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Aiming at a 1-cm orbit for low earth orbiters: Reduced-dynamic and kinematic precise orbit determination

Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Van den IJssel, J. (author)

The computation of high-accuracy orbits is a prerequisite for the success of Low Earth Orbiter (LEO) missions such as CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE. The mission objectives of these satellites cannot be reached without computing orbits with an accuracy at the few cm level. Such a level of accuracy might be achieved with the techniques of reduced-dynamic...

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Surface mass redistribution inversion from global GPS deformation and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) gravity data

Kusche, J. (author), Schrama, E.J.O. (author)

Monitoring hydrological redistributions through their integrated gravitational effect is the primary aim of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission. Time?variable gravity data from GRACE can be uniquely inverted to hydrology, since mass transfers located at or near the Earth's surface are much larger on shorter timescales...

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Impact of Galileo on Global Ionosphere Map Estimation

The upcoming GNSS Galileo, with its new satellite geometry and frequency plan, will not only bring many benefits for navigation and positioning but also help to improve ionosphere delay estimation. This paper investigates ionosphere estimation with Galileo and compares it with the results from GPS-only and combined GPS-Galileo. The standard...

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Microblock rotations and fault coupling in SE Asia triple junction (Sulawesi, Indonesia) from GPS and earthquake slip vector data

Socquet, A. (author), Simons, W.J.F. (author), Vigny, C. (author), McCaffrey, R. (author), Subarya, C. (author), Sarsito, D. (author), Ambrosius, B. (author), Spakman, W. (author)

The island of Sulawesi, eastern Indonesia, is located within the triple junction of the Australian, Philippine, and Sunda plates and accommodates the convergence of continental fragments with the Sunda margin. We quantify the kinematics of Sulawesi by modeling GPS velocities and earthquake slip vectors as a combination of rigid block rotations...

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Accuracy assessment of the monthly GRACE geoids based upon a simulation

Schrama, E.J.O. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)

journal article 2007

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Fast error analysis of continuous GPS observations

Bos, M.S. (author), Fernandes, R.M.S. (author), Williams, S.D.P. (author), Bastos, L. (author)

It has been generally accepted that the noise in continuous GPS observations can be well described by a power-law plus white noise model. Using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) the numerical values of the noise model can be estimated. Current methods require calculating the data covariance matrix and inverting it, which is a significant...

journal article 2007

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Signal and noise in Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) observed surface mass variations

Schrama, E.J.O. (author), Wouters, B. (author), Lavallée, D.A. (author)

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) product used for this study consists of 43 monthly potential coefficient sets released by the GRACE science team which are used to generate surface mass thickness grids expressed as equivalent water heights (EQWHs). We optimized both the smoothing radius and the level of approximation by...

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ADOP in closed form for a hierarchy of multi-frequency single-baseline GNSS models

Odijk, D. (author), Teunissen, P.J.G. (author)

Successful carrier phase ambiguity resolution is the key to high-precision positioning with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The ambiguity dilution of precision (ADOP) is a well-known scalar measure which can be used to infer the strength of the GNSS model for carrier phase ambiguity resolution. In this contribution we present...

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Geometry-free undifferenced, single and double differenced analysis of single frequency GPS, EGNOS and GIOVE-A/B measurements

De Bakker, P.F. (author), Van der Marel, H. (author), Tiberius, C.C.J.M. (author)

This paper demonstrates a geometry-free GNSS measurement analysis approach and presents results of single frequency GPS, EGNOS and GIOVE short and zero baseline measurements. The purpose is to separate the different contributions to the measurement noise of pseudo range code and carrier phase observations at the receiver. The influence of...

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Improved constraints on models of glacial isostatic adjustment: A review of the contribution of ground-based geodetic observations

King, M.A. (author), Altamimi, Z. (author), Boehm, J. (author), Bos, M. (author), Dach, R. (author), Elosegui, P. (author), Fund, F. (author), Hernández-Pajares, M. (author), Lavallee, D. (author), Riva, E.M. (author)

The provision of accurate models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) is presently a priority need in climate studies, largely due to the potential of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data to be used to determine accurate and continent-wide assessments of ice mass change and hydrology. However, modelled GIA is uncertain due...

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J2: An evaluation of new estimates from GPS, GRACE, and load models compared to SLR

Lavallée, D.A. (author), Moore, P. (author), Clarke, P.J. (author), Petrie, E.J. (author), Van Dam, T. (author), King, M.A. (author)

Changes in J2, resulting from past and present changes in Earth's climate, are traditionally observed by Satellite Laser ranging (SLR). Assuming an elastic Earth, it is possible to infer changes in J2 from changes in Earth's shape observed by GPS. We compare estimates of non-secular J2 changes from GPS, SLR, GRACE, and a load model. The GPS and...

