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1.
Ionospheric delay corrections for single-frequency GPS receivers over Europe using tomographic mapping 总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1
The majority of navigation satellites receivers operate on a single frequency and experience a positioning error due to the
ionospheric delay. This can be compensated for using a variety of approaches that are compared in this paper. The study focuses
on the last solar maximum. A 4D tomographic imaging technique is used to map the ionospheric electron density over the European
region during 2002 and 2003. The electron density maps are then used to calculate the excess propagation delay on the L1 frequency
experienced by GPS receivers at selected locations across Europe. The excess delay is applied to correct the pseudo-range
single frequency observations at each location and the improvements to the resulting positioning are calculated. The real-time
tomographic technique is shown to give navigation solutions that are better than empirical modelling methods and approach
the accuracy of the full dual-frequency solution. The improvements in positioning accuracy vary from day to day depending
on ionospheric conditions but can be up to 25 m during mid-day during these solar maximum conditions at European mid-latitudes.
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| Damien J. AllainEmail: |
2.
In this article, an algorithm for clock offset estimation of the GPS satellites is presented. The algorithm is based on a
Kalman-filter and processes undifferenced code and carrier-phase measurements of a global tracking network. The clock offset
and drift of the satellite clocks are estimated along with tracking station clock offsets, tropospheric zenith path delay
and carrier-phase ambiguities. The article provides a brief overview of already existing near-real-time and real-time clock
products. The filter algorithm and data processing scheme is presented. Finally, the accuracy of the orbit and clock product
is assessed with a precise orbit determination of the MetOp satellite and compared to results gained with other real-time
products.
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| André HauschildEmail: |
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Oliver Montenbruck Miquel Garcia-Fernandez Yoke Yoon Steffen Schön Adrian Jäggi 《GPS Solutions》2009,13(1):23-34
Phase center variations of the receiver and transmitter antenna constitute a remaining uncertainty in the high precision orbit
determination (POD) of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites using GPS measurements. Triggered by the adoption of absolute phase
patterns in the IGS processing standards, a calibration of the Sensor Systems S67-1575-14 antenna with GFZ choke ring has
been conducted that serves as POD antenna on various geodetic satellites such as CHAMP, GRACE and TerraSAR-X. Nominal phase
patterns have been obtained with a robotic measurement system in a field campaign and the results were used to assess the
impact of receiver antenna phase patterns on the achievable positioning accuracy. Along with this, phase center distortions
in the actual spacecraft environment were characterized based on POD carrier phase residuals for the GRACE and TerraSAR-X
missions. It is shown that the combined ground and in-flight calibration can improve the carrier phase modeling accuracy to
a level of 4 mm which is close to the pure receiver noise. A 3.5 cm (3D rms) consistency of kinematic and reduced dynamic
orbit determination solutions is achieved for TerraSAR-X, which presumably reflects the limitations of presently available
GPS ephemeris products. The reduced dynamic solutions themselves match the observations of high grade satellite laser ranging
stations to 1.5 cm but are potentially affected by cross-track biases at the cm-level. With respect to the GPS based relative
navigation of TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X formation, the in-flight calibration of the antenna phase patterns is considered essential
for an accurate modeling of differential carrier phase measurements and a mm level baseline reconstruction.
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| Oliver MontenbruckEmail: |
4.
The architecture of the ultra-tight GPS/INS/PL integration is the key to its successful performance; the main feature of this
architecture is the Doppler feedback to the GPS receiver tracking loops. This Doppler derived from INS, when integrated with
the carrier tracking loops, removes the Doppler due to vehicle dynamics from the GPS/PL signal thereby achieving a significant
reduction in the carrier tracking loop bandwidth. The bandwidth reduction provides several advantages such as: improvement
in anti-jamming performance, and increase in post correlated signal strength which in turn increases the dynamic range and
accuracy of measurements. Therefore, any degradation in the derived Doppler estimates will directly affect the tracking loop
bandwidth and hence its performance. The quadrature signals from the receiver correlator, I (in-phase) and Q (quadrature),
form the measurements, whereas the inertial sensor errors, position, velocity and attitude errors form the states of the complementary
Kalman filter. To specify a reliable measurement model of the filter for this type of integrated system, a good understanding
of GPS/PL signal characteristics is essential. It is shown in this paper that phase and frequency errors are the variables
that relate the measurements and the states in the Kalman filter. The main focus of this paper is to establish the fundamental
mathematical relationships that form the measurement model, and to show explicitly how the system error states are related
to the GPS/PL signals. The derived mathematical relationships encapsulated in a Kalman filter, are tested by simulation and
shown to be valid.
