GNSS）系统获取对流层天顶延迟对于气象和电波折射修正具有重要应用价值。利用自主研发的静态精密单点定位软件CRPPP,基于国际GNSS地球动力学服务局（IGS）发布的北斗系统（BDS）精密星历和精密钟差,给出了BDS估算天顶延迟结果。以IGS发布的全球定位系统（GPS）结果为参考对比,BDS估算天顶延迟结果平均偏差优于5mm,均方根误差（rms）优于2．3cm．同时,给出了西沙地区GPS与BDS估计结果,结果表明：利用北斗系统估计的对流层天顶延迟精度与GPS相当。     

单频到五频多系统GNSS精密单点定位参数估计与应用

全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)已发展至多频多系统时代,特别以我国北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)为代表的四大全球导航卫星系统可全天时、全天候播发十几个频率的伪距、相位和多普勒等观测信息。多频多系统GNSS为用户提供更多的观测数据和组合选择,为精密定位、导航和授时(PNT)应用带来了新的机遇,如高精度位置服务、大地测量、空间天气和灾害监测等。但多频多系统GNSS观测为精密单点定位(PPP)组合模型和系统偏差及大气延迟估计等带来诸多问题和挑战。本文给出了单频到五频多系统GNSS精密单点定位(PPP)模型,估计和评估了单频到五频多系统GNSS PPP定位精度、接收机钟差、对流层延迟、卫星和接收机硬件延迟,以及频间偏差。给出了GNSS PPP最新应用进展,包括GNSS气象学、电离层模拟、时间频率传递、建筑物安全和地震监测及其应用。结果表明,多频多系统极大地提高了GNSS PPP参数估计的精度和可靠性,具有重要的应用价值。最后给出了多频多系统GNSS PPP应用前景与展望。     

GGOS和大地测量技术进展

在2005年8月澳大利亚凯恩斯(Cairns)国际大地测量协会(IAG)科学大会上,全球大地测量观测系统(GlobalGeodeticObservingSystem,简为GGOS)作为这次科学大会一个重要议题成为一个热点问题,也成为未来大地测量学科进展的一个风向标。本文较为全面地介绍了GGOS的背景、目标、任务和科学原理等,结合GGOS在全球动力系统观测中的应用构想,说明了GGOS与其他地球观测系统越来越紧密的联系和相互促进的发展趋势。除此之外,本文还简要介绍了这次科学大会其他领域如大地坐标框架和卫星重力等领域的最新进展。     

M_DCB: Matlab code for estimating GNSS satellite and receiver differential code biases

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have been widely used to monitor variations in the earth’s ionosphere by estimating total electron content (TEC) using dual-frequency observations. Differential code biases (DCBs) are one of the important error sources in estimating precise TEC from GNSS data. The International GNSS Service (IGS) Analysis Centers have routinely provided DCB estimates for GNSS satellites and IGS ground receivers, but the DCBs for regional and local network receivers are not provided. Furthermore, the DCB values of GNSS satellites or receivers are assumed to be constant over 1?day or 1?month, which is not always the case. We describe Matlab code to estimate GNSS satellite and receiver DCBs for time intervals from hours to days; the software is called M_DCB. The DCBs of GNSS satellites and ground receivers are tested and evaluated using data from the IGS GNSS network. The estimates from M_DCB show good agreement with the IGS Analysis Centers with a mean difference of less than 0.7?ns and an RMS of less than 0.4?ns, even for a single station DCB estimate.     

Assessment of ECMWF-derived tropospheric delay models within the EUREF Permanent Network

The Global Positioning System (GPS) observations from the EUREF Permanent Network (EPN) are routinely analyzed by the EPN analysis centers using a tropospheric delay modeling based on standard pressure values, the Niell Mapping Functions (NMF), a cutoff angle of 3° and down-weighting of low elevation observations. We investigate the impact on EPN station heights and Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) estimates when changing to improved models recommended in the updated 2003 International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) Conventions, which are the Vienna Mapping Functions 1 (VMF1) and zenith hydrostatic delays derived from numerical weather models, or the empirical Global Mapping Functions (GMF) and the empirical Global Pressure and Temperature (GPT) model. A 1-year Global Positioning System (GPS) data set of 50 regionally distributed EPN/IGS (International GNSS Service) stations is processed. The GPS analysis with cutoff elevation angles of 3, 5, and 10° revealed that changing to the new recommended models introduces biases in station heights in the northern part of Europe by 2–3 mm if the cutoff is lower than 5°. However, since large weather changes at synoptic time scales are not accounted for in the empirical models, repeatability of height and ZTD time series are improved with the use of a priori Zenith Hydrostatic Delays (ZHDs) derived from numerical weather models and VMF1. With a cutoff angle of 3°, the repeatability of station heights in the northern part of Europe is improved by 3–4 mm.     

