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GAMIT/GLOBKforGNSSM.A.Floyd
MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,Cambridge,MA,USA
GPSDataProcessingandAnalysiswithGAMIT/GLOBKEarthObservatoryofSingapore
17–21July2017
http://geoweb.mit.edu/~floyd/courses/gg/201707_EOS/MaterialfromR.W.King,T.A.Herring,M.A.Floyd(MIT)andS.C.McClusky (nowatANU)
Thepromise…
• WhenGPS,Glonass,Beidou,andGalileoaredeployedandmodernized,therewillbe>100satellitesand12distinctfrequenciesavailablefortracking• Obviousadvantagesforkinematicpositioningandatmosphericstudies,butalsoameanstoseparateperiodicsignalsduetoaliasingintheGPSorbits• Fulldeploymentexpectedby2020,butconstellations>20SVsbymid-2018shouldprovidehighlyusefulresults
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GNSSavailableinGAMIT/GLOBK
• AsofGAMIT/GLOBKrelease10.61(2017-04-01),thefollowingGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystems(GNSSs)maybeprocessed✔ GPS(USA),BeiDou (China),Galileo(Europe),IRNSS(India)✘ GLONASS(Russia),QZSS(Japan)
• GNSScodeisintrialandweneedtesters• Bug-fixedandalpha-testedcodeisintheupdates/sourcedirectoryasgnss_170616.tar.gz,tobeuntarredatthegg levelafter thecurrentincremental_updates.
GNSSdatamustbeprocessedseparately foreachsysteminGAMIT,i.e.onecannotprocessGPSdataandGalileodatasimultaneously
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Whyprocessseparately?
• Dual-frequencyobservationsarefundamentalforGNSStoremovetheionosphereandareeasilyimplementedunderthecurrentstructureofGAMIT,butprocessingdifferentsystemsacrossmorethantwofrequenciessimultaneouslyrequiresadifferentalgorithmicapproachandwilltakesometimetoimplement
• Solution(h-)filesfrommultiplesystems(aswithmultiplesub-nets)canberigorouslycombinedinGLOBKtoestimatesitecoordinatesandvelocitiesforstaticobservations
• Basedonresearchthusfar,itisnotclearthatjointprocessingwillImproveresultsforthelong-sessionsusedformm-levelmeasurements,thoughthatmaychangeasthesystemsmature(improvedorbitsandknowledgeofinter-systemsignalbiases)
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ProcessingGNSSinGAMIT/GLOBK
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Versionawarenessandwarnings
• AmajorchangebetweenGAMIT/GLOBK10.5and10.6wastheformatofmanytables(e.g.dcb.dat,svnav.dat,etc.)toaccommodatecodechangesforGNSS• GAMIT/GLOBK10.61nowbuildsuponthenewfilestructurestodeliverthedataprocessingcapability• Giventhesemajorchanges,manytablesusedinGAMIT/GLOBK10.6and10.61arenot backwardscompatiblewithGAMIT/GLOBK10.5andpriorreleases• Youcannot usemanytablesthatcamewithGAMIT/GLOBK10.5andpriortoprocess(GPS-onlyorGNSS)datausingGAMIT/GLOBK10.6andlater
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Suggestionsforprocessingstrategies
• IfyouwishtocombinedatafromdifferentGNSS,processeachsysteminaseparateexperimentdirectory,e.g./2017gand/2017eforGPSandGalileo• DownloadtheRINEXfilesinadvancetocheckforavailabilityofGNSSsignals• Forsh_gamit usethe“-gnss”optiontospecifytheGNSS;andCOM1 for“-orbit”(IGSF okforGPS)• Checktheorbit-fitrms filesinthe/igs directorytoassesstheorbitquality• Combinetheresultingh-filesinGLOBKtoproduceasingleresult(timeseriesorvelocities)
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RINEXfiles• RINEX2,whichisstillbyfarthemostcommonformatofRINEXfile,wasdesignedinanerawhenonlyGPSwasviableforobservation
• SincetheredesignofGPStobroadcastasecondcodeonL2(“L2C”)specificallyforcivilianuse,therestorationofGLONASSandtheintroductionofothernavigationsatellitesystems,RINEX2nolongersufficestotrackallavailableobservations
• Beverycarefulwithhowyoutranslateanduseotherpeople’sRINEX2fileswithL2C(seeBerglundetal.,2010;Blumeetal.,2012;andhttp://kb.unavco.org/kb/article/the-effects-of-l2c-signal-tracking-on-high-precision-carrier-phase-gps-postioning-689.html)
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GAMIT
• Severalscriptsnowhaveanadditionaloption(“-gnss”)thatsetsthetypeofGNSS• Mostlikelytousedirectly:sh_gamit,sh_get_orbits,sh_sp3fit
• Lesslikelytousedirectly: sh_preproc,sh_bcfit,sh_rxscan,sh_get_times,sh_makexp