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| Ravindra Babu (Corresponding author)Email: |
| Jinling WangEmail: |
5.
Digital mobile mapping, the method that integrates digital imaging with direct geo-referencing, has developed rapidly over
the past 15 years. The Kalman filter (KF) is considered an optimal estimation tool for real-time INS/GPS integrated kinematic
positioning and orientation determination. However, the accuracy requirements of general mobile mapping applications cannot
be easily achieved even when using the KF scheme. Therefore, this study proposes an intelligent scheme combining ANN and RTS
backward smoother to overcome the limitations of KF and to enhance the overall accuracy of attitude determination for tactical
grade and MEMS INS/GPS integrated systems.
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| Yun-Wen Huang (Corresponding author)Email: |
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A sampling approach to estimate the log determinant used in spatial likelihood problems 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1
Likelihood-based methods for modeling multivariate Gaussian spatial data have desirable statistical characteristics, but the
practicality of these methods for massive georeferenced data sets is often questioned. A sampling algorithm is proposed that
exploits a relationship involving log-pivots arising from matrix decompositions used to compute the log determinant term that
appears in the model likelihood. We demonstrate that the method can be used to successfully estimate log-determinants for
large numbers of observations. Specifically, we produce an log-determinant estimate for a 3,954,400 by 3,954,400 matrix in
less than two minutes on a desktop computer. The proposed method involves computations that are independent, making it amenable
to out-of-core computation as well as to coarse-grained parallel or distributed processing. The proposed technique yields
an estimated log-determinant and associated confidence interval.
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| James P. LeSage (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Since the assumption of all stations tracking the same satellites with identical weights was previously employed by Shen and
Xu (GPS Solut 12:99–108, 2008) to derive the simplified GNSS single- and double-differenced equivalent equations, this supplementary paper expands these
simplified equations in the case of each station tracking different satellites with elevation-dependent weights. Numerical
experiments are performed to demonstrate the computational efficiency of the simplified equivalent algorithm relative to the
traditional method in various scenarios of multi-baseline solutions with tracking different satellites. The fast computational
speed of the simplified equivalent algorithm will potentially benefit the local, regional and even global GNSS multi-baseline
solutions as well as the combined GNSS application.
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| Guochang XuEmail: |
8.
Small-scale irregularities in the background electron density of the ionosphere can cause rapid fluctuations in the amplitude
and phase of radio signals passing through it. These rapid fluctuations are known as scintillation and can cause a Global
Positioning System (GPS) receiver to lose lock on a signal. This could compromise the integrity of a safety of life system
based on GPS, operating in auroral regions. In this paper, the relationship between the loss of lock on GPS signals and ionospheric
scintillation in auroral regions is explored. The period from 8 to 14 November 2004 is selected for this study, as it includes
both geomagnetically quiet and disturbed conditions. Phase and amplitude scintillation are measured by GPS receivers located
at three sites in Northern Scandinavia, and correlated with losses of signal lock in receivers at varying distances from the
scintillation receivers. Local multi-path effects are screened out by rejection of low-elevation data from the analysis. The
results indicate that losses of lock are more closely related to rapid fluctuations in the phase rather than the amplitude
of the received signal. This supports the idea, suggested by Humphreys et al. (2005) (performance of GPS carrier tracking loops during ionospheric scintillations. Proceedings Internationsl Ionospheric Effects
Symposium 3–5 May 2005), that a wide loop bandwidth may be preferred for receivers operating at auroral latitudes. Evidence from the Imaging Riometer
for Ionospheric Studies (IRIS) appears to suggest that, for this particular storm, precipitation of particles in the D/E regions
may be the mechanism that drives the rapid phase fluctuations in the signal.
