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SystemMeasurements
Prof.ThomasHerring
DepartmentofEarth,Atmosphereand
PlanetarySciences
http://wwwgpsg.mit.edu/~tah
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Overview
ReviewofthedevelopmentoftheGPS
systemandbasicsofitsuseandoperation
Selectedregionalapplications
Characterofglobalmeasurements
Originofsystematiceffectsinglobalresults
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GPSOriginalDesign
Starteddevelopmentinthelate1960sas
NAVY/USAFprojecttoreplaceDoppler
positioningsystem
Aim:Realtimepositioningto<10meters,
capableofbeingusedonfastmoving
vehicles.
Limitcivilian(nonauthorized)usersto
100meterpositioning.
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GPSDesign
Innovations:
Usemultiplesatellites(originally21,now~28)
Allsatellitestransmitatsamefrequency
Signalsencodedwithuniquebiphase,quadrature
codegeneratedbypseudorandomsequence
(designatedbyPRN,PRnumber):Spreadspectrum
transmission.
Dualfrequencybandtransmission:
L1~1.575GHz,L2~1.227GHz
Correspondingwavelengthsare190mmand244mm
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LatestBlockIIRsatellite
(1,100kg)
Transmissionarrayis
madeupof12helical
antennaintworingsof
43.8cm(8antennas)and
16,2cm(4antennas)radii
Totaldiameteris87cm
Solarpanelsleadto
largesolarradiation
pressureeffects.
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Measurements
Measurements:
Timedifferencebetweensignaltransmissionfrom
satelliteanditsarrivalatgroundstation(called
pseudorange,preciseto0.110m)
Carrierphasedifferencebetweentransmitterand
receiver(precisetoafewmillimeters)butinitialvalues
unknown(ie.,measureschangeinrangetosatellites).
Insomecase,theintegervaluesoftheinitialphase
ambiguitiescanbedetermined(biasfixing)
Allmeasurementsrelativetoclocksinground
receiverandsatellites(potentiallyposes
problems).
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Measurementusage
Spreadspectrumtransmission:Multiple
satellitescanbemeasuredatsametime.
Sincemeasurementscanbemadeatsame
time,groundreceiverclockerrorcanbe
determined(alongwithposition).
rr
r
Signal V(t, x) =Vo sin[2( ftk.x)+C(t)]
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Measurements
SincetheC(t)codechangesthesignofthe
signal,satellitecanbeonlybedetectedifthe
codeisknown(PRNcode)
Multiplesatellitescanbeseparatedby
correlatingwithdifferentcodes(onlythe
correctcodewillproduceasignal)
Thetimedelayofthecodeisthepseudo
rangemeasurement.
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Position
Determination
(perfect
clocks).
Threesatellites
areneededfor3D
positionwith
perfectclocks.
Twosatellites
areOKifheightis
known)
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Position
determination:
withclock
errors:2Dcase
Receiverclockis
fastinthiscase,so
allpseudorangesare
short
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Positioning
Forpseudorangetobeusedforpositioning
need:
Knowledgeoferrorsinsatelliteclocks
Knowledgeofpositionsofsatellites
Thisinformationistransmittedbysatellite
inbroadcastephemeris
Differentialpositioning(DGPS)
eliminatesneedforaccuratesatelliteclock
knowledge.
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GPSSecuritysystems
Selectiveavailability(SA)isnolongeractivebut
priorto2000deniedcivilianaccuracybetter
than100m
Antispoofing(AS)activesince1992,adds
additionalencryptiontoPcodeonL1andL2.
MakescivilianGPSreceiversmoreexpensiveand
moresensitivetoradiointerference
ImpactofASandSAsmallonresultspresented
here.
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Satelliteconstellation
Sincemultiplesatellitesneedtobeseenat
sametime(fourormore):
Manysatellites(original21butnow28)
HighaltitudesothatlargeportionofEarthcan
beseen(20,000kmaltitudeMEO)
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Currentconstellation
Relativesizes
correct(inertial
spaceview)
Fuzzylines
notduetoorbit
perturbations,
butdueto
satellitesbeing
in6planesat
55oinclination.
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GlobalGPSanalysis
GPSphasemeasurementsatL1andL2fromaglobal
distributionofstationused
Analysishereisunconstrained
Allsitepositionsestimated
Atmosphericdelayparametersestimated
Realbiasparametersforeachsatelliteglobal,integer
valuesforregionalsitecombinations(<500km)
Orbitalparametersforallsatellitesestimated(1dayorbits,
2revolutions)
6Integrationconstants
3constantradiationparameters
6onceperrevolutionradiationparameters
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GlobalGPSanalysis
Datausedbetween19922001
Fullanalysishas~600stations(analysis
hererestrictedto~100sitesthathavemore
than5yearsofdata
Largedensityofsites(~300)inCalifornia
Totaldatasethas>2billionphase
measurements
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GPSAntennas(forprecisepositioning)
Nearlyallantennasarepatchantennas(conducting
patchmountedininsulatingceramic).
Ringsare
called
chokerings
(usedto
suppress
multipath)
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GlobalIGSNetwork(~150stations)
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Specificsitesanalyzed
Totalof100sitesanalyzedofwhich50wereused
torealizecoordinatesystem
Sinceanalysishaslittleconstraint,itis:
Freetorotate
Possiblyfreetotranslate(explicitestimation)
Possiblyfreetochangescale(explicitestimation)
Lattertooeffectsshouldnotbepresentbutthese
wewillexplorehere.
