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{"title":"Optimization Technique for Pseudorange Multipath Mitigation Using Different Signal Selection Methods","authors":"Valanon Uaratanawong, C. Satirapod, T. Tsujii","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2020-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2020-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Nowadays, the use of multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has improved positioning accuracy in autonomous driving, navigation and tracking systems utilized by general users. However, signal quality in urban areas is degraded by poor satellite geometry and severe multipath errors, which may disturb up to a hundred-meter-ranging error as a consequence. In this study, the performance of several satellite selection methods in multipath mitigation was evaluated, based on the concept that better quality signals and more accurate solutions will be obtained, the more multipath signals can be excluded. Three methods were performed and compared: 1) azimuth-dependent elevation mask based on fisheye image technique, 2) receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM), and 3) signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) mask in the SPP method. To examine the effect of the satellite selection methods on multipath error, the static test (single-point positioning (SPP) in real-time 1 Hz test) was performed in a multipath environment. The preliminary results showed a possible impact on improving the horizontal positioning accuracy of SPP. Among the three techniques assessed in this study, the results indicated that the SNR mask set at 36 dB-Hz in every elevation showed the most promising result. The SNR mask method could improve positioning accuracy by up to 46.80% compared to the SPP method.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48619293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Statistical Orbit Determination Algorithm for Satellites in Indian Navigation Constellation (NavIC): Towards Extended Ephemeris Technology for NavIC Receiver","authors":"T. V. Ramanathan, R. A. Chipade","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2020-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2020-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ephemerides are essential for the satellite positioning in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) user receivers. Acquisition of navigation data and ephemeris parameters are difficult in remote areas as well as in challenging environments. Statistical orbit determination techniques can help to predict the orbital parameters in the absence of navigation data. The present study is a first step towards the solution for generating orbital parameters and predicting the satellite positions in the absence of navigation data for satellites in NavIC constellation. The orbit determination algorithm predicted the satellite position using single station navigation data. The perturbations affecting the satellite orbits in NavIC constellation were also studied and an algorithm using perturbation force models is proposed for the satellites in NavIC constellation. Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) was used to address the non-linear dynamics model of the perturbation forces and distance of the ground station from the centre of Earth was used as measurement to solve the measurement equation. The satellite orbits were predicted up to 1 hour using the single station navigation data. The root mean square error (RMSE) of 12.59 m and 13.03 m were observed for NavIC satellites in Geosynchronous and Geostationary orbits, respectively, after 1 hour. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test used to assess the goodness of fit of the proposed EKF algorithm for orbit prediction was found to be significant at 1% level of significance.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43585000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing Positioning Errors When Using the Second-Generation Australian Satellite-Based Augmentation System","authors":"M. Khaki, A. el-Mowafy","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2020-0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2020-0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Fault detection and exclusion (FDE) is the main task for pre-processing of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positions and is a fundamental process in integrity monitoring that is needed to achieve reliable positioning for applications such as in intelligent transport systems. A widely used method is the solution separation (SS) algorithm. The FDE in SS traditionally builds the models assuming positioning errors are normally distributed. However, in urban environments, this traditional assumption may no longer be valid. The objective of this study is to investigate this and further examine the performance of alternative distributions, which can be useful for FDE modelling and thus improved navigation. In particular, it investigates characterization of positioning errors using GNSS when the Australian satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) test bed is used, which comprised different positioning modes, including single-point positioning (SPP) using the L1 global positioning system (GPS) legacy SBAS, the second-generation dual-frequency multi-constellation (DFMC) SBAS service for GPS and Galileo, and, finally, precise point positioning (PPP) using GPS and Galileo observations. Statistical analyses are carried out to study the position error distributions over different possible operational environments, including open sky, low-density urban environment, and high-density urban environment. Significant autocorrelation values are also found over all areas. This, however, is more evident for PPP solution. Furthermore, the applied distribution analyses applied suggest that in addition to the normal distribution, logistic, Weibull, and gamma distribution functions can fit the error data in various cases. This information can be used in building more representative FDE models according to the work environment.