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| Robert W. MeggsEmail: |
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In Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, the receiver measures the pseudorange with respect to each observable
navigation satellite and determines the position and clock bias. In addition to the GPS, several other navigation satellite
constellations including Glonass, Galileo and Compass can/will also be used to provide positioning, navigation, and timing
information. The paper is concerned with the solvability of the navigation problem when the receiver attempts to process measurements
from different constellations. As two different constellations may not be time-synchronized, the navigation problem involves
the determination of position of the receiver and clock bias with respect to each constellation. The paper describes an analytic
approach to account for the two-constellation navigation problem with three measurements from one constellation and two measurements
from another constellation. It is shown that the two-constellation GNSS navigation problem becomes the solving of a set of
two simultaneous quadratic equations or, equivalently, a quartic equation. Furthermore, the zero-crossover of the leading
coefficient and the sign of the discriminant of the quartic equation are shown to play a significant role in governing the
solvability, i.e., the existence and uniqueness of the navigation solutions.
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| Jyh-Ching JuangEmail: |
10.
Pitch and roll attitude estimation of a small-scaled helicopter using single antenna GPS with gyroscopes 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
A method is presented for estimating the roll and pitch attitude of a small-scaled unmanned helicopter based on the velocity
measurements of the global positioning system (GPS). The small-scaled helicopter is a radio controlled (RC) model which is
readily available and affordable for academic laboratories as a research platform. Only one single antenna GPS receiver is
equipped on the RC helicopter to acquire the velocity measurements needed for the attitude estimation. The velocity information
is recorded by the onboard computer for post-processing. An attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) is used to provide
the reference attitudes. The required angular rates and heading for this study are also given by the gyroscopes and compass
of the AHRS for the sake of system’s simplification. The Kalman filter is applied to estimate the helicopter’s accelerations
by using the GPS velocity measurements. The estimated accelerations form the fundamental elements of synthesizing the pseudo-roll
and the pseudo-pitch. With some legitimate simplifications and assumptions, the relation between the helicopter’s attitudes
and the accelerations estimated from the GPS velocity measurements can be developed. Furthermore, to enhance the accuracy
of the pseudo-attitudes, the angular rates acquired from the gyroscopes are incorporated into the estimation algorithm of
pseudo-attitudes by using a complementary filter.
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| Fei-Bin HsiaoEmail: |
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A data archive of GPS navigation messages 总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1
Since 18 June 2007 navigation data messages transmitted by the GPS constellation are recorded by five receivers within GeoForschungsZentrum’s
global groundstation network. We describe the recording, processing, validation, analysis and archiving of the navigation
data. During the 197 days between 18 June 2007 and 31 December 2007 a total of 125,723,666 subframes were collected. By taking
into consideration that the same data set frequently is observed by two or more receivers concurrently, 65,153,955 unique
subframes could be extracted from the observations. With an estimated 88,099,200 subframes transmitted by the constellation
during this time period a data yield of about 74% was achieved. Simulation studies suggest that with two additional GPS receivers,
which are scheduled for addition to the network in 2008, about 95% of the transmitted subframes will be retrieved. The message
data archive is open to the scientific community for non-commercial purposes and may be accessed through GFZ’s Information
System and Data Center ().
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| G. BeyerleEmail: |
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A constrained LAMBDA method for GPS attitude determination 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
An improved method to obtain fixed integer ambiguity in GPS attitude determination is presented. Known conditions are utilized
as constraints to acquire attitude information when the float solution and its variance–covariance matrix are not accurate
enough. The searching ellipsoidal region is first expanded to compensate for errors caused by the inaccurate float solution.
