iGMAS全球电离层TEC格网产品精度分析

为了分析与评估国际GNSS监测评估系统(iGMAS)全球电离层TEC格网产品精度,该文基于iGMAS及IGS各电离层分析中心发布的全球电离层TEC格网产品,进行了精度比较分析,结果表明:iGMAS与IGS、CODE、JPL、ESOC、UPC等IGS电离层工作组发布的全球电离层TEC格网产品,在全球、不同纬度带和欧洲等不同区域均表现出较高的一致性和强相关性,互差为0~2.0 TECU;JPL分析中心GIM的内符合精度约为2.5 TECU,iGMAS、IGS、CODE、ESOC和UPC等分析中心GIM的内符合精度均小于1.5 TECU;在2~8 TECU的精度范围内,iGMAS全球电离层TEC格网产品的精度总体与IGS、CODE、JPL、ESOC、UPC等IGS电离层工作组的精度相当。     

不同分析中心电离层TEC产品精度评估

针对不同电离层产品精度存在差异的问题,对国际全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）服务员组织（IGS）、美国喷汽动力实验室（JPL）、欧洲定轨中心（CODE）、国际GNSS监测评估系统（iGMAS）、欧空局欧洲空间运行中心（ESOC）分析中心电离层产品进行精度评估,实验结果表明：在中国地区CODE和ESOG的中心电离层产品电离层格网数据（GIM）时间序列结果表现出高度的一致性;在欧洲地区CODE、ESOG和IGS中心电离层产品GIM的时间序列结果表现出高度的一致性;JPL中心电离层产品在中国地区、欧洲地区VTEC日平均值均最大;iGMAS中心电离层产品在中国地区、欧洲地区电离层VTEC日平均值均最小。IGS、JPL、CODE、i GMAS、ESOC分析中心电离层产品在中国地区VTEC的互差在3.6 TECU内,在欧洲地区VTEC的互差在3.2 TECU内,IGS、JPL、CODE、iGMAS、ESOC分析中心电离层产品在中国地区VTEC值相关系数均大于0.90,在欧洲地区相关系数均大于0.94,均表现出强相关性。     

改进CODE GIM的GNSS广播电离层模型评估方法

针对如何有效地对各类电离层模型在建模实现、模型精度、模型时效性等方面进行综合评估问题,该文提出一种基于改进CODE模型(CODE+模型)全球电离层图(GIM)的预报电离层精度评估方法,通过增加我国陆态网监测站数据,提高我国及周边地区的电离层建模精度,弥补了CODE GIM在我国及周边地区因观测数据少而精度受限的不足。通过试验分析表明,改进CODE GIM能够满足精度要求,且更好地与我国实际电离层情况相吻合;并以此为基准评估GNSS广播电离层精度,对比分析了GPS、BDS、Galileo电离层模型的精度,得到一些初步结论。     

iGMAS全球电离层延迟模型及并行计算策略

针对全球电离层延迟建模中传统串行处理方法效率低等问题,研究了基于全球分布的IGS跟踪站和iGMAS跟踪站观测数据实现全球电离层建模并行解算的基本方法、流程及策略。在Bernese软件基础上研制了一套iGMAS全球电离层延迟建模软件。为了验证并行解算方法的正确性和计算效率,利用全球200个左右IGS跟踪站和6个iGMAS跟踪站2014-08-20-2014-09-06共7周的观测数据,解算了快速电离层TEC格网。与IGS,CODE以及ESA最终电离层格网比较,结果表明:基于该方法解算的快速电离层TEC格网,与CODE,ESA以及IGS最终电离层TEC格网的互差,统计不同纬度带内偏差的均方根误差,全球范围内偏差的均方根误差均在1.5~2.5 TECu之间,南北半球高纬度地区在0.5~1.5 TECu之间,所有地区均优于5 TECu,整体精度与IGS,CODE以及ESA最终电离层TEC格网精度产品相当。     

