Velocity of surface ice flow on amery ice shelf determined with PPP

The main activities in the joint expedition between CHINARE and ANARE on Amery ice shelf are introduced. Five-day continuous GPS observation data collected on the site which locates at the frontal part of Amery ice shelf was processed with precise point positioning （PPP） technology based on precise products from IGS. Velocity of the surface ice flow on Amery can be derived from the PPP solution. Preliminary result shows that the surface ice flow velocity of the site is 2.25 meters per day, the motion direction is northeastward. Semidiurnal oceanic tide and diurnal oceanic tide signal of that site can be recovered from the height variation series of PPP solution. These above solutions can be used to the consequent mass balance calculation.     

用PPP技术确定南极Amery冰架的三维运动速度

基于GPS精密点定位(precise point positioning,PPP)技术,利用IGS的精密星历数据编制软件处理了在Amery冰架获取的连续5d的GPS卫星跟踪观测资料,初步获得了冰架前端观测点处的冰流速度和冰流方向。根据定位解算出的高程系列的周期变化,初步推求出观测点处的海潮周日变化参数。研究成果可为后续的物质平衡计算提供依据。     

Surface Ice Flow Velocity and Tide Retrieval of the Amery Ice Shelf using Precise Point Positioning

Five days of continuous GPS observation data were collected in the frontal zone of the Amery ice shelf and subsequently post-processed using precise point position (PPP) technology based on precise orbit and clock products from the International GNSS service. The surface ice flow velocity of the observed point was derived from PPP to be 2.25 m/day toward the northeast with an azimuth of 41°. Major semi-diurnal and diurnal oceanic tide constituents could be recovered from the 5 days of PPP-derived height variations and compared well with a hydrodynamic ocean tide model. The PPP technique can replace double-difference GPS positioning in remote or hostile environments, and be used to retrieve the surface ice flow velocity without any reference station. Furthermore, the solution can be derived epoch-by-epoch with accuracy in the centimeters to decimeter range.     

Strategies for High Precision Processing of GPS Measurements with Application to the Amery Ice Shelf,East Antarctica

A number of statistic Global Positioning System (GPS) measurement campaigns have been made on a floating Antarctic ice shelf, the Amery Ice Shelf, as part of ongoing glaciological studies designed to investigate the ice shelf dynamics, grounding zone definition, and ice shelf strain. Such studies ar fundamental to improving out knowledge of the Antarctic ice-sheet mass balance and dynamical models of ice sheet/ocean interaction. This article describes two techniques used to process the statistic GPS data. One approach uses a segmented version of the classical static methodology, and the other approach adopts a new sequential processing technique. Both approaches yield similar results for the station coordinates and demonstrate the potential of GPS for extracting the tidal signal on the ice shelves and giving information on the dynamical motion of the ice sheet. To verify our results for the vertical component, we compare the ice shelf GPS tidal signal with a tidal model derived from tide gauge measurements at nearby Beaver Lake. Comparison of the GPS results with the tide model give good agreement in amplitude at the few cm level (GPS results always larger) but clearly shows evidence of phase propagation of the ocean tidal wave under the ice shelf. Improving the resolution of the tides over the ice shelves will be of tremendous benefit for future satellite missions, such as Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT), and the integrated use of GPS and satellite data will be fundamental for any on-going Antarctic ice sheet mass balance studies. ? 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

基于Sentinel-1 SAR的埃默里冰架前端位置自动检测研究

埃默里冰架（Amery ice Shelf,AIS）是南极洲第三大冰架,冰架状态影响着南极洲物质平衡和海平面变化,但目前对于AIS与海水交界的冰架前端位置确定研究甚少。基于哨兵一号（Sentinel-1）合成孔径雷达（synthetic aperture radar,SAR）影像提出了一种高效且精确的冰架前端自动检测方法,利用冰架和海水之间的过渡带的SAR后向散射系数分布特点,利用Sentinel-1 SAR影像并结合单元最小恒虚警率（smallest of constant false alarm rate,SO-CFAR）和形态学滤波得到冰水二值图,采用滑动窗口和累积和的方法自动提取每条剖面线对应的冰架前端点位置,自动绘制AIS前端轮廓线。考虑SAR影像空间分辨率和剖面分辨率等因素对前端检测的影响,进行冰架前端参数优化,并分析有无浮冰对冰架前端提取精度的影响。为了验证影像空间分辨率对各种方法检测结果的影响,将AIS前端无碎冰的影像进行双线性内插法重采样处理,并与基于标准差与五大值法的冰架前端提取算法进行精度对比分析。实验证明提出的剖面法具有一定的适用性。此外,通过分析AIS前端有无碎冰发现,基于SO-CFAR和形态学滤波算法相结合的剖面法对冰架前端提取精度最佳,最优检测精度小于1个像素,且受表面融水、冰架破碎等较小,具有较强的场景适应性。     

