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Hernández-Pajares et al. 2000
Hernández-Pajares, M., Juan, J.M., Sanz, J. and Colombo, O.L. (2000). Application of ionospheric tomography to real-time GPS carrier-phase ambiguities Resolution, at scales of 400–1000 km and with high geomagnetic activity. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/1999GL011239. issn: 0094-8276.

The influence of the ionosphere can be one of the main obstacles to GPS carrier phase ambiguity resolution in real-time, particularly over long baselines. This is important to all users of GPS requiring sub-decimeter positioning, perhaps in real time, especially with high geomagnetic activity or close to the Solar Maximum. Therefore, it is desirable to have a precise estimation of the ionospheric delay in real-time, to correct the data. In this paper we asses a real-time tomographic model of the ionosphere created using dual-frequency phase data simultaneously collected with the receivers of a network of stations in the USA and Canada, with separations of 400--1000 km, during a period of high geomagnetic activity (Kp=6). When the tomographic ionospheric correction is included, the resolution on-the-fly (OTF) of the widelane double-differenced ambiguities at the reference stations is nearly 100% successful for satellite elevations above 20 degrees, while the resolution of the L1, L2 ambiguities at the rover is typically more than 80% successful. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Geodesy and Gravity, Space geodetic surveys, Geodesy and Gravity, Instruments and techniques, Ionosphere, Modeling and forecasting, Radio Science, Tomography and imaging
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Geophysical Research Letters
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