中国区域CODE全球电离层地图精度分析

电离层延迟是精密单点定位的主要误差源,双频用户可利用组合观测值消除其影响,单频用户只能利用电离层模型对其加以改正.因此电离层模型的精度对单频精密单点定位(single-frequency precise point positioning,SF-PPP)的精度至关重要.为分析欧洲轨道确定中心(Center Orbit Determination Europe,CODE)提供的全球电离层地图(global ionospheric map,GIM)在中国区域内的精度,在不同纬度范围内选取25个均匀分布的陆态网基准站,从STEC(slant total electron content,STEC)精度及单频动态定位精度两个角度对CODE GIM进行精度评估.结果表明STEC均方根(root mean square,RMS)7天内的平均值为6.38 TECU,应用CODE GIM进行单频动态精密单点定位的精度在水平方向达到亚米级,高程方向达到米级,在高纬度地区CODE GIM精度更高.     

磁暴期全球电离层电子含量变化分析研究

电离层电子含量(TEC)受太阳活动影响较大,磁暴发生时,TEC变化在全球范围内变化不一,研究该时期的TEC扰动变化情况对电离层的研究至关重要．本文以2015年3月特大磁暴为研究对象,利用包括北斗系统在内的全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）TEC数据和中国区域的电离层测高仪f _oF2数据,对此次电离层磁暴的扰动特性进行研究并讨论其可能的物理机制．      

GNSS全球广播电离层模型精度分析

单频用户主要采用全球导航卫星系统(global navigation satellite system,GNSS)广播电离层模型来修正电离层延迟,GPS、Galileo和BDS-2均播发广播电离层参数。BDS-3试验卫星也播发了应用于全球电离层延迟修正的BDGIM(BeiDou global ionospheric delay correction model)模型参数。以国际GNSS服务(International GNSS Service,IGS) GIM (global ionosphere maps)产品和全球140余个GNSS观测站GPS双频观测量为基准,从全球范围、不同纬度、不同区域等系统分析了GPS、Galileo和BDS-3的全球广播电离层模型改正精度,并与IGS预报电离层产品(IGS P1和IGS P2)进行比较。分析认为,IGS P1和IGS P2产品的改正精度总体最优,BDGIM参数优于Gal NeQuick和GPS K8。对于BDS-3新发布的BDGIM参数,分析认为,在全球范围的改正精度(均方根)约为3.58 TECU,改正率约77.2%,在全球不同区域的改正精度相当。     

国际参考电离层2016模型在陆海区域的精度分析

为了研究IRI 2016模型在陆地、海洋及全球整体的预报精度和差异性问题,该文利用IGS组织提供的20002019年全球电离层TEC数据和12个GNSS跟踪站(陆地区域跟踪站6个,海洋区域跟踪站6个)实测TEC数据,基于陆地和海洋独立研究的方法,借助数理统计、相关系数及时间序列,分析了IRI 2016模型在陆地与海洋区域的精度特征.结果 表明:IRI 2016模型精度与研究区域内跟踪站的数量、纬度有密切关系,跟踪站密集区域、低纬度地区模型精度较高;太阳活动强度与IRI 2016模型精度高度相关,2008年和2019年为太阳活动低年,模型的精度较高.IRI 2016模型在全球范围内,相较于海洋区域,陆地区域模型的精度较高;与春秋冬三季相比,夏季TEC预测值与CODE GIM统计差值最小,模型的精度最高.     

不同电离层改正模型的SF-PPP定位精度分析

电离层延迟可严重制约单频接收机的定位精度.基于此,本文介绍了四种单频接收机常用的电离层延迟改正方法,包括广播电离层改正模型(策略1),顾及太阳位置的变化全球电离层格网产品(Global Ionosphere Map, GIM)时间旋转内插(策略2), GIM投影函数改正(策略3)和半合改正模型(策略4).同时,选择不同太阳活动期,不同纬度的测站验证不同电离层改正方法的单频精密单点定位(single-frequency point positioning,SF-PPP)定位结果偏差.经过对比分析,得到如下结论：1)总体来说,半合改正模型得到的定位效果最佳,其次是使用GIM产品对电离层延迟进行改正,最后是广播电离层模型;2)在不同太阳活动跃期,不同策略在低纬度测站的定位偏差最大,其次是高纬度测站,中纬度测站的定位偏差最小;3)策略2和策略3在不同太阳活动期不同纬度测站的水平定位平差约0.150 m,三维定位偏差约0.700 m;策略4在不同太阳活动期不同纬度测站的水平定位偏差为0.100 m,三维定位偏差为0.500 m.     

