On the accuracy of the GPS L2 observable for ionospheric monitoring |
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Authors: | Anthony M. McCaffrey P. T. Jayachandran Richard B. Langley Jean-Marie Sleewaegen |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Physics,University of New Brunswick,Fredericton,Canada;2.Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering,University of New Brunswick,Fredericton,Canada;3.Septentrio,Heverlee,Belgium |
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Abstract: | The introduction of the unencrypted global positioning system (GPS) L2 civil (L2C) signal has the potential to improve measurements made with the L2 frequency, an important observable in GPS-based ionospheric research and monitoring. Recent work has shown significant differences between the legacy L2P(Y) and L2C-derived total electron content rate of change index (ROTI). This difference is observed between L2P(Y) and L2C-derived ROTI with certain receiver models and between zero-baseline receiver pairs. We discuss the likely cause for these differences: L1-aided tracking used to track both the L2P(Y) and L2C signals. We also present L2C data that are confirmed to be from tracking independent of L1. Using the ionospheric-free linear combination, we show that the independently tracked carrier phase dynamics are significantly more accurate than the L1-aided observables. This result is confirmed by comparing the behavior of the L2C and L2P(Y) carrier phase observables upon a sudden antenna rotation. |
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