Present-day deformation in São Jorge Island,Azores, from episodic GPS measurements (2001–2011)

A network of geodetic markers for high-precision Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying was established in 2001 in the island of São Jorge, at the Azores triple junction, where the North America–Eurasia–Nubia plates meet. The aim was to monitor tectonic, volcanic, and landslide-induced surface deformation in an active tectono-volcanic region. The network consisted of 17 stations, and was occupied in 2001, 2004, and 2010. GPS observations from the three episodic campaigns were analyzed using the latest geophysical models and geodetic procedures to generate a velocity field for São Jorge Island.     

Comparison of standard TEC models with a Neural Network based TEC model using multistation GPS TEC around the northern crest of Equatorial Ionization Anomaly in the Indian longitude sector during the low and moderate solar activity levels of the 24th solar cycle

The highest Total Electron Content (TEC) values in the world normally occur at Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) region resulting in largest ionospheric range delay values observed for any potential Space Based Augmentation System (SBAS). Reliable forecasting of TEC is crucial for satellite based navigation systems. The day to day variability of the location of the anomaly peak and its intensity is very large. This imposes severe limitations on the applicability of commonly used ionospheric models to the low latitude regions. It is necessary to generate a mathematical ionospheric forecasting and mapping model for TEC based on physical ionospheric influencing parameters. A model, IRPE-TEC, has been developed based on real time low latitude total electron content data using GPS measurements from a number of stations situated around the northern crest of the EIA during 2007 through 2011 to predict the vertical TEC values during the low and moderate solar activity levels of the 24th solar cycle. This model is compared with standard ionospheric models like International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) and Parameterized Ionospheric Model (PIM) to establish its applicability in the equatorial region for accurate predictions.     

短航程对象的导航误差方程及修正

远程运动对象常选地平坐标系为导航系,短航程的对象可选切平面惯性坐标系为导航系。本文推导了切平面惯性系统的导航误差方程;作为应用研究进行了误差分析,建立了精度与惯导装置误差源的解析联系。由于地球自转会引入误差,本文讨论了补偿地球自转的修正方法。     

浅析部分A330飞机GPS日期错误的故障原因

对部分空客A330飞机GPS错误的故障发生原因进行了分析,并对此提出了应急处理方法与排故方案.     

基于INS辅助的GPS接收机完善性监测算法研究

以惯性导航系统输出的数据作为辅助信息 ,对 GPS完善性监测算法进行了研究。该法以卡尔曼滤波新息序列为依据 ,对 GPS卫星的伪距测量值是否出现故障进行的检测 ,并给出了计算机仿真算例。仿真结果表明 :该方法能够及时准确地检测出 GPS故障星     

Measuring atmospheric density using GPS–LEO tracking data

We present a method to estimate the total neutral atmospheric density from precise orbit determination of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. We derive the total atmospheric density by determining the drag force acting on the LEOs through centimeter-level reduced-dynamic precise orbit determination (POD) using onboard Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking data. The precision of the estimated drag accelerations is assessed using various metrics, including differences between estimated along-track accelerations from consecutive 30-h POD solutions which overlap by 6 h, comparison of the resulting accelerations with accelerometer measurements, and comparison against an existing atmospheric density model, DTM-2000. We apply the method to GPS tracking data from CHAMP, GRACE, SAC-C, Jason-2, TerraSAR-X and COSMIC satellites, spanning 12 years (2001–2012) and covering orbital heights from 400 km to 1300 km. Errors in the estimates, including those introduced by deficiencies in other modeled forces (such as solar radiation pressure and Earth radiation pressure), are evaluated and the signal and noise levels for each satellite are analyzed. The estimated density data from CHAMP, GRACE, SAC-C and TerraSAR-X are identified as having high signal and low noise levels. These data all have high correlations with anominal atmospheric density model and show common features in relative residuals with respect to the nominal model in related parameter space. On the contrary, the estimated density data from COSMIC and Jason-2 show errors larger than the actual signal at corresponding altitudes thus having little practical value for this study. The results demonstrate that this method is applicable to data from a variety of missions and can provide useful total neutral density measurements for atmospheric study up to altitude as high as 715 km, with precision and resolution between those derived from traditional special orbital perturbation analysis and those obtained from onboard accelerometers.     

GPS和类GPS测距技术在双星编队星座状态确定中的联合应用

为提高状态确定的精度,借鉴AFF技术引入一种辅助手段——类似GPS的伪距和载波相位测距技术(简称类GPS测距技术)．它的伪码码元和载波相位波长比GPS的更短,因而可获得更高精度的相对测量信息．针对对地观测的双星编队星座的状态确定任务,建立了联合GPS和类GPS测距技术进行编队星座状态整体确定的数学模型,并快速同时解算出GPS星间单差模糊度和类GPS星内单差模糊度,最后进行了数学仿真．仿真结果表明,编队状态的精度有明显提高,其中相对位置精度为10~(-3)m,姿态角精度为10~(-4)rad．仿真证明该方法有效．     

GPS／捷联惯性组合导航的半物理仿真算法

讨论了ＧＰＳ／捷联惯性组合导航的原理和特点，针对其理论仿真和工程实现中的衔接问题，提出了一种半物理算法，该算法既继承了理论仿真方便，直接的优点，又充分利用的实测数据，可脱离实时环境对各种结构和参数进行设计和调试，一旦系统调试成功，就可以将全套核心软件直接转移到导航计算机中，因此本算法具有简便，经济，省时，可操作性和可比较性强等优点。本文给出了半物理算法的原理和方案，讨论了组合卡尔曼滤波器的设计和Ｇ     

面向时间应用的可驯服铷钟

研制一种面向时间应用的GPS可驯服铷钟。当铷钟被GPS驯服后,它输出的秒信号实时同步于GPS接收机的秒信号。同时,铷钟和GPS接收机之间的时间差的数据通过一个比例积分控制器去校正铷钟的频率准确度。驯服后,两台GPS驯服铷钟之间的时间差小于20ns、频率差小于1E-12/d。使用一台专用的GPS信号处理板和特定的GPS接收机,时间差可小于5ns。     

Ionospheric anomalies observed over South Korea preceding the Great Tohoku earthquake of 2011

We investigated the ionospheric anomalies observed before the Tohoku earthquake, which occurred near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan on 11 March, 2011. Based on data from a ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) network on the Korean Peninsula, ionospheric anomalies were detected in the total electron content (TEC) during the daytime a few days before earthquake. Ionospheric TEC anomalies appeared on 5, 8 and 11 March. In particular, the ionospheric disturbances on 8 March evidenced a remarkable increase in TEC. The GPS TEC variation associated with the Tohoku earthquake was an increase of approximately 20 total electron content units (TECU), observed simultaneously in local and global TEC measurements. To investigate these pre-earthquake ionospheric anomalies, space weather conditions such as the solar activity index (F10.7) and geomagnetic activity indices (the Kp and Dst indices) were examined. We also created two-dimensional TEC maps to visual the spatial variations in the ionospheric anomalies preceding the earthquake.