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49163018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Efficiency of Using GNSS-PPP for Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Production","authors":"A. Abdallah, Amgad Saifeldin, Abdelhamid Abomariam, Reda Ali","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2020-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2020-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the developing countries, cost-effective observation techniques are very important for earthwork estimation, map production, geographic information systems, and hydrographic surveying. One of the most cost-effective techniques is Precise Point Positioning (PPP); it is a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning technique to compute precise positions using only a single GNSS receiver. This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of using Global Positioning System (GPS) and GPS/ Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS) post-processed kinematic PPP solution for digital elevation model (DEM) production, which is used in earthwork estimation. For this purpose, a kinematic trajectory has been observed in New Aswan City in an open sky area using dual-frequency GNSS receivers. The results showed that, in case of using GPS/GLONASS PPP solution to estimate volumes, the error in earthwork volume estimation varies between 0.07% and 0.16% according to gridding level. On the other hand, the error in volume estimation from GPS PPP solution varies between 0.40% and 0.99%.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46851660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tidal Parameters as a Tool for the Determination of the Coordinates of the SLR Stations","authors":"M. Jagoda, Miłosáawa Rutkowska, R. Obuchovski, C. Suchocki, J. Katzer","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2019-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2019-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract One of the primary objectives of satellite geodesy is the determination of coordinates of the satellite laser ranging (SLR) stations. This task is conducted by using laser ranging techniques. The main goal of the current study was to assess the influence of using varied values of the tidal parameters (Love h2 and Shida l2 numbers) on the determination of the positions of chosen SLR stations. The obtained results are presented for coordinates determination conducted for six SLR stations: Mt Stromlo (no. 7825, Australia), Matera (no. 7941, Italy), Grasse (no. 7845, France), McDonald (no. 7080, USA), Arequipa (no. 7403, Peru) and Beijing (no. 7249, China). The analysis covers SLR data for 2 satellites (LAGEOS1 and LAGEOS2), which were observed for 10 consecutive years (from 2008 to 2018). The analysis was performed using the ITRF2014 reference frame in two scenarios of calculations. In scenario 1, the SLR stations coordinates were calculated using the nominal values as per the International Earth Rotation and Reference System Service (IERS) standards recommendation of the Love/Shida numbers: h2 = 0.6078, l2 = 0.0847. In scenario 2, the coordinates were estimated using the harnessing values of the Love/Shida numbers (h2 = 0.6140 and l2 = 0.0876), which were proposed by authors in a previous publication. The effect of the application of different values of the Love/Shida numbers for the determination of SLR stations coordinates was scrutinized.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49268927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Theoretical Problems Underlying Sprite Observations of the Planned Taranis Satellite Mission","authors":"Paweł Jujeczko","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2019-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2019-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Tool for the Analysis of Radiations from lightnings and Sprites (TARANIS) is a French Space Agency’s (CNES) satellite mission planned for launch in 2020. It is designed for investigating phenomena related to thunderstorm activity, transient luminous events (TLEs) and amongst them – red sprites. The satellite is equipped with cameras, photometers, energetic particles detectors, ion probe and electromagnetic sensors of wide frequency spectrum. It will be the most versatile satellite for measuring TLEs ever sent to space. In this article, theories that are fundamental for understanding sprites and sprites-related measurements of TARANIS mission are presented. The current state of sprites phenomenology and their possible generation mechanisms are presented. The article briefly covers streamer discharges, cloud charge structure at the TLE occurrence, electric breakdown of the air and Runaway Relativistic Electron Avalanche (RREA). At the end, TARANIS mission equipment and goals that are related to presented theories are presented.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47829041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Observation of LEO Objects Using Optical Surveillance Facilities: The Geographic Aspect","authors":"O. Kozhukhov, T. Dementiev, S.V. Rischenko, N. Koshkin, L. Shakun, S. Strakhova, O.M. Piskun, D. Kozhukhov, O.M. Iluchok, S. Moskalenko, S.M. Korniyevskiy","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2019-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2019-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Simulation modelling of the observability of low Earth orbit (LEO) objects was performed using optical surveillance facilities depending on their geographic location and time of year. Orbital data for LEO objects from the open-access catalogue of the near-Earth space objects of the US Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) were taken as the initial data for the simulation. The simulation results revealed a complex relationship between the pattern of observability of a LEO object, its orbital parameters and location of the optical surveillance facility, in particular, for Sun-synchronous orbits (SSO) and observing facilities located near the equator. We also discuss variations in the frequency of passes of LEO objects into the field of view (FOV) and in the duration of their observation while passing through the FOV for optical surveillance facilities at three alternative locations. The obtained results and modelling techniques can be further used in the location planning of new optical observing facilities.