Relative amplitude of the total electron content variations depending on geomagnetic activity

We developed a method of estimation of a relative amplitude dI/I of the total electron content (TEC) variations in the ionosphere as deduced from the data of the global GPS receivers network. To obtain statistically significant results we picked out three latitudinal belts provided in the Internet by the maximum number of GPS sites. They are high-latitudinal belt (50–80°N, 200–300°E; 59 sites), mid latitude belt (20–50°N, 200–300°E; 817 sites), and equatorial belt (±20°N, 0–360°E; 76 sites). The results of the analysis of the diurnal and latitudinal dependencies of dI/I and dI/I distribution probability for 52 days with different levels of geomagnetic activity are presented. It was found that on average the relative amplitude of the TEC variations varies within the range 0–10% proportionally to the value of the K_p geomagnetic index. In quiet conditions the relative amplitude dI/I of the TEC variations at night significantly exceeds the daytime relative amplitude. At high levels of magnetic field disturbances, the geomagnetic control of the amplitude of TEC variations at high and middle latitudes is much more significant than the regular diurnal variations. At the equatorial belt, on average, the amplitude of TEC variations in quiet and disturbed periods almost does not differ. The obtained results may be useful for development of the theory of ionospheric irregularities.     

GPS空间分集接收机

为解决传统单天线GPS接收机在载体旋转情况下不能连续跟踪卫星连续定位和速度偏差较大的问题,提出一种GPS空间分集接收机设计方案。该接收机采用空间分集算法和消旋解算方法,能稳定连续地跟踪GPS卫星信号,并准确地求解出载体的平动速度。     

航管信息GPS时统系统

介绍航管信息 GPS时统系统的开发。描述系统方案设计、基于消息的异步存取技术、多线程技术和网络进程间通信技术 ,重点介绍了系统的开发技巧。     

INS／GPS组合导航系统的容错研究

本文研究了INS/GPS组合导航系统的容错问题,并提出了一个两级故障检测及分离方案。通过采用该方案,INS/GPS组合导航系统将具有较高的容错能力,并能为用户提供连续、精确的导航信息。     

应用约束条件快速解算整周模糊度

ＧＰＳ载波相位测量用于解算载体的航向和姿态时必需解决的问题之一就是整周模糊度的确定。近年来提出了多种模糊度的解算法方法,但对ＧＰＳ航姿系统来说,若能利用固有的约束条件则会使模糊度问题变得简单且快速有效。在详细分析了几种约束条件的基础上,文中探讨了如何合理 这些约束条件来减小模糊度的搜索范围,以加快模糊度的解算速度,并对检验方法作了改进。通过仿真结果对文中方法进行了检验。     

启发式GPS导航引擎的设计与实现

随着GIS系统和导航系统的发展,建立一个高效的路径搜索引擎成为众多相关系统开发者的当务之急.从经典Dijkstra算法出发,分析了城市道路网的特定网络结构特点,将决策机制引入到路径搜索中来,设计了一个启发式GPS导航引擎.最后列举了该导航引擎进行了的对比测试数据,结果表明所提出的启发是智能导航引擎在嵌入式GPS导航系统中有较好应用前景.     

Noise analysis of continuous GPS coordinate time series for CMONOC

The Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC) is one of the major scientific infrastructures, mainly using Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements, to monitor crustal deformation in the Chinese mainland. In this paper, decade-long coordinate time series of 26 continuous GPS sites of CMONOC are analyzed for their noise content using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). We study the noise properties of continuous GPS time series of CMONOC for the unfiltered, filtered solutions and also the common mode signals in terms of power law plus white noise model. In the spatial filtering, we remove for every time series a common mode error that was estimated from a modified stacking of position residuals from other sites within ∼1000 km of the selected site. We find that the common mode signal in our network has a combination of spatially correlated flicker noise and a common white noise with large spatial extent. We demonstrate that for the unfiltered solutions of CMONOC continuous GPS sites the main colored noise is a flicker process, with a mean spectral index of ∼1. For the filtered solutions, the main colored noise is a general power law process, indicating that a major number of the filtered regional solutions have a combination of noise sources or local effects. The velocity uncertainties from CMONOC continuous GPS coordinate time series may be underestimated by factors of 8–16 if a pure white noise model is assumed. In addition, using a white plus flicker noise model, the median values of velocity errors for the unfiltered solutions are 0.16 (north), 0.17 (east) and 0.58 (vertical) mm/yr, and the median values for the filtered solutions are 0.09 (north), 0.10 (east) and 0.40 (vertical) mm/yr.     

基于GPS的陆地车辆跟踪与监视系统(英文)

介绍了建立在差分GPS和航位推算(DR)组合基础上的低成本陆地车辆跟踪与监视系统.从低成本角度出发,文中提出了采用单方向通讯数据链的新方案。为了保证定位精度,给出了差分GPS算法,并且详细研究了一个8状态的Kalman滤波器.最后使用两台C/A码GPS接收 机进行野外跑车试验.结果表明,差分定位精度小于5m.     

低轨道卫星GPS精密定轨动力学方法的研究

结合低轨卫星简化动力学定轨算法,以及不同几何信息精度条件下的纯几何定轨和动力定轨精度比较,定量分析星载双频GPS实现精密定轨过程中的主要因素,得到星载GPS接收机性能设计所需的关键技术指标,为卫星精密定轨系统的顶层设计提供了科学合理的参考依据。     

Deformation of the ionosphere structure during the space weather events on October–November 2003

We present the spatial maps of the ionosphere–plasmasphere slab thickness τ (ratio of the vertical total electron content, TEC, to the F-region peak electron density, NmF2) during the intense ionospheric storms of October–November 2003. The model-assisted technology for estimate of the upper boundary of the ionosphere, hup, from the slab thickness components in the bottomside and topside ionosphere – eliminating the plasmasphere contribution of τ – is applied at latitudes 35° to 70°N and longitudes −10° to 40°E, from the data of 20 observatories of GPS-TEC and ionosonde networks, for selected days and hours of October and November 2003. The daily–hourly values of NmF2, hmF2 and TECgps are used as the constrained parameters for the International Reference Ionosphere extended to the plasmasphere, IRI-Plas, during the ionospheric quiet days, positive and negative storm phases for estimate of τ and hup. Good correlation has been found between the slab thickness and the upper boundary of the ionosphere for the intense ionospheric storms at October–November 2003. During the negative phase of the ionospheric storm, when the ionospheric plasma density is exhausted, the nighttime upper boundary of the ionosphere is greatly uplifted towards the magnetosphere tail, while the daytime upper boundary of the ionosphere is reduced below 500 km over the Earth.