20 research outputs found
Tropospheric Products from High-Level GNSS Processing in Latin America
ARTÍCULO PUBLICADO EN REVISTA EXTERNA. The present geodetic reference frame in Latin America and the Caribbean is given by a
network of about 400 continuously operating GNSS stations. These stations are routinely
processed by ten Analysis Centres following the guidelines and standards set up by the
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) and International
GNSS Service (IGS). The Analysis Centres estimate daily and weekly station positions
and station zenith tropospheric path delays (ZTD) with an hourly sampling rate. This
contribution presents some attempts aiming at combining the individual ZTD estimations
to generate consistent troposphere solutions over the entire region and to provide reliable
time series of troposphere parameters, to be used as a reference. The study covers ZTD
and IWV series for a time-span of 5 years (2014–2018). In addition to the combination
of the individual solutions, some advances based on the precise point positioning technique
using BNC software (BKG NTRIP Client) and Bernese GNSS Software V.5.2 are presented.
Results are validated using the IGS ZTD products and radiosonde IWV data. The agreement
was evaluated in terms of mean bias and rms of the ZTD differences w.r.t IGS products
(mean bias 1.5 mm and mean rms 6.8 mm) and w.r.t ZTD from radiosonde data (mean
bias 2 mm and mean rms 7.5 mm). IWV differences w.r.t radiosonde IWV data (mean
bias 0.41 kg/m2 and mean rms 3.5 kg/m2).Sitio de la revista: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/1345_2020_12
Simulation case study of deformations and landslides using real-time GNSS precise point positioning technique
[EN] The precise point positioning (PPP) is a Global Navigation Satellite System
(GNSS) computation technique that performs precise positioning using a
single receiver. This is the main advantage over the traditional differential
positioning for geodesy and geomatics which requires, at least, two
receivers to get a precise position or a single receiver connected to a
network of reference stations. The main goal of this work was to study the
real-time PPP technique for deformation and landslides monitoring. A
custom designed device was used for the simulation of landslides, and
several test campaigns were performed at field. A control unit was
designed based on open-source software and Python libraries
implemented in this research. The conclusion of the study shows that realtime
PPP allows solutions for deformation monitoring with mean offsets
of 2 cm in north, east and up components, and standard deviations of
2 cm. It demonstrates the reliability of real-time PPP monitoring systems
to detect deformations up to 5 cm of magnitude when the double
constellation (GPSCGLONASS) was used. Finally, an improvement in the
results with the recovery of fixed ambiguities in the PPP algorithms is
outlined.Capilla Roma, R.; Berné Valero, JL.; Martín Furones, ÁE.; Rodrigo Alemany, R. (2016). Simulation case study of deformations and landslides using real-time GNSS precise point positioning technique. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 7(6):1856-1873. doi:10.1080/19475705.2015.1137243S185618737
advanced gnss processing techniques working group 1
Over the last decade, near real-time analysis of GPS data has become a well-established atmospheric observing tool, primarily coordinated by the EIG EUMETNET GPS Water Vapour Programme (E-GVAP) in Europe. In the near future, four operational GNSS will be available for commercial and scientific applications with atmospheric science benefiting from new signals from up to 60 satellites observed at any one place and time, however, many challenges remain regarding their optimal combined utilization. Besides raw data streaming, recent availability of precise real-time orbit and clock corrections enable wide utilization of autonomous Precise Point Positioning (PPP), which is particularly efficient for high-rate, real-time and multi-GNSS analyses
Improved Constraints on Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment: A Review of the Contribution of Ground-based Geodetic Observations
The provision of accurate models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) is
presently a priority need in climate studies, largely due to the potential of the Gravity
Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data to be used to determine accurate and
continent-wide assessments of ice mass change and hydrology. However, modelled GIA isuncertain due to insufficient constraints on our knowledge of past glacial changes and to
large simplifications in the underlying Earth models. Consequently, we show differences
between models that exceed several mm/year in terms of surface displacement for the two
major ice sheets: Greenland and Antarctica. Geodetic measurements of surface displacement
offer the potential for new constraints to be made on GIA models, especially when
they are used to improve structural features of the Earth’s interior as to allow for a more
realistic reconstruction of the glaciation history. We present the distribution of presently
available campaign and continuous geodetic measurements in Greenland and Antarctica
and summarise surface velocities published to date, showing substantial disagreement
between techniques and GIA models alike. We review the current state-of-the-art in
ground-based geodesy (GPS, VLBI, DORIS, SLR) in determining accurate and precise
surface velocities. In particular, we focus on known areas of need in GPS observation level
models and the terrestrial reference frame in order to advance geodetic observation precision/
accuracy toward 0.1 mm/year and therefore further constrain models of GIA and
subsequent present-day ice mass change estimates