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48154657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Kinematic PPP Using Mixed GPS/Glonass Single-Frequency Observations","authors":"Mostafa Hamed, A. Abdallah, A. Farah","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2019-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2019-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Nowadays, Precise Point Positioning (PPP) is a very popular technique for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning. The advantage of PPP is its low cost as well as no distance limitation when compared with the differential technique. Single-frequency receivers have the advantage of cost effectiveness when compared with the expensive dual-frequency receivers, but the ionosphere error makes a difficulty to be completely mitigated. This research aims to assess the effect of using observations from both GPS and GLONASS constellations in comparison with GPS only for kinematic purposes using single-frequency observations. Six days of the year 2018 with single-frequency data for the Ethiopian IGS station named “ADIS” were processed epoch by epoch for 24 hours once with GPS-only observations and another with GPS/GLONASS observations. In addition to “ADIS” station, a kinematic track in the New Aswan City, Aswan, Egypt, has been observed using Leica GS15, geodetic type, dual-frequency, GPS/GLONASS GNSS receiver and single-frequency data have been processed. Net_Diff software was used for processing all the data. The results have been compared with a reference solution. Adding GLONASS satellites significantly improved the satellite number and Position Dilution Of Precision (PDOP) value and accordingly improved the accuracy of positioning. In the case of “ADIS” data, the 3D Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) ranged between 0.273 and 0.816 m for GPS only and improved to a range from 0.256 to 0.550 m for GPS/GLONASS for the 6 processed days. An average improvement ratio of 24%, 29%, 30%, and 29% in the east, north, height, and 3D position components, respectively, was achieved. For the kinematic trajectory, the 3D position RMSE improved from 0.733 m for GPS only to 0.638 m for GPS/GLONASS. The improvement ratios were 7%, 5%, 28%, and 13% in the east, north, height, and 3D position components, respectively, for the kinematic trajectory data. This opens the way to add observations from the other two constellations (Galileo and BeiDou) for more accuracy in future research.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43009847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of the Sentinel-2A Multispectral Image for Litho-Structural and Alteration Mapping in Al Glo’a Map Sheet (1/50,000) (Bou Azzer–El Graara Inlier, Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco)","authors":"Abdessamad El Atillah, Zine El Abidine El Morjani, M. Souhassou","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2019-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2019-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The discovery of natural resources remains the main mission of Earth observation satellites, especially in geographical areas that have a very difficult accessibility as those of the Bou Azzer–El Graara inlier (Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco). This work investigates the use of different satellite data, such as Sentinel-2A’s multispectral imagery, in order to direct the prospection program in an efficient manner, saving both time and cost. The image processing methods of Landsat 7, 8, and “Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)” (30 m/15 m) were used to create methods for Sentinel-2A images (10 m). The red, green, blue (RGB) image 12.8.2, 11/12.11/2.11/8, principal component (PC) 1,2,3(11.12.2), and other new images were the result of principal component analysis (PCA), and classification by the Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique (ISODATA) and K-Means allowed realization of a lithological cartography as well as maps of lineaments through directional filters and the ratio of 11/12 for hydrothermal alteration zone mapping. The assembly of lithological, structural, and hydrothermal alteration data gave an idea of the mineralogy of the study area. Validity of the results was tested by comparison with the field data and the geological maps of the studied site (62% for the hydrothermal alteration zone, 81% for the lithological map, and 74% for the structural map).","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47262074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Geophysical Signals on Coordinate Variations GNSS Permanent Stations in Central Europe","authors":"Adrian Kaczmarek","doi":"10.2478/arsa-2019-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2019-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article presents an analysis of the extent of the impact of deformations of the earth’s crust resulting from geophysical models on changes in the coordinates of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations. The author presents the results of analyses of the spatial correlation coefficient of deformation components for the non-tidal atmospheric loading (NTAL), non-tidal ocean loading (NTOL) and hydrological loading (HYDRO) models of geophysical deformation. In addition, the author calculated the correlation coefficients between station’s coordinate series to determine whether the deformations of the earth’s crust have a more global, large-area (regional scale) or local-range (local scale) impact, limited to the nearest of stations. In addition to correlation coefficients, the author analysed the similarity in periodic components between station coordinates by calculating the coherence between them. The results of the analysis showed that for the height components (Up), we observe the global range of deformation models, and the NTAL deformation has the greatest influence on the change in them. The lack of correlation between coordinate signals for horizontal components may result from specific local conditions in the place of the station, low-resolution of geophysical models and small amplitudes of these signals in relation to noise. An analysis of the coherence coefficients showed that each station coordinates shows completely different periodic components in the North, East and Up directions.","PeriodicalId":43216,"journal":{"name":"Artificial Satellites-Journal of Planetary Geodesy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49500085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}