Analysis of systematic biases in tropospheric hydrostatic delay models and construction of a correction model

Author:

Fan HaopengORCID,Li Siran,Sun Zhongmiao,Xiao GuoruiORCID,Li Xinxing,Liu Xiaogang

Abstract

Abstract. In the field of space geodetic techniques, such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs), tropospheric zenith hydrostatic delay (ZHD) is chosen as the a priori value of tropospheric total delay. Therefore, the inaccuracy of ZHD will definitely affect parameters like the wet delay and the horizontal gradient of tropospheric delay, accompanied by an indirect influence on the accuracy of geodetic parameters, if not dealt with well at low elevation angles. In fact, however, the most widely used ZHD model currently seems to contain millimeter-level biases from the precise integral method. We explored the bias of traditional ZHD models and analyzed the characteristics in different aspects on a global annual scale. It was found that biases differ significantly with season and geographical location, and the difference between the maximum and minimum values exceeds 30 mm, which should be fully considered in the field of high-precision measurement. Then, we constructed a global grid correction model, which is named ZHD_crct, based on the meteorological data of the year 2020 from the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts), and it turned out that the bias of traditional models in the current year could be reduced by ∼ 50 % when the ZHD_crct was added. When we verified the effect of ZHD_crct on the biases in the next year, it worked almost the same as the former year. The mean absolute biases (MABs) of ZHD will be narrowed within ∼ 0.5 mm for most regions, and the SDs (standard deviations) will be within ∼ 0.7 mm. This improvement will be helpful for research on meteorological phenomena as well.

Publisher

Copernicus GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

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