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.     

卫星导航定位基准站网的发展现状、机遇与挑战

卫星导航定位基准站网不仅是提供国家、区域、全球高精度时空基准的重要基础设施,也是导航与位置服务、精密卫星定轨、地质灾害监测等工程和科学研究的重要支撑。当前,随着基准站网规模的不断增加、观测数据的不断积累以及我国北斗系统的逐步建成,无论在卫星导航定位数据处理理论还是应用方面,基准站网的发展面临着不少机遇与挑战。本文首先给出了基准站网的定义和类别,并描述了功能与意义;然后分析了其发展的历史与现状;最后从基准站网的建立、数据处理理论与方法、应用三方面讨论了所面临的机遇与挑战,并给出了一些建议和想法。     

海量IGS数据实时线程池并发获取

随着全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）的迅猛发展,国际GNSS服务组织（IGS）发布了各类海量高精度服务数据。目前,IGS数据在GNSS基线解算、精密单点定位、卫星精密定轨、地壳形变监测、地球电离层和地球动力学研究等领域得到了广泛应用。传统的IGS服务数据下载过程烦琐而耗时,且易出错。如何快速且正确获取IGS数据是当前用户迫切关心的问题。本文基于FTP文件传输协议,设计了实时线程池并发和断点续传算法,并对海量IGS数据进行一站式分类下载测试,通过对试验结果进行分析比较,最终得出海量数据最优的获取方法。     

Phase center modeling for LEO GPS receiver antennas and its impact on precise orbit determination

Most satellites in a low-Earth orbit (LEO) with demanding requirements on precise orbit determination (POD) are equipped with on-board receivers to collect the observations from Global Navigation Satellite systems (GNSS), such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). Limiting factors for LEO POD are nowadays mainly encountered with the modeling of the carrier phase observations, where a precise knowledge of the phase center location of the GNSS antennas is a prerequisite for high-precision orbit analyses. Since 5 November 2006 (GPS week 1400), absolute instead of relative values for the phase center location of GNSS receiver and transmitter antennas are adopted in the processing standards of the International GNSS Service (IGS). The absolute phase center modeling is based on robot calibrations for a number of terrestrial receiver antennas, whereas compatible antenna models were subsequently derived for the remaining terrestrial receiver antennas by conversion (from relative corrections), and for the GNSS transmitter antennas by estimation. However, consistent receiver antenna models for space missions such as GRACE and TerraSAR-X, which are equipped with non-geodetic receiver antennas, are only available since a short time from robot calibrations. We use GPS data of the aforementioned LEOs of the year 2007 together with the absolute antenna modeling to assess the presently achieved accuracy from state-of-the-art reduced-dynamic LEO POD strategies for absolute and relative navigation. Near-field multipath and cross-talk with active GPS occultation antennas turn out to be important and significant sources for systematic carrier phase measurement errors that are encountered in the actual spacecraft environments. We assess different methodologies for the in-flight determination of empirical phase pattern corrections for LEO receiver antennas and discuss their impact on POD. By means of independent K-band measurements, we show that zero-difference GRACE orbits can be significantly improved from about 10 to 6 mm K-band standard deviation when taking empirical phase corrections into account, and assess the impact of the corrections on precise baseline estimates and further applications such as gravity field recovery from kinematic LEO positions.     

