Title
A Novel Clock Parameterization and Its Implications for Precise Point Positioning and Ionosphere Estimation
Abstract
By convention, IGS precise clock products are computed using the ionosphere-free linear combination. Due to the broad use of IGS products, this convention is exploited in PPP-RTK models not using such a linear combination. So, in different carrier phase combinations, the code hardware biases are contained in different combinations, thus making the problem of separating biases from integer ambiguities more complicated. In this paper, we proposed a novel clock parameterization which allows facilitating this problem. Based on the proposed parameterization, we derived a dual-frequency PPP-RTK model for the undifferenced measurements and assessed this model for the static positioning case in terms of positioning accuracy, convergence, and ambiguity resolution performance. The results showed that a cm-level accuracy level is achievable with the derived models with nearly instant convergence and almost 100% successfully resolved ambiguities. We demonstrated the use of this parameterization for slant ionosphere estimation. We derived the analog of the equation linking the wide-lane, geometry-free, and ionosphere-free biases from the Fast-PPP system and used it to retrieve slant ionosphere information. Our TEC estimates showed some evidence of capability to reach an agreement of 1-2 TECU and the standard deviation of 3-4 TECU with GIM TEC values.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.3390/s22093117
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
clock parameterization, precise point positioning, PPP-RTK model, ionosphere estimation
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
9
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maxim Keshin100.34
Yuki Sato200.34
Kenji Nakakuki300.34
Rui Hirokawa400.34