Taking China as the region for test, the potential of the new satellite gravity technique, satellite-to-satellite tracking for improving the accuracy of regional gravity field model is studied. With WDM94 as reference...Taking China as the region for test, the potential of the new satellite gravity technique, satellite-to-satellite tracking for improving the accuracy of regional gravity field model is studied. With WDM94 as reference, the gravity anomaly residuals of three models, the latest two GRACE global gravity field model (EIGEN_GRACE02S, GGM02S) and EGM96, are computed and compared. The causes for the differences among the residuals of the three models are discussed. The comparison between the residuals shows that in the selected region, EIGEN_GRACE02S or GGM02S is better than EGM96 in lower degree part (less than 110 degree). Additionally, through the analysis of the model gravity anomaly residuals, it is found that some systematic errors with periodical properties exist in the higher degree part of EIGEN and GGM models, the results can also be taken as references in the validation of the SST gravity data.展开更多
The principle and method for solving three types of satellite gravity gradient boundary value problems by least-squares are discussed in detail. Also, kernel function expressions of the least-squares solution of three...The principle and method for solving three types of satellite gravity gradient boundary value problems by least-squares are discussed in detail. Also, kernel function expressions of the least-squares solution of three geodetic boundary value problems with the observations {Γ zz },{Γ xz , Γ yz} and {Γ xx -Γ yy ,2 Γxy}are presented. From the results of recovering gravity field using simulated gravity gradient tensor data, we can draw a conclusion that satellite gravity gradient integral formulas derived from least-squares are valid and rigorous for recovering the gravity field.展开更多
Thanks to the high performance of the spaceborne GPS receiver and the availability of precise IGS orbit and clock products,zero-difference kinematic precise orbit determination(POD) has been turned out to be a new eff...Thanks to the high performance of the spaceborne GPS receiver and the availability of precise IGS orbit and clock products,zero-difference kinematic precise orbit determination(POD) has been turned out to be a new effective method in orbit determination for the LEO satellites.Zero-difference kinematic POD,which is based on the GPS measurements only from the spaceborne GPS receiver,does not depend on the force models and orbit design.From this point of view,kinematic POD is suitable for the Earth observation satellites at very low altitudes,such as CHAMP,GRACE and GOCE,etc.This paper first reviews the basic zero-difference GPS observation model.Then a modified data quality control scheme is put forward.Finally,a block-wise least squares algorithm,which first separates the parameters into several groups and then solves the parameters by elimination and back-substitution,is discussed and proposed for the kinematic orbit determination.With the above algorithms,we developed kinematic POD software to solve the orbit suitable for one-week GRACE observations.Comparisons with the published Rapid Science Orbit(RSO) indicate that,using our approach to determine the orbit,the accuracy in the radial direction can achieve 3―4 cm for GRACE-A,and 3―5 cm for GRACE-B.展开更多
Currently,aliasing error of temporal signal model becomes the main factor constraining the accuracy of temporal gravity field.In provision of three types of satellite formations,i.e.,GRACE-type,Pendulum-type and n-s-C...Currently,aliasing error of temporal signal model becomes the main factor constraining the accuracy of temporal gravity field.In provision of three types of satellite formations,i.e.,GRACE-type,Pendulum-type and n-s-Cartwheel-type,which are suitable for gravity mission and composed of observation in different directions,here we design two cases and conduct a simulation experiment on the feasibility to apply satellite formations for eliminating the influence from the aliasing error of ocean tide models.The result of our experiment shows that,when the aliasing error is disregarded,n-s-Cartwheel formation can provide the best conditions for gravity field determination,which,compared with GRACE-type,can improve the accuracy by 43%.When aliasing error of the ocean tide model acts as the main source of error,the satellite formation applied in dynamic method for gravity field inversion cannot eliminate aliasing or improve the accuracy of gravity field.And due to its higher sensitivity to the high-degree variation of gravity field,the Cartwheel-type formation,which includes the radial observation,can result in the gravity field containing more high-frequency signals for the ocean tide model error,and lead to a dramatically larger error.展开更多
Gravity gradients acquired by the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE) do not cover the entire earth because of its sun-synchronous orbit leaving data gaps with a radius of about 6.5° i...Gravity gradients acquired by the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE) do not cover the entire earth because of its sun-synchronous orbit leaving data gaps with a radius of about 6.5° in the polar regions.Previous studies showed that the loss of data in the polar regions deteriorates the accuracy of the low order(or near zonal) coefficients of the earth gravity model,which is the so-called polar gap problem in geodesy.In order to find a stable solution for the earth gravity model from the GOCE gravity gradients,three models,i.e.the Gauss-Markov model,light constraint model and the mixed model,are compared and evaluated numerically with the gravity gradient simulated with the EGM2008.The comparison shows that the Best Linear Uniformly Unbiased Estimation(BLUUE) estimator of the mixed model can solve the polar gap problem as effectively as the light constraint model;furthermore,the mixed model is more rigorous in dealing with the supplementary information and leads to a better accuracy in determining the global geoid.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.40374006 No.40574005 +1 种基金 No.40304001 No.40234039) .