• Validargumentsare(onlyoneof)• G (GPS)• R (GLONASS;notyetcodedoravailabletouse)• C (BeiDou-2/COMPASS)• E (Galileo)• J (QZSS;notyetcodedoravailabletouse)• I (IRNSS)
• Thedefaultisstill“G”(GPS)
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GLOBK
• GLOBKshouldworkinthenormalmannerexceptthatyoucannotincludeorbitsintheh-file(useBASELINE inGAMITsestbl.)• SeeGLOBKlectures,includingthoseoncreatingtimeseriesusingglred andcombinationorvelocitysolutionsusingglobk
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Resultsofinitialtests
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Systemsprocessed:GPS(L1andL2)Galileo(E1andE5)BeiDou (C2andC7)
5 daysprocessed(2017-121to2017-125)
SkytracksDay121atSpanishsiteVILLEachcirclecoversa4-hrwindow
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GPS
Galileo
Beidou
PhaseRMS(for2017-121)
Fromsh_gamit_121[gec].summary(mm):
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Site GPS Galileo BeiDou
ASCG 7.8 9.1 4.8
BOR1 5.6 5.9 6.7
BRST 8.5 9.7 7.0
BRUX 4.4 5.0 4.7
DJIG 5.9 8.0 17.1
GANP 5.9 6.6 8.4
KIRU 6.8 8.0 10.7
KOUR 10.6 12.6 5.5
Site GPS Galileo BeiDou
LAMP 4.5 6.2 6.2
MAL2 7.7 10.0 12.7
MAS1 7.1 8.1 3.1
NICO 6.1 9.1 22.1
REYK 8.4 11.1 8.3
STJ3 5.3 6.0 2.3
VILL 8.1 9.6 5.1
ALL 7.1 8.6 11.3
Ambiguityresolution
Bestfromsh_gamit_[gec].summary:
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System Widelane(WL) Narrow lane(NL)
GPS 98% 91%
Galileo 99% 78%
BeiDou 80% 50%
Timeseriesstabilization
From“POSSTAT”linesin.org-file(s)(mm:
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System Sites E N U
GPS 10 1-2 1–2 6–10
Galileo 9-10 2-3 2–4 11-16
BeiDou 6–9 1–7 3–9 6–18
Exampletimeseries
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GPS Galileo BeiDou
Positiondifferences(GPSversusGalileo)
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Initialimpressions
• Galileohasrobustphasetrackingandcould,forsmallregionalnetworkswithgoodsatellitecoverage,nowproducenearlyGPS-qualityresults• TheBeidou constelletion willneedtobefilledoutsignificantly,expectedbymid-2018• BeiDou alsoappearstobepronetosinglecycleslips,resultinginpoordetectionandcleaningoftrackedphase• Thismaybeimprovedbytuningautcln.cmd
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Summary• GAMIT/GLOBKisnow(asof10.61)capableofprocessingalmostallGNSSdata,except• GLONASS,whichhasvariablefrequenciesand,assuch,requiresaredesignof
thesoftware’sstructureandflow• QZSS,whichisasmall,regional,high-altitudesystemoflittleusebeyondthe
narrowdesignregionoronaglobalscale(sameistrueofIRNSS,althoughthisiscoded)
• GNSSdataareavailablebutfewusersareactuallycollectingorprocessingsuchdata
• Asaresult,globalorbitsarepoorlyconstrainedbygroundstationswithaccuratecoordinatesintheterrestrialreferenceframe• SatelliteorbitalmodelsandantennadesignsarelesswellknownthanGPS• ManyGNSSsotherthanGPSareinasimilar“weak”statetowhereGPSwasin
theearly1990sbeforetheadventoftheIGS• ItisdifficulttopredictatwhattimetheothersystemswillenhanceratherthandegradeGPSresultsbutweshouldseerapidimprovementwiththelaunchofmoresatellitesandtheexpansionofthetrackingnetworkinthenext18months
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ReferencesBerglund,H.,F.Blume,L.H.Estey,andA.A.Borsa (2010),The
EffectsofL2CSignalTrackingonHigh-PrecisionCarrierPhaseGPSPositioning,AbstractG11B-0640 presentedat2010FallMeeting,AGU,SanFrancisco,Calif.,13-17Dec.
Blume,F.,H.Berglund,andL.Estey (2012),TheEffectsofL2CSignalTrackingonHigh-PrecisionCarrierPhaseGPSPositioning:ImplicationsfortheNextGenerationofGNSSSystems,AbstractG52B-07presentedat2012FallMeeting,AGU,SanFrancisco,Calif.,3-7Dec.[http://acc.igs.org/trf/agu12_blume_l2c.pdf]
http://kb.unavco.org/kb/article/the-effects-of-l2c-signal-tracking-on-high-precision-carrier-phase-gps-postioning-689.html
Montenbruck,O.,R.Schmid,F.Mercier,P.Steigenberger,C.Noll,R.Fatkulin,S.Kogure,andA.S.Ganeshan (2015),Adv.SpaceRes.,56,1015–1029,doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.06.019.
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