Performance of various predicted GNSS global ionospheric maps relative to GPS and JASON TEC data |
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Authors: | Min Li Yunbin Yuan Ningbo Wang Zishen Li Xingliang Huo |
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Institution: | 1.State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics,Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics,Wuhan,China;2.Academy of Opto-Electronics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China;3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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