文摘Taking China as the region for test, the potential of the new satellite gravity technique, satellite-to-satellite tracking for improving the accuracy of regional gravity field model is studied. With WDM94 as reference, the gravity anomaly residuals of three models, the latest two GRACE global gravity field model (EIGEN_GRACE02S, GGM02S) and EGM96, are computed and compared. The causes for the differences among the residuals of the three models are discussed. The comparison between the residuals shows that in the selected region, EIGEN_GRACE02S or GGM02S is better than EGM96 in lower degree part (less than 110 degree). Additionally, through the analysis of the model gravity anomaly residuals, it is found that some systematic errors with periodical properties exist in the higher degree part of EIGEN and GGM models, the results can also be taken as references in the validation of the SST gravity data.
文摘The principle and method for solving three types of satellite gravity gradient boundary value problems by least-squares are discussed in detail. Also, kernel function expressions of the least-squares solution of three geodetic boundary value problems with the observations {Γ zz },{Γ xz , Γ yz} and {Γ xx -Γ yy ,2 Γxy}are presented. From the results of recovering gravity field using simulated gravity gradient tensor data, we can draw a conclusion that satellite gravity gradient integral formulas derived from least-squares are valid and rigorous for recovering the gravity field.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40637034 and 40704004)the New Century Excellent Talents in University Program(Grant No.NCET-07-0633)
文摘Thanks to the high performance of the spaceborne GPS receiver and the availability of precise IGS orbit and clock products,zero-difference kinematic precise orbit determination(POD) has been turned out to be a new effective method in orbit determination for the LEO satellites.Zero-difference kinematic POD,which is based on the GPS measurements only from the spaceborne GPS receiver,does not depend on the force models and orbit design.From this point of view,kinematic POD is suitable for the Earth observation satellites at very low altitudes,such as CHAMP,GRACE and GOCE,etc.This paper first reviews the basic zero-difference GPS observation model.Then a modified data quality control scheme is put forward.Finally,a block-wise least squares algorithm,which first separates the parameters into several groups and then solves the parameters by elimination and back-substitution,is discussed and proposed for the kinematic orbit determination.With the above algorithms,we developed kinematic POD software to solve the orbit suitable for one-week GRACE observations.Comparisons with the published Rapid Science Orbit(RSO) indicate that,using our approach to determine the orbit,the accuracy in the radial direction can achieve 3―4 cm for GRACE-A,and 3―5 cm for GRACE-B.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB733302)the Basic Research Project of Institute of Earthquake Science,China Earthquake Administration(Grant Nos.2013IES0203,2014IES010102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41304018)
文摘Currently,aliasing error of temporal signal model becomes the main factor constraining the accuracy of temporal gravity field.In provision of three types of satellite formations,i.e.,GRACE-type,Pendulum-type and n-s-Cartwheel-type,which are suitable for gravity mission and composed of observation in different directions,here we design two cases and conduct a simulation experiment on the feasibility to apply satellite formations for eliminating the influence from the aliasing error of ocean tide models.The result of our experiment shows that,when the aliasing error is disregarded,n-s-Cartwheel formation can provide the best conditions for gravity field determination,which,compared with GRACE-type,can improve the accuracy by 43%.When aliasing error of the ocean tide model acts as the main source of error,the satellite formation applied in dynamic method for gravity field inversion cannot eliminate aliasing or improve the accuracy of gravity field.And due to its higher sensitivity to the high-degree variation of gravity field,the Cartwheel-type formation,which includes the radial observation,can result in the gravity field containing more high-frequency signals for the ocean tide model error,and lead to a dramatically larger error.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41004007)
文摘Gravity gradients acquired by the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer(GOCE) do not cover the entire earth because of its sun-synchronous orbit leaving data gaps with a radius of about 6.5° in the polar regions.Previous studies showed that the loss of data in the polar regions deteriorates the accuracy of the low order(or near zonal) coefficients of the earth gravity model,which is the so-called polar gap problem in geodesy.In order to find a stable solution for the earth gravity model from the GOCE gravity gradients,three models,i.e.the Gauss-Markov model,light constraint model and the mixed model,are compared and evaluated numerically with the gravity gradient simulated with the EGM2008.The comparison shows that the Best Linear Uniformly Unbiased Estimation(BLUUE) estimator of the mixed model can solve the polar gap problem as effectively as the light constraint model;furthermore,the mixed model is more rigorous in dealing with the supplementary information and leads to a better accuracy in determining the global geoid.