GNSS坐标时间序列分析理论与方法及展望

长期累积的全球卫星导航系统（Global Navigation Satellite System,GNSS）基准站坐标时间序列为大地测量学及地球动力学研究提供了基础数据。通过完善GNSS数据处理模型及策略,研究造成非线性运动的机制并进行有效建模,可以获得测站准确的位置和速度,不仅有助于合理解释板块构造运动,建立和维持动态地球参考框架,而且能更好地研究冰后回弹及海平面变化,反演冰雪质量变迁等地球动力学过程。首先从基准站坐标的精确获取、时间序列模型构建、时间序列信号分析等方面描述了GNSS坐标时间序列分析的理论与处理方法;其次,探讨了坐标时间序列噪声模型构建技术,给出了严密三维噪声模型构建方法;然后,疏理了坐标时间序列中非线性变化成因机制的研究进展;最后,总结了基于GNSS坐标时间序列的应用领域,并展望了其未来的发展方向。     

Signal acquisition of Luojia-1A low earth orbit navigation augmentation system with software defined receiver

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite navigation signal can be used as an opportunity signal in the case of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) outage, or as ...     

Using DORIS measurements for modeling the vertical total electron content of the Earth’s ionosphere

The Doppler orbitography and radiopositioning integrated by satellite (DORIS) system was originally developed for precise orbit determination of low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. Beyond that, it is highly qualified for modeling the distribution of electrons within the Earth’s ionosphere. It measures with two frequencies in L-band with a relative frequency ratio close to 5. Since the terrestrial ground beacons are distributed quite homogeneously and several LEOs are equipped with modern receivers, a good applicability for global vertical total electron content (VTEC) modeling can be expected. This paper investigates the capability of DORIS dual-frequency phase observations for deriving VTEC and the contribution of these data to global VTEC modeling. The DORIS preprocessing is performed similar to commonly used global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) preprocessing. However, the absolute DORIS VTEC level is taken from global ionospheric maps (GIM) provided by the International GNSS Service (IGS) as the DORIS data contain no absolute information. DORIS-derived VTEC values show good consistency with IGS GIMs with a RMS between 2 and 3 total electron content units (TECU) depending on solar activity which can be reduced to less than 2 TECU when using only observations with elevation angles higher than \(50^\circ \) . The combination of DORIS VTEC with data from other space-geodetic measurement techniques improves the accuracy of global VTEC models significantly. If DORIS VTEC data is used to update IGS GIMs, an improvement of up to 12  % can be achieved. The accuracy directly beneath the DORIS satellites’ ground-tracks ranges between 1.5 and 3.5 TECU assuming a precision of 2.5 TECU for altimeter-derived VTEC values which have been used for validation purposes.     

GNSS实时周跳修复算法与精密单点定位测试分析

全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)能够为用户提供定位、导航和授时(PNT)服务,被广泛应用于国防安全保障和国民经济建设中.实时精密单点定位(RT-PPP)是一种高精度卫星导航定位方法,针对信号中断导致的重新初始化时间长的问题,提出一种基于历元间差分伪距和载波相位观测量的周跳修复算法,设计了一种RT-PPP算法,并介绍其实现流程.采用国际GNSS服务(IGS)观测站数据进行周跳修复实验,成功率在99%以上,缩短了重新收敛时间.在楼顶进行推车实验,RT-PPP在水平方向定位精度优于1 cm,高程定位方向精度为2～3 cm.     

Development and testing of a new ray-tracing approach to GNSS carrier-phase multipath modelling

Multipath is one of the most important error sources in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) carrier-phase-based precise relative positioning. Its theoretical maximum is a quarter of the carrier wavelength (about 4.8 cm for the Global Positioning System (GPS) L1 carrier) and, although it rarely reaches this size, it must clearly be mitigated if millimetre-accuracy positioning is to be achieved. In most static applications, this may be accomplished by averaging over a sufficiently long period of observation, but in kinematic applications, a modelling approach must be used. This paper is concerned with one such approach: the use of ray-tracing to reconstruct the error and therefore remove it. In order to apply such an approach, it is necessary to have a detailed understanding of the signal transmitted from the satellite, the reflection process, the antenna characteristics and the way that the reflected and direct signal are processed within the receiver. This paper reviews all of these and introduces a formal ray-tracing method for multipath estimation based on precise knowledge of the satellite–reflector–antenna geometry and of the reflector material and antenna characteristics. It is validated experimentally using GPS signals reflected from metal, water and a brick building, and is shown to be able to model most of the main multipath characteristics. The method will have important practical applications for correcting for multipath in well-constrained environments (such as at base stations for local area GPS networks, at International GNSS Service (IGS) reference stations, and on spacecraft), and it can be used to simulate realistic multipath errors for various performance analyses in high-precision positioning.     