Impact of sampling rate of IGS satellite clock on precise point positioning

Both static and kinematic testings are investigated by using IGS 5min, 30s and 5s-interval precise satellite clock products in precise point positioning (PPP) solution. Test results show that the sampling rate of IGS satellite clock has very little effect on the static PPP solution. All the three types of sampling intervals of precise satellite clock can satisfy mm-cm level of positioning accuracy; higher sampling rate has no significant improvement for PPP solution. However, sampling rate of satellite clock has a significant impact on the PPP solution in kinematic PPP. The higher the interval of satellite clock, the better the accuracy achieved. The accuracy of kinematic PPP achieved by using 30s-interval precise satellite clock is improved by nearly 30–50 percent with respect to the solution by using 5min-interval precise satellite clock, but using 5s and 30s-interval satellite clock can almost produce the same accuracy of kinematic solution. Moreover, the use of precise satellite clock products from different analysis centers may also produce more or less effect on the PPP solution.     

Impact of sampling rate of IGS satellite clock on precise point positioning

Both static and kinematic testings are investigated by using IGS 5min, 30s and 5s-interval precise satellite clock products in precise point positioning (PPP) solution. Test results show that the sampling rate of IGS satellite clock has very little effect on the static PPP solution. All the three types of sampling intervals of precise satellite clock can satisfy mm-cm level of positioning accuracy; higher sampling rate has no significant improvement for PPP solution. However, sampling rate of satellite clock has a significant impact on the PPP solution in kinematic PPP. The higher the interval of satellite clock, the better the accuracy achieved. The accuracy of kinematic PPP achieved by using 30s-interval precise satellite clock is improved by nearly 30–50 percent with respect to the solution by using 5min-interval precise satellite clock, but using 5s and 30s-interval satellite clock can almost produce the same accuracy of kinematic solution. Moreover, the use of precise satellite clock products from different analysis centers may also produce more or less effect on the PPP solution.     

IGS卫星钟差产品采样间隔对PPP精度的影响

使用IGS 5 min、30 s以及CODE最新发布的5 s间隔的精密卫星钟差产品分别进行了静态和动态精密单点定位(PPP)试验。结果表明,使用三种不同采样间隔的精密卫星钟差对静态PPP定位结果的影响很小,均能满足mm至cm级的静态定位精度,采样率更高的精密卫星钟差改正对静态定位结果无显著改善;对动态PPP定位,三种采样间隔的精密卫星钟差均能满足cm至dm级的定位精度,使用30 s间隔的精密卫星钟差较使用5 min间隔的精密卫星钟差,其定位精度提高了30%~50%,而使用5 s间隔的精密卫星钟差同使用30 s间隔的精密卫星钟差获得的定位精度基本一致。     

利用EnviSat ASAR数据监测南极冰架崩解

利用欧洲环境卫星(EnviSat)所携带的先进合成孔径雷达(ASAR)数据高时间、高空间分辨率的特点,实现了全南极范围内冰架年崩解面积的高精度估算和崩解类型的解译。利用40期重复覆盖全南极海岸线的EnviSatASAR数据探测了冰架崩解的位置、类型和发生时间,统计分析了2005年8月到2011年8月连续6年南极冰架崩解频率和面积的时空变化。结果显示:(1)2005年—2011年平均崩解面积为2969.7km2,年崩解面积变化幅度较大,年崩解频率略呈下降的趋势;(2)南极冰架崩解主要发生1—3月,其中2月崩解最频繁;(3)东南极威尔克斯地区域是当前南极冰架崩解最活跃的区域,冰架罗斯、龙尼-菲尔希纳及埃默里等3大冰架很稳定且鲜有崩解发生,东南极毛德皇后地区域冰架相对稳定;(4)空间尺度小于100km2的崩解频率占到总频率的94.1%,忽略它们将导致南极年崩解面积低估20.7%—92.9%;(5)以内部冰川应力为主要驱动力的开裂型(Rift-opening)崩解较以外部大气和海洋因素为主要驱动力的融水型(Melt-related)崩解发生更为频繁,但是两者在量上的差异不大(约10%)。     

