<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The PPP technique is more and more used in different GPS precise application. The PPP precision is related to many factors and the most important are: the number of satellites, the ambiguity resolution, the ability to model the ionospheric and tropospheric delays, solid earth and ocean tides, relativistic effects and antenna phase-center offsets and variations. The article is studying the effect of the zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) using the GPT2 model and then computing in static mode the ZTD, which is than applied on PPP-RTK method. An analysis on dual frequency ionospheric–free phase combination (LC) and dual frequency ionospheric–free range combination (PC) was made in the first stage and then comparing the two solutions relative to the nominal position. The results revealed the fact that by using the ZTD determined in static mode in the detriment of ZTD from GPT2 model, the results are improving on North, East and Up position components. Also lower RMS was obtain when we used the ZTD from static mode comparative to the GPT2 model.</p></abstract>

The PPP technique is more and more used in different GPS precise application. The PPP precision is related to many factors and the most important are: the number of satellites, the ambiguity resolution, the ability to model the ionospheric and tropospheric delays, solid earth and ocean tides, relativistic effects and antenna phase-center offsets and variations. The article is studying the effect of the zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) using the GPT2 model and then computing in static mode the ZTD, which is than applied on PPP-RTK method. An analysis on dual frequency ionospheric–free phase combination (LC) and dual frequency ionospheric–free range combination (PC) was made in the first stage and then comparing the two solutions relative to the nominal position. The results revealed the fact that by using the ZTD determined in static mode in the detriment of ZTD from GPT2 model, the results are improving on North, East and Up position components. Also lower RMS was obtain when we used the ZTD from static mode comparative to the GPT2 model.

The Influence of Zenith Tropospheric Delay on PPP-RTK

University of Oradea, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cadastre and Architecture, Department Cadastre-Architecture, Romania

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

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The PPP technique is more and more used in different GPS precise application. The PPP precision is related to many factors and the most important are: the...

The Influence of Zenith Tropospheric Delay on PPP-RTK

Published Online: Jun 11, 2016

Page range: 71 - 76

Received: Feb 02, 2016

Accepted: Mar 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2016-0010

Keywords
PPP-RTK, zenith tropospheric delay, GPT2 model, RMS

© 2016 S. Nistor et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Influence of Zenith Tropospheric Delay on PPP-RTK

Published Online: Jun 11, 2016

Page range: 71 - 76

Received: Feb 02, 2016

Accepted: Mar 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2016-0010

KeywordsPPP-RTK, zenith tropospheric delay, GPT2 model, RMS

© 2016 S. Nistor et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
PPP-RTK, zenith tropospheric delay, GPT2 model, RMS