Then the constraints are used to shrink the region to a proper size, which maintains the true integer ambiguity. Experimental
results demonstrate that this scheme gives a fast search time and a higher success rate in determining the fixed integer ambiguity
than the unconstrained method. The accuracy of attitude angles is also improved.
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| Bo WangEmail: |
13.
This study adopts the Chiu-fen-erh-shan landslide as a case study for incorporating comprehensive accelerograph and global
positioning system (GPS) data to determine the best-fit acceleration data for analyzing a rock avalanche. Previous investigations
indicate that the distance from an accelerograph to a landslide site is crucial to determining the best-fit acceleration data
to use in conducting a seismic analysis. Unfortunately, the Chiu-fen-erh-shan landslide and its nearest accelerograph station
are located in different geological zones. Thus, GPS data were compared to the displacements derived from the accelerograms
of nearby monitoring stations to help select the best accelerograph data. This emphasizes that a high density distribution
of accelerographs and GPS installations are essential to acquire the best data for the seismic analysis, especially in complex
geological zones. After applying the best-fit accelerogram to Newmark’s sliding model and an empirical displacement attenuation
formula to back-calculate the shear strength parameters of the sliding surface, a cohesion of 0 kPa and friction angle of
the sliding surface of 24.8° were found for this landslide.
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| Jian-Hong WuEmail: Email: |
14.
Identifying barriers of species and characterize their effects on spatial distribution provide essential information to research
in landscape genetics. We propose a weighted difference barrier (WDB) method as an alternative to maximum difference barriers
(MDB), and to initiate and integrate more spatial modeling and methods into the problem solving process. Overall, WDB provides
quick and straightforward improvements to the drawbacks of MDB. WDB integrates more sample location relationships into the
barrier construction and reveals potential barriers that would otherwise go undetected. WDB incorporates both within group
and between group genetic information, and delineates the barriers as a more complex pattern.
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| John RadkeEmail: |
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Network-based geometry-free three carrier ambiguity resolution and phase bias calibration 总被引：5，自引：2，他引：3
Continuously operating reference stations (CORS) are increasingly used to deliver real-time and near-real-time precise positioning
services on a regional basis. A CORS network-based data processing system uses either or both of the two types of measurements:
(1) ambiguity-resolved double-differenced (DD) phase measurements, and (2) phase bias calibrated zero-differenced (ZD) phase
measurements. This paper describes generalized, network-based geometry-free models for three carrier ambiguity resolution
(TCAR) and phase bias estimation with DD and ZD code and phase measurements. First, the geometry-free TCAR models are constructed
with two Extra-Widelane (EWL)/Widelane (WL) virtual observables to allow for rapid ambiguity resolution (AR) for DD phase
measurements without distance constraints. With an ambiguity-resolved WL phase measurement and the ionospheric estimate derived
from the two EWL observables, an additional geometry-free equation is formed for the third virtual observable linearly independent
of the previous two. AR with the third geometry-free model requires a longer period of observations for averaging than the
first two, but is also distance-independent. A more general formulation of the geometry-free model for a baseline or network
is also introduced, where all the DD ambiguities can be more rigorously resolved using the LAMBDA method. Second, the geometry-free
models for calibration of three carrier phase biases of ZD phase measurements are similarly defined for selected virtual observables.
A network adjustment procedure is then used to improve the ZD phase biases with known DD integer constraints. Numerical results
from experiments with 24-h dual-frequency GPS data from three US CORS stations baseline lengths of 21, 56 and 74 km confirm
the theoretical predictions concerning AR reliability of the network-based geometry-free algorithms.
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| Chris RizosEmail: |
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Modeling spatial autocorrelation in spatial interaction data: empirical evidence from 2002 Germany journey-to-work flows 总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0
Daniel A. Griffith 《Journal of Geographical Systems》2009,11(2):117-140
Since before the inception of work by Okabe, the intermingling of spatial autocorrelation (i.e., local distance and configuration)
and distance decay (i.e., global distance) effects has been suspected in spatial interaction data. This convolution was first
treated conceptually because technology and methodology did not exist at the time to easily or fully address spatial autocorrelation
effects within spatial interaction model specifications. Today, however, sufficient computer power coupled with eigenfunction-based
spatial filtering offers a means for accommodating spatial autocorrelation effects within a spatial interaction model for
modest-sized problems. In keeping with Okabe’s more recent efforts to dissemination spatial analysis tools, this paper summarizes
how to implement the methodology utilized to analyze a particular empirical flows dataset.