基于滑窗初始点dSTEC定权的全球实时电离层综合

自2017年起,国际GNSS服务组织(IGS)部分电离层分析中心先后提供全球实时电离层校正服务。针对实际应用中单一分析中心实时电离层产品存在的可靠性差问题,本文提出了基于滑窗初始点差分斜向总电子含量(dSTEC)定权的全球实时电离层综合方法。以中国科学院(CAS)、法国空间研究中心(CNES)、西班牙加泰罗尼亚理工大学(UPC)及武汉大学(WHU)实时产品为基础,实现了实时全球电离层地图(RT-GIM)产品的例行综合。从电离层延迟误差修正、单频标准单点定位(SF-SPP)及单频精密单点定位(SF-PPP) 3个方面,分析2022年2月15日至2022年3月15日综合RT-GIM产品的应用性能。以IGS事后GIM为参考,本文综合RT-GIM与UPC综合RT-GIM对应的RMS为分别为3.30和3.20 TECU,二者精度相当;以定位残差95%分位数为统计量,与IGS事后GIM产品相比,综合RT-GIM对应的SF-SPP及SF-PPP精度分别低7.7%和4.9%;与北斗三号广播电离层模型BDGIM相比,综合RT-GIM对应的SF-SPP及SF-PPP精度分别提升了15.9%和9.5%。自2...     

Performance of various predicted GNSS global ionospheric maps relative to GPS and JASON TEC data

When using predicted total electron content (TEC) products to generate preliminary real-time global ionospheric maps (GIMs), validation of these ionospheric predicted products is essential. In this study, we evaluate the accuracy of five predicted GIMs, provided by the international GNSS service (IGS), over continental and oceanic regions during the period from September 2009 to September 2015. Over continental regions, the GPS TEC data collected from 41 IGS continuous tracking stations are used as a reference data set. Over oceanic regions, the TEC data from the JASON altimeter are used for comparison. An initial performance comparison between the IGS combined final GIM product and the predicted GIMs is also included in this study. The evaluation results show that the predicted GIMs produced by CODE outperform the other predicted GIMs for all three validation results. The accuracy of the 1-day predicted GIMs, produced by the IGS associate analysis centers (IAACs), is higher than that of the 2-day predicted GIMs. Compared to the 2-day UPC predicted GIMs, the 2-day ESA predicted GIMs are observed to have slightly worse performances over ocean regions and better positioning performances over continental regions.     

A preliminary evaluation of the performance of multiple ionospheric models in low- and mid-latitude regions of China in 2010–2011