利用改进的动态PPP技术建立中国香港区域海潮负荷位移模型

利用GPS技术反演海潮负荷信息,相比传统重力及甚长基线干涉测量,有着全球覆盖、测站数多、全天候、成本低等诸多优势,为海潮模型的建立提供了有效的技术手段,也对海潮负荷效应的研究有着重要的理论意义和参考价值。利用动态精密单点定位技术（precise point positioning,PPP）反演海潮负荷位移,同时构建了区域海潮负荷位移模型。利用香港连续运行参考站8 a的GPS观测数据,精密测定了11个测站的三维海潮负荷位移参数,与高精度海潮模型提供的海潮负荷位移参数进行比较,发现除K₂、K₁潮波外,其他潮波的均方根误差均小于2 mm。与已有的动态PPP及静态PPP结果对比发现,采用改进的重叠时段动态PPP算法可有效改善K₁潮波的反演精度;该方法反演的海潮负荷位移精度可达到静态PPP反演海潮负荷位移的精度,且对于K₁潮波,在东西方向,动态PPP算法的反演精度较静态PPP略有改善。利用最小二乘曲面拟合法可有效建立中国香港地区GPS区域海潮负荷位移模型,可有效弥补沿海地区因验潮站稀少而导致的海潮模型适应性差的问题。     

IGS卫星钟差产品采样间隔对PPP收敛速度的影响分析

比较和分析了使用IGS5min、IGS30s以及CODE30s、CODE5s4种精密卫星钟差产品对精密单点定位(precise point positioning,PPP)精度及其收敛性的影响。在达到同等精度水平时,使用30s和5s采样率的钟差产品,其收敛时间要明显短于5min的精密钟差产品。     

海潮负荷对GPS精密定位的影响

根据海潮负荷理论,利用4种全球海潮模型分别计算了中国及周边地区IGS站的海潮负荷位移系数,分析并比较了海潮负荷位移对GPS单天解和短周期解的影响。结果表明,对于测站的单天解,不同海潮负荷位移改正对测站整体上没有影响,只在局部沿海地区测站的垂向方向存在差异;并且,4种全球海潮模型在黄海和东海的近海区域不够精确,需要利用我国近海区域的海潮资料进行修正;对于测站的短周期解,海潮负荷位移的影响随着测站远离海洋而减弱,特别是在沿海地区能显著提高测站的垂向坐标精度。因此,在短时的GPS精密定位中需要考虑海潮负荷位移改正。     

基于部分整周模糊度固定的非差GPS精密单点定位方法

近年来,精密单点定位(PPP)模糊度固定技术不断发展,模糊度正确固定后可以提高短时间的定位精度。然而固定错误的模糊度,将引起严重的定位偏差,因此对PPP模糊度固定的成功率和可靠性进行研究很有必要。本文探讨了采用非差小数偏差(FCBs)改正的PPP模糊度固定方法;同时提出了一种分步质量控制的PPP部分模糊度固定(PAR)策略。通过欧洲CORS数据对该方法进行验证,结果表明:PPP模糊度固定可以提高小时解静态PPP定位精度。同时,采用部分模糊度固定策略,能够有效控制未收敛模糊度影响,提高用户端PPP模糊度固定成功率。     

Improving BeiDou real-time precise point positioning with numerical weather models

Precise positioning with the current Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System is proven to be of comparable accuracy to the Global Positioning System, which is at centimeter level for the horizontal components and sub-decimeter level for the vertical component. But the BeiDou precise point positioning (PPP) shows its limitation in requiring a relatively long convergence time. In this study, we develop a numerical weather model (NWM) augmented PPP processing algorithm to improve BeiDou precise positioning. Tropospheric delay parameters, i.e., zenith delays, mapping functions, and horizontal delay gradients, derived from short-range forecasts from the Global Forecast System of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) are applied into BeiDou real-time PPP. Observational data from stations that are capable of tracking the BeiDou constellation from the International GNSS Service (IGS) Multi-GNSS Experiments network are processed, with the introduced NWM-augmented PPP and the standard PPP processing. The accuracy of tropospheric delays derived from NCEP is assessed against with the IGS final tropospheric delay products. The positioning results show that an improvement in convergence time up to 60.0 and 66.7% for the east and vertical components, respectively, can be achieved with the NWM-augmented PPP solution compared to the standard PPP solutions, while only slight improvement in the solution convergence can be found for the north component. A positioning accuracy of 5.7 and 5.9 cm for the east component is achieved with the standard PPP that estimates gradients and the one that estimates no gradients, respectively, in comparison to 3.5 cm of the NWM-augmented PPP, showing an improvement of 38.6 and 40.1%. Compared to the accuracy of 3.7 and 4.1 cm for the north component derived from the two standard PPP solutions, the one of the NWM-augmented PPP solution is improved to 2.0 cm, by about 45.9 and 51.2%. The positioning accuracy for the up component improves from 11.4 and 13.2 cm with the two standard PPP solutions to 8.0 cm with the NWM-augmented PPP solution, an improvement of 29.8 and 39.4%, respectively.     

