Affiliation:
1. Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Abstract
For high-precision positioning applications, various GNSS errors need to be mitigated, including the tropospheric error, which remains a significant error source as it can reach up to a few meters. Although some commercial GNSS correction data providers, such as the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) Centimeter Level Augmentation Service (CLAS), have developed real-time precise regional troposphere products, the service is available only in limited regional areas. The International GNSS Service (IGS) has provided precise troposphere correction data in TRO format post-mission, but its long latency of 1 to 2 weeks makes it unable to support real-time applications. In this work, a real-time troposphere prediction method based on the IGS post-processing products was developed using machine learning techniques to eliminate the long latency problem. The test results from tropospheric predictions over a year using the proposed method indicate that the new method can achieve a prediction accuracy (RMSE) of 2 cm, making it suitable for real-time applications.
Funder
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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