Ionospheric delay is a dominant error source in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Single-frequency GNSS applications require ionospheric correction of signal delay caused by the charged particles in the earth’s ionosphere. The Chinese Beidou system is developing its own ionospheric model for single-frequency users. The number of single-frequency GNSS users and applications is expected to grow fast in the next years in China. Thus, developing an appropriate ionospheric model is crucially important for the Chinese Beidou system and worldwide single-frequency Beidou users. We study the performance of five globally accessible ionospheric models Global Ionospheric Map (GIM), International Reference Ionosphere (IRI), Parameterized Ionospheric Model (PIM), Klobuchar and NeQuick in low- and mid-latitude regions of China under mid-solar activity condition. Generally, all ionospheric models can reproduce the trend of diurnal ionosphere variations. It is found that all the models have better performances in mid-latitude than in low-latitude regions. When all the models are compared to the observed total electron content (TEC) data derived from GIM model, the IRI model (2012 version) has the best agreement with GIM model and the NeQuick has the poorest agreement. The RMS errors of the IRI model using the GIM TEC as reference truth are about 3.0–10.0 TECU in low-latitude regions and 3.0–8.0 TECU in mid-latitude regions, as observed during a period of 1 year with medium level of solar activity. When all the ionospheric models are ingested into single-frequency precise point positioning (PPP) to correct the ionospheric delays in GPS observations, the PIM model performs the best in both low and mid-latitudes in China. In mid-latitude, the daily single-frequency PPP accuracy using PIM model is ~10 cm in horizontal and ~20 cm in up direction. At low-latitude regions, the PPP error using PIM model is 10–20 cm in north, 30–40 cm in east and ~60 cm in up component. The single-frequency PPP solutions indicate that NeQuick model has the lowest accuracy among all the models in both low- and mid-latitude regions of China. This study suggests that the PIM model may be considered for single-frequency GNSS users in China to achieve a good positioning accuracy in both low- and mid-latitude regions.     

单站区域电离层TEC建模及精度分析

为了分析单站区域电离层总电子含量(total electron content,TEC)模型的适用范围和精度,基于2～15阶次球谐函数,分别建立了欧洲区域16个单站区域电离层TEC模型,生成了区域格网TEC,并与欧洲定轨中心(Center for Orbit Determination in Europe,CODE)、...     

北斗三号全球导航卫星系统全球广播电离层延迟修正模型(BDGIM)应用性能评估

2020年6月23日,我国北斗三号全球导航卫星系统正式完成星座全球组网.北斗三号全球导航卫星系统采用新一代全球广播电离层延迟修正模型(BDGIM),为用户提供电离层延迟改正服务.本文利用高精度全球电离层格网(GIM)以及实测BDS/GPS数据提供的电离层TEC作为参考,从延迟改正精度及北斗单频伪距单点定位应用、模型系数...     

Performance evaluation of different ionospheric models in single-frequency code-based differential GPS positioning

Differential ionospheric slant delays are obtained from a quiet-time, three-dimensional ionospheric electron density model, called the TaiWan Ionosphere Model (TWIM), to be used in code-based differential GPS positioning. The code observations are acquired from nine continuously operating GPS stations around Taiwan whose baseline ranged from 19 to 340 km. Daily 24-hour epoch-per-epoch positioning obtained for 70 most geomagnetic quiet days (2008–2010) for each of the 72 baselines. The performance of TWIM has been compared with the standard operational Klobuchar model (KLB) used by typical single-frequency receivers and the IGS global ionospheric model (GIM). Generally, TWIM performed well in reducing the differential ionospheric delay especially for long baselines and different levels of low solar activity. It has a much better performance compared to the operational KLB model. TWIM also performed similarly with GIM, though GIM has the best performance overall. GIM has the best ionospheric gradient estimates among the three models whose differential ionospheric delay-to-horizontal error ratio is more than 0.25. This is followed closely by TWIM with about 0.20. KLB only has a ratio of <0.10. The similarity of the performance of TWIM and GIM demonstrates the feasibility of TWIM in correcting for differential ionospheric delays in the C/A code pseudorange that is caused by electron density gradients in the ionosphere. It can provide decimeter-to-centimeter level accuracy in differential GPS positioning for single-frequency receivers during geomagnetic quiet conditions across all seasons and different levels of low solar activities.     

Consistency of seven different GNSS global ionospheric mapping techniques during one solar cycle

In the context of the International GNSS Service (IGS), several IGS Ionosphere Associated Analysis Centers have developed different techniques to provide global ionospheric maps (GIMs) of vertical total electron content (VTEC) since 1998. In this paper we present a comparison of the performances of all the GIMs created in the frame of IGS. Indeed we compare the classical ones (for the ionospheric analysis centers CODE, ESA/ESOC, JPL and UPC) with the new ones (NRCAN, CAS, WHU). To assess the quality of them in fair and completely independent ways, two assessment methods are used: a direct comparison to altimeter data (VTEC-altimeter) and to the difference of slant total electron content (STEC) observed in independent ground reference stations (dSTEC-GPS). The main conclusion of this study, performed during one solar cycle, is the consistency of the results between so many different GIM techniques and implementations.     