应用Visual C~(++)平台的GPS精密单点定位程序设计

对精密单点定位的数学模型进行论述,设计了相应的程序流程,并基于Visual C++平台开发了相应的计算程序PPP1.0。算例结果表明:依照计算程序,静态定位精度优于8cm,动态定位精度优于5dm,能够满足常规勘察测量工程的需要,在实际工作中有一定的使用价值。     

远海实时GPS潮汐的实时精密单点定位观测

针对传统事后精密单点定位技术的时间延迟问题,该文基于IGS RTS实时数据流产品,开展了实时精密单点定位技术在远海实时GPS验潮中的应用研究.对RTS改正的实时精密卫星轨道和钟差进行了精度验证和分析,给出了RT-PPP的数据处理策略以及实时GPS验潮的基本流程;组织和实施了渤海湾船载GPS验潮试验,以压力式验潮仪数据为参考,对远距离实时GPS潮汐测量结果进行了精度分析.结果表明:①以IGS最终卫星轨道和钟差产品为参考,RTS实时精密卫星轨道在X、y、Z方向的精度(RMS)均优于3 cm,卫星钟差的精度优于0.15 ns;②采用傅里叶低通滤波方法,消除波浪对潮汐观测的影响,进一步提取潮位信息.在忽略船体姿态改正的情况下,实时精密单点定位验潮相对于压力式验潮仪结果的最大偏差优于20 cm,RMS达到7.5 cm.     

基于精密单点定位技术的航空测量应用实践

讨论了基于精密单点定位技术来实现无地面基准站的航空测量。计算结果表明，用观测值的验后残差计算得到的实测动态及静态模拟动态进行精密单点定位的三维RMS均优于3cm；用动态数据精密单点定位的结果同多基准站的双差解求较差计算出的RMS．南北分量和东西分量均优于5cm，高程分量优于10cm；用基准站的静态数据模拟动态单点定位解算得到的坐标同已知坐标求较差计算出的RMS，南北分量和东西分量均优于3cm，高程分量优于5cm。     

利用GPS动态PPP技术求解海潮负荷位移

受特殊海岸线及复杂海底地形的影响,目前发布的全球海潮模型在局部沿海地区差异较大,需利用其他大地测量手段直接测定沿海地区的海潮负荷位移参数。GPS技术因具有全天候、精度高、成本低等优势,已成为获取海潮负荷位移参数的有效手段。本文基于GPS技术监测测站三维位移变化的灵敏度高于监测48个海潮参数的灵敏度这一基本思想,改进了利用GPS精密单点定位(PPP)技术估计48个海潮调和参数的方法,直接逐历元求解三维海潮负荷位移变化,再利用调和分析方法提取主要潮波(M2、S2、N2、K2、K1、O1、P1、Q1)的海潮负荷位移建模参数(振幅与相位)。利用12个香港连续运行参考站(CORS)8年的GPS观测数据,计算各测站的海潮负荷位移建模参数。与传统方法比较,本文方法可有效加速K1潮波在东西方向的收敛。将GPS海潮负荷位移建模参数估值与中国近海海潮模型值比较,发现除S2、K2和K1潮波的均方根误差较大外,其他潮波的均方根误差均小于1.5mm。将香港2008—2014年验潮站数据反演的潮波参数与海潮模型值比较,结果表明:GPS与验潮站数据反演的潮波参数均与中国近海海潮模型及HAMTIDE2011.11A全球海潮模型符合较好,验证了GPS PPP反演海潮负荷位移的有效性。采用GPS PPP估计的8个潮波的振幅与相位值替换全球海潮模型中对应的潮波值,进行海潮负荷效应改正,可减弱GPS长时间序列中的半周年信号。     

GPS/GLONASS组合精密单点定位研究

与模糊度为浮点解的精密单点定位（precise point positioning,PPP）相比,PPP模糊度固定技术具有更快的收敛速度和更好的定位精度。但当GPS卫星数目少或几何构形不好时,需要较长时间实现GPS PPP模糊度的首次固定,通过加入GLONASS卫星可以有效缩短首次固定时间。推导了基于整数相位钟法的GPS/GLONASS组合PPP模型并进行了大量实验解算。40组静态模拟动态实验表明,GPS PPP模糊度首次固定平均需要50.2 min,但在GLONASS辅助下只需25.7 min,减少了48.8%,而且定位精度也有提高。车载动态实验表明,由于受观测条件限制,GPS PPP模糊度难以固定,但在GLONASS辅助下仍能实现GPS PPP模糊度固定。     

区域CORS网络增强PPP天顶对流层延迟内插建模

研究了利用区域CORS网基站上解算的高精度ZPD内插流动站ZPD的空间回归模型的适用性和内插效果,证明了H1QM3模型与MLCM模型等价。在此基础上,提出利用高差约束改善内插精度的空间回归模型。实验表明,H1QX1模型和H1QM3模型稳定,在平缓区域能获得10mm以内的插值精度,在起伏地区可获得20mm以内的插值精度;使用高差约束后,高程变化剧烈地区ZPD的内插精度可改善60%;内插参考站数量为9或10时效果最佳。