Construction and validation of the regional model of ionospheric total electron content using dual-frequency carrier-phase observations of networks of permanent GNSS-stations
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| 1Zhalilo, AA, 2Yemets, AI, 3Bessonov, EA, 4Ditskiy, IV, 5Zanimonskiy, Ye.M 1Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine; Kharkіv National University of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv,Ukraine 2Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 3Kharkіv National University of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine 4Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ukraine 5Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Kosm. nauka tehnol. 2015, 21 ;(6):28–48 |
| https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2015.06.028 |
| Publication Language: Russian |
Abstract: The results of construction, optimization and validation of the regional two-dimensional model of total electron content (TEC) of ionosphere are presented. Modeling is based on the use of high-precision non-ambiguous carrier phase «geometryfree» GNSS observations of permanent reference station networks and provided by the of joint LSM-estimation of model parameters and unknown phase biases. It is shown that the proposed model allows up to 65...80 % more accurately executing of absolute and differential positioning in comparison with the known GIM IONEX (IGS) model. |
| Keywords: Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), modeling, observations, permanent reference station, total electron content (TEC) of ionosphere. |
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