Climatological study of ionospheric irregularities over the European mid-latitude sector with GPS

High-frequency variability of the ionosphere, or irregularities, constitutes the main threat for real-time precise positioning techniques based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) measurements. Indeed, during periods of enhanced ionospheric variability, GNSS users in the field—who cannot verify the integrity of their measurements—will experience positioning errors that can reach several decimeters, while the nominal accuracy of the technique is cm-level. In the frame of this paper, a climatological analysis of irregularities over the European mid-latitude region is presented. Based on a 10 years GPS dataset over Belgium, the work analyzes the occurrence rate (as a function of the solar cycle, season and local time) as well as the amplitude of ionospheric irregularities observed at a single GPS station. The study covers irregularities either due to space weather events (solar origin) or of terrestrial origin. If space weather irregularities are responsible for the largest effects in terms of ionospheric error, their occurrence rate highly depends on solar activity. Indeed, the occurrence rate of ionospheric irregularities is about 9 % during solar maximum, whereas it drops to about 0 % during medium or low solar activity periods. Medium-scale ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) occurring during daytime in autumn/winter are the most recurrent pattern of the time series, with yearly proportions slightly varying with the solar cycle and an amplitude of about 10 % of the TEC background. Another recurrent irregularity type, though less frequent than MSTIDs, is the noise-like variability in TEC observed during summer nighttime, under quiet geomagnetic conditions. These summer nighttime irregularities exhibit amplitudes ranging between 8 and 15 % of the TEC background.     

Brazilian active GNSS networks as systems for monitoring the ionosphere

This research shows the viability of using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations from Brazilian active networks in monitoring the ionosphere. Various indexes of ionospheric irregularities and scintillation of GNSS signals, estimated in real-time and post-processed from GNSS data, are explored for this purpose. This way, an increase in the spatial resolution of ionospheric information is provided, allowing the generation of maps of scintillation and irregularities in observing the spatial and temporal behavior of the layer’s activity cycle, since the number of ionosondes, imagers, and radars is insufficient for monitoring the irregularities in Brazil. Experiments to evaluate the estimates of the indexes are performed for periods of high and low variability of electrons. Three Brazilian networks are used: the Brazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring (RBMC), the GNSS Active Network of Sao Paulo State (GNSS-SP), and CIGALA/CALIBRA. The results are compared with data from ionosondes and PolaRxS-PRO Septentrio receivers, proving compatible with moderate to high correlations. An analysis of the seasonal variation during the peak of solar cycle 24 is carried out. The maps allow identifying the displacement of ionospheric irregularities along the magnetic equator over Brazil, from northeast to southwest, starting at 7:00 pm and ending at 2:00 am local time. Real-time monitoring is carried out for the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere, and results are consistent with those from the post-processed mode. The indexes and maps can be applied to the analysis of GNSS positioning. Real-time ionospheric information can be used in important practical applications because the displacement monitoring of irregularities allows prior knowledge of whether there will be a deterioration of positioning accuracy in a certain region.     

国际GNSS监测评估系统的数据安全与防护

国际GNSS监测评估系统(iGMAS)是对北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)主要性能指标进行监测和评估,生成并提供多种应用产品的信息服务平台.系统安全防护是iGMAS建设的重要内容之一,而数据安全是系统安全防护问题中的一个关键环节.本文结合已有的信息系统安全防护和数据安全传输等相关技术研究工作,从通信传输安全、数据传输校验(防止恶意数据注入)、数据存储安全等方面,针对iGMAS系统的数据安全性进行了分析,并从技术和管理两个层面提出相应的安全防护方案.