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Networkusedinanalysis
Black:Framesites;Redothersites
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Resultsfromanalysis
Examplesoftimeseriesforsomesites
CommonModeerror,exampleofregional
framedefinition
Satellitephasecenterpositions
ScaleandCenterofMass(CoM)variations
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Exampleofmotionsmeasuredin
Pacific/Asiaregion
Fastestmotionsare
>100mm/yr
Noteconvergence
nearJapan
Moreathttp://wwwgpsg.mit.edu/~fresh/index2.html
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CaliforniaEastresiduals(trendsremoved)
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Eastpositionresiduals(California)
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Examplefromregionalframedefinition
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DesertCaliforniasite
BULL North (mm)
BULL East (mm)
BULL Height (mm)
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RMS
0.7 mm
-5
0.6 mm
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2.9 mm
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2000.4
2000.6
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Originofcommonmodeerrors
Unknownatthemoment,butclearlyscales
withdistance(172of500sitesin
S.Californiahavesubmmdailyhorizontal
scatter,23mmvertical)
Possibleeffectsfromsatellitetransmission
system.
Exampleofestimatingcorrectionstophase
centerposition(wrtCoM)ofsatellites
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Phasecenteroffsets
=dhcos;sin=(R/a)sin;(R/a)=0.24
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Elevationangledependence
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0.03
0.025
0.02
0.015
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Fullestimationeffects
0.045
0.04
0.035
0.03
0.025 errorTextEnd
Height
0.02
0.015
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Min Elev
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Effectsofphasecenterposition
changes
Aunitchangeintheradialphasecenter
positionwillchangetherangetothe
satellitebyaconstantplusupto0.03units.
For1meterchange;rangechangeabout5
partsperbillion
Ifdifferentmodelsofsatelliteshave
differencephasecenterpositions,scale
couldchangewithtime.
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-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
Offset (m)
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PRN16
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-2.0
X Offset (m)
Y Offset (m)
Z Offset (m)
Block IIR
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
Offset (m)
0.0
0.5
Totalphasecenterpositionandadjustmenttospecifiedvalues
Scalevariationswithtime
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Centerofmassvariationsaswell
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Conclusion
RegionalGPS(e.g.,California)yieldssub
millimeterresultsforgoodstations
GloballyRMSincreaseto23mmforreasonsthat
arenotclear
Secularscalechange1.6mm/yrinheight
(Referencesiteshave0.8mm/yraverage)
InGAMIT:120mmZoffsetinCoMforunknown
reasons
Differencesbetweengenerationsofsatellitesmight
explainsomeoftheseresults.
Systematicnaturesuggestswemightbeableto
resolve
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RelativisticCorrectionsterms
PropagationpathcurvatureduetoEarths
potential(afewcentimeters)
2GM Rr +Rs +
= 3 ln
c
Rr +Rs
Clockeffectsduetochangingpotential
GM
= 2 e asinE
c
Fore=0.02effectis47ns(14m)
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RelativisticEffects
PRN 03 Detrended; e=0.02
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TectonicDeformationResults
FixedGPSstationsoperatecontinuously
andbydeterminingtheirpositionseachday
wecanmonitortheirmotionsrelativetoa
globalcoordinatesystem
TemporaryGPSsitescanbedeployedon
welldefinedmarksintheEarthandthe
motionsofthesesitescanbemonitored
(campaignGPS)
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MotionafterEarthquakes.Examplefrom
HectorMine,CA
Continuedmotiontellsusaboutmaterialcharacteristics
andhowstressisredistributedafterearthquake
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(166 mm removed)
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Relativisticeffects
GeneralrelativityaffectsGPSinthreeways
Equationsofmotionsofsatellite
Ratesatwhichclockrun
Signalpropagation
InourGPSanalysisweaccountforthe
secondtwoitems
Orbitsonlyintegratedfor13daysand
equationofmotiontermisconsideredsmall
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Clockeffects
GPSiscontrolledby10.23MHzoscillators
OntheEarthssurfacetheseoscillatorsaresetto
10.23x(14.4647x1010)MHz(39,000ns/dayrate
difference)
Thisoffsetaccountsforthechangeinpotential
andaveragevelocityoncethesatelliteislaunched.
ThefirstGPSsatelliteshadaswitchtoturnthis
effecton.TheywerelaunchedwithNewtonian
clocks
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Propagationandclockeffects
Ourtheoreticaldelaycalculationsaremade
inanEarthcentered,nonrotatingframe
usingalighttimeiterationi.e.,the
satellitepositionattransmittimeis
differencedfromgroundstationpositionat
receivetime.
Twocorrectionsarethenappliedtothis
calculation
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EffectsofSelectiveAvailability
PRN 03 (June 14)
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Conclusions
GPSdualusetechnology:Applicationsincivilianworld
widespread
Geophysicalstudies(mmaccuracy)
Engineeringpositioning(<cminrealtime)
Commercialpositioning:cars,aircraft,boats(cmtomlevelin
realtime)
Relativisticeffectsarelargebutlargelyconstant
Howeverduetovaryingpotentialsandvelocitieseffects
canbeseen
Someeffectsareincorporatedbyconvention
Needtokeepinmindnegligibleeffectsasaccuracy
improves
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