卫星大地测量学的研究现状及发展趋势

从全球国际地球参考框架（International Terrestrial Reference Frame,ITRF）的建立、维护与发展,卫星测高、卫星重力等的发展及应用,全球卫星导航系统（Global Navigation Satellite System,GNSS）、卫星激光测距（Satellite Laser Ranging,SLR）、甚长基线干涉测量（very Long Baseline Interferometry,VLBI）、卫星多普勒定轨定位（Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite,DORIS）的融合应用,海洋测绘和室内定位的发展等几个方面综述了大地测量学及卫星导航定位技术的最新进展,并提出中国2000国家大地坐标系与自主卫星导航系统的主要应用及发展目标。     

Determination of high-precision GPS orbits using triple differencing technique

Summary Precise orbits of the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites are fundamental constituents of GPS-based space geodesy. Accurate baseline estimates with a precision of one to a few parts in 10⁸ are essential to the study of Earth's dynamics problems. As a by-product of trajectory estimation, high resolution Earth Rotation Parameters (ERPs) can also be determined. A new application of triple differencing for efficient evaluation of GPS orbits in a PC environment is presented here. Initial tests show that this approach is capable of providing orbits that are highly compatible with the results obtained by the International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS). This approach allows for completely automated data processing without the overhead of working with very large normal matrices or cycle-slip fixing.     

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’...     

顾及测量方式的地球自转参数差异性分析

随着甚长基线干涉测量(VLBI)、卫星激光测距(SLR)、激光测月(LLR)、全球卫星导航系统(GNSS)、多里斯系统(DORIS)等多种空间大地测量手段的使用,地球自转参数(ERP)的测量精度不断提高,为航天器导航、深空探测等诸多领域提供了高精度的国际天球参考系(ICRS)和国际地表参考系统(ITRS)之间的转换参数. 以国际地球自转与参考系服务发布的C04序列为基础序列,选取500天ERP序列,分析不同测量手段得到的ERP数据的误差分布情况,为研究利用不同数据之间的一致性进行精度检核的可行性及精度水平提供数据基础,同时也为ERP预报提供更多的数据选择.      

From GPS and GLONASS via EGNOS to Galileo – Positioning and Navigation in the Third Millennium

Positioning and navigation – as are presently possible with the American Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS system – is briefly reviewed. Deficiencies, which have led to augmentations like the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), are outlined. Europe's decision to get involved in the definition and possible set-up of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) of the second generation (GNSS-2), called Galileo, is discussed in detail as well as the GPS modernization program that might take place during the sample phase. Finally, some brief thoughts on the benefit of GNSS-2 for geodesy and surveying are given. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The International DORIS Service: genesis and early achievements

All space-geodetic techniques are now organized as separate services of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), supporting the first pilot project “Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS)”. The International DORIS (Détermination d’Orbite et Radiopositionnement Intégrés par Satellite) Service (IDS) was created in mid-2003 to organize a DORIS contribution to this project and to foster a larger international cooperation on this topic. The goal of this paper is to summarize the key steps that were taken to create this structure and to present its current organization and recent results. At present, more than 50 groups from 35 different countries participate in the IDS at various levels, including 43 groups hosting DORIS stations in 32 countries all around the globe. Four Analysis Centres (ACs) provide results, such as estimates of weekly or monthly station coordinates, geocentre variations or Earth polar motion, that will soon be used to generate IDS-combined products for geodesy and geodynamics. As a first test, a preliminary combination was performed for all the 2004 data from these four ACs. Three of them show RMS of weighted station residuals with respect to this combination solution between 1 and 2 cm. The main topic under investigation is a discrepancy in the scale factor of the terrestrial reference frame (TRF) to map the individual solutions into the combination solution, which reaches 6 cm (multiplying the unit-less scale factor by the Earth radius to get convert scale to millimetre in vertical at the Earth’s surface). Finally, foreseen improvements of the DORIS technology are discussed as well as future improvements concerning the service organization itself and the accuracy and reliability of its scientific products.