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| Daniel A. GriffithEmail: |
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A copula-based closed-form binary logit choice model for accommodating spatial correlation across observational units 总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2
This study focuses on accommodating spatial dependency in data indexed by geographic location. In particular, the emphasis
is on accommodating spatial error correlation across observational units in binary discrete choice models. We propose a copula-based
approach to spatial dependence modeling based on a spatial logit structure rather than a spatial probit structure. In this
approach, the dependence between the logistic error terms of different observational units is directly accommodated using
a multivariate logistic distribution based on the Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstein (FGM) copula. The approach represents a simple
and powerful technique that results in a closed-form analytic expression for the joint probability of choice across observational
units, and is straightforward to apply using a standard and direct maximum likelihood inference procedure. There is no simulation
machinery involved, leading to substantial computation gains relative to current methods to address spatial correlation. The
approach is applied to teenagers’ physical activity participation levels, a subject of considerable interest in the public
health, transportation, sociology, and adolescence development fields. The results indicate that failing to accommodate heteroscedasticity
and spatial correlation can lead to inconsistent and inefficient parameter estimates, as well as incorrect conclusions regarding
the elasticity effects of exogenous variables.
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| Ipek N. SenerEmail: |
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High-frequency multipath would be problematic for studies at seismic or antenna dynamical frequencies as one could mistakenly
interpret them as signals. A simple procedure to identify high-frequency multipath from global positioning system (GPS) time
series records is presented. For this purpose, data from four GPS base stations are analyzed using spectral analyses techniques.
Additional data, such as TEQC report files of L1 pseudorange multipath, are also used to analyze the high-frequency multipath
and confirmation of the high-frequency multipath inferred from the phase records. Results show that this simple procedure
is effective in identification of high-frequency multipath. The inferred information can aid interpretation of multipath at
the GPS site, and is important for a number of reasons. For example, the information can be used to study GPS site selections
and/or installations.
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| Clement OgajaEmail: |
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Troposphere zenith path delays derived from the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) numerical weather model (NWM) are compared
with those of the International GNSS Service (IGS) solutions over a 1.5-year period at 18 globally distributed IGS stations.
Meteorological parameters can be interpolated from the NWM model at any location and at any time after December 2004. The
meteorological parameters extracted from the NWM model agree with in situ direct measurements at some IGS stations within
1 mbar for pressure, 3° for temperature and 13% for relative humidity. The hydrostatic and wet components of the zenith path
delay (ZPD) are computed using the meteorological parameters extracted from the NWM model. The total ZPDs derived from the
GDAS NWM agree with the IGS ZPD solutions at 3.0 cm RMS level with biases of up to 4.5 cm, which can be attributed to the
wet ZPDs estimates from the NWM model, considering the less accurate interpolated relative humidity parameter. Based on this
study, it is suggested that the availability and the precision of the GDAS NWM ZPD should be sufficient for nearly all GPS
navigation solutions.
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| Constantin-Octavian AndreiEmail: |
20.
Show me the code: spatial analysis and open source 总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2
Sergio J. Rey 《Journal of Geographical Systems》2009,11(2):191-207
This paper considers the intersection of academic spatial analysis with the open source revolution. Its basic premise is that
the potential for cross-fertilization between the two is rich, yet some misperceptions about these two communities pose challenges
to realizing these opportunities. The paper provides a primer on the open source movement for academicians with an eye towards
correcting these misperceptions. It identifies a number of ways in which increased adoption of open source practices in spatial
analysis can enhance the development of the next generation of tools and the wider practice of scientific research and education.
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| Sergio J. ReyEmail: |