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Short and zero baseline analysis of GPS L1 C/A, L5Q, GIOVE E1B, and E5aQ signals

De Bakker, P.F. (author), Tiberius, C.C.J.M. (author), Van der Marel, H. (author), Van Bree, R.J.P. (author)

Stochastic properties of GNSS range measurements can accurately be estimated using a geometry-free short and zero baseline analysis method. This method is now applied to dual-frequency measurements from a new field campaign. Results are presented for the new GPS L5Q and GIOVE E5aQ wideband signals, in addition to the GPS L1 C/A and GIOVE E1B...

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GPS-derived orbits for the GOCE satellite

Bock, H. (author), Jäggi, A. (author), Meyer, U. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Van Helleputte, T. (author), Heinze, M. (author), Hugentobler, U. (author)

The first ESA (European Space Agency) Earth explorer core mission GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) was launched on 17 March 2009 into a sun-synchronous dusk–dawn orbit with an exceptionally low initial altitude of about 280 km. The onboard 12-channel dual-frequency GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver delivers...

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Monitoring travel times in an urban network using video, GPS and Bluetooth

Jie, L. (author), Van Zuylen, H.J. (author), Chunhua, L. (author), Shoufeng, L. (author)

The travel time is an important measure for the quality of traffic. This paper discusses a few methods to measure or estimate the travel time in urban road networks. First of all, it is important to know that urban travel times display a large variation, so that the measurement of a single (average) travel time is not so meaningful. The travel...

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GPS for structural health monitoring: A case study on the Basarab overpass cable-stayed bridge

Lepadatu, L. (author), Tiberius, C.C.J.M. (author)

The Basarab cable-stayed bridge is a newly built structure in Bucharest, Romania, which was inaugurated in June 2011. Before the oficial opening, in order to assure its qualification for trafic, it had to pass several loading tests with convoys of trucks and trams. For this, besides a priori evaluation using the Finite Element Method (FEM),...

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Reassessing the 2006 Guerrero slow-slip event, Mexico: Implications for large earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap

Bekaert, D.P.S. (author), Hooper, A. (author), Wright, T.J. (author)

In Guerrero, Mexico, slow-slip events have been observed in a seismic gap, where no earthquakes have occurred since 1911. A rupture of the entire gap today could result in a Mw 8.2–8.4 earthquake. However, it remains unclear how slow-slip events change the stress field in the Guerrero seismic region and what their implications are for...

journal article 2015

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Impact of Swarm GPS receiver updates on POD performance

van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Forte, B. (author), Montenbruck, O (author)

The Swarm satellites are equipped with state-of-the-art Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, which are used for the precise geolocation of the magnetic and electric field instruments, as well as for the determination of the Earth's gravity field, the total electron content and low-frequency thermospheric neutral densities. The onboard...

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GLONASS CDMA L3 ambiguity resolution and positioning

Zaminpardaz, Safoora (author), Teunissen, P.J.G. (author), Nadarajah, Nandakumaran (author)

A first assessment of GLONASS CDMA L3 ambiguity resolution and positioning performance is provided. Our analyses are based on GLONASS L3 data from the satellite pair SVNs 755-801, received by two JAVAD receivers at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. In our analyses, four different versions of the two-satellite model are applied: the...

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An efficient implementation of fixed failure-rate ratio test for GNSS ambiguity resolution

Hou, Y. (author), Verhagen, S. (author), Wu, J (author)

Ambiguity Resolution (AR) plays a vital role in precise GNSS positioning. Correctly-fixed integer ambiguities can significantly improve the positioning solution, while incorrectly-fixed integer ambiguities can bring large positioning errors and, therefore, should be avoided. The ratio test is an extensively used test to validate the fixed...

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Sentinel-1A - First precise orbit determination results

Peter-Contesse, H. (author), Jäggi, Adrian (author), Fernández, JJ (author), Escobar, D. (author), Ayuga, F. (author), Arnold, D (author), Wermuth, M. (author), Hackel, S. (author), Otten, M. (author), Simons, W.J.F. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Hugentobler, U. (author), Féménias, P. (author)

Sentinel-1A is the first satellite of the European Copernicus programme. Equipped with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument the satellite was launched on April 3, 2014. Operational since October 2014 the satellite delivers valuable data for more than two years. The orbit accuracy requirements are given as 5. cm in 3D. In order to...

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