Influence of higher-order ionospheric delay correction on GPS precise orbit determination and precise positioning

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• 作者：Zhimin Liu^a ; ^bAuthor Vitae ; Yangyang Li^a ; ^{liyang1416@126.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Jinyun Guo^a ; ^b ; Fei Li^a
• 关键词：Higher-order ionosphere ; Precision orbit determination ; PPP ; Geomagnetic model
• 刊名：Geodesy and Geodynamics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：5
• 页码：369-376
• 全文大小：2066 K

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At present, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) users usually eliminate the influence of ionospheric delay of the first order items by dual-frequency ionosphere-free combination. But there is still residual ionospheric delay error of higher order term. The influence of the higher-order ionospheric corrections on both GPS precision orbit determination and static Precise Point Positioning (PPP) are studied in this paper. The influence of higher-order corrections on GPS precision orbit determination, GPS observations and static PPP are analyzed by neglecting or considering the higher-order ionospheric corrections by using a globally distributed network which is composed of International GNSS Service (IGS) tracking stations. Numerical experimental results show that, the root mean square (RMS) in three dimensions of satellite orbit is 36.6 mm–35.5 mm. The maximal second-order ionospheric correction is 9 cm, and the maximal third-order ionospheric correction is 1 cm. Higher-order corrections are influenced by latitude and station distribution. PPP is within 3 mm in the directions of east and up. Furthermore, the impact is mainly visible in the direction of north, showing a southward migration trend, especially at the lower latitudes where the influence value is likely to be bigger than 3 mm.