Monitoring absolute vertical land motions and absolute sea-level changes from GPS and tide gauges data over French Polynesia

In this study,we estimate the absolute vertical land motions at three tidal stations with collocated Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)receivers over French Polynesia during the period 2007-2020,and obtain,as ancillary results,estimates of the absolute changes in sea level at the same locations.To verify our processing approach to determining vertical motion,we first modeled vertical motion at the International GNSS Service(IGS)THTI station located in the capital island of Tahiti and compared our estimate with previous independent determinations,with a good agreement.We obtained the following estimates for the vertical land motions at the tide gauges:Tubuai island,Austral Archipelago-0.92±0.17 mm/yr,Vairao village,Tahiti Iti:-0.49±0.39 mm/yr,Rikitea,Gambier Archipelago-0.43±0.17 mm/yr.The absolute variations of the sea level are:Tubuai island,Austral Archipelago 5.25±0.60 mm/yr,Vairao village,Tahiti Iti:3.62±0.52 mm/yr,Rikitea,Gambier Archipelago 1.52±0.23 mm/yr.We discuss these absolute values in light of the values obtained from altimetric measurements and other means in French Polynesia.

结合GPS/Leveling和正高改正确定GPS常年观测站正高

利用精密几何水准测量结合GPS/Leveling方法计算韩国行政自治部管辖内30所GPS常年观测站天线基准点的正高。并联合进行对水准点和GPS常年观测站偏心点的重力测量,使用正高改正方法计算出其改正量,提高正高的精确度。

Present-day 3D deformation field of Northeast China,observed by GPS and leveling

A broad view of present-day 3D deformation field around the Northeast China region was derived from GPS and leveling observations. We draw the following conclusions： First, the Northeast China region moved towards northwest with an average velocity of 5 ram/a, with respect to South China. The entire Northeast China region was in a low strain state from the strain rate field. Second, we processed two periods of first- order leveling data in 1970s and 1990s, showing the vertical deformation of the Northeast China region is ＂uplift in western part and subsidence in eastern part＇

Comparative study on vertical deformation based on GPS and leveling data

The development of GPS(Global Positioning System) technology has led to increasingly widely and successful applications of GPS surveys for monitoring crustal movements. However, multi-period GPS survey solutions have not been applied in monitoring vertical crustal movements with normal backgrounds. In this paper, we carried out a comparative study on the vertical deformation of the comprehensive profile of the cross-fault zone in Shanyin, Shanxi province, China, based on GPS and precise leveling observation data for multiple time periods. The vertical deformation rates observed with repeating GPS survey are obviously different(over 20 mm/y at some sites) from those with repeating leveling survey within a relatively short period. However, the deviations in the vertical displacement between GPS and leveling in a long-term survey(over three years) showed good consistency at 3-4 mm/y at most sites, on GPS forced offset surveying and fixed survey instruments in a long-term survey(over three years). Therefore, GPS vertical displacement results can be applied to the study of vertical crustal movements.

复杂环境下结合EMD的GPS-IR水位反演方法

利用法国布雷斯特(Brest)港BRST测站和英国塞文大桥监测系统GNSS双频观测数据,分别在静态和高动态环境下进行GPS-IR水位反演,探究传统GNSS监测系统进行水位反演的可行性与精度.结果表明:L1波段反演精度高于L2波段;在静态场景下,GPS-IR水位反演结果与验潮站数据相关系数大于0.98,在高动态场景下,桥梁GPS-IR水位反演精度稍低.利用经验模态分解(EMD)方法对算法进行改进,提高了在桥梁复杂环境下GPS-IR水位反演结果的精度,均方根误差(RMSE)相比经典方法降低约50%.本文方法提高了GPS-IR技术在不同水域环境下的适用性,在水位监测中具有很好的应用前景.

Evaluation of vertical crustal movements and sea level changes around Greenland from GPS and tide gauge observations

To better monitor the vertical crustal movements and sea level changes around Greenland,multiple data sources were used in this paper,including global positioning system(GPS),tide gauge,satellite gravimetry,satellite altimetry,glacial isostatic adjustment(GIA).First,the observations of more than 50 GPS stations from the international GNSS service(IGS)and Greenland network(GNET)in 2007–2018 were processed and the common mode error(CME)was eliminated with using the principal component analysis(PCA).The results show that all GPS stations show an uplift trend and the stations in southern Greenland have a higher vertical speed.Second,by deducting the influence of GIA,the impact of current Gr IS mass changes on GPS stations was analysed,and the GIA-corrected vertical velocity of the GPS is in good agreement with the vertical velocity obtained by gravity recovery and climate experiment(GRACE).Third,the absolute sea level change around Greenland at 4 gauge stations was obtained by combining relative sea level derived from tide gauge observations and crustal uplift rates derived from GPS observations,and was validated by sea level products of satellite altimetry.The results show that although the mass loss of Gr IS can cause considerable global sea level rise,eustatic movements along the coasts of Greenland are quite complex under different mechanisms of sea level changes.

GPS三角高程测量方法的应用与解析

GPS三角高程方法是一种比较特殊的测量高程方法。本文通过对现有的测量方法和理念进行大体的概括和总结,对该方法的适合条件进行了简单的归纳,并将其原理和所处的背景以及现实意义进行简单的分析和探讨,利用实践得到的数据加以证明。原理介绍中涵盖了GPS三角高程测量的方法^([1]);通过计算公式推导出GPS三角高程的测量高差^([2]);介绍了精度和误差的相关要求和约束;涉及应用到的高程系统。对上述内容进行了系统的阐述、说明,最终证明GPS三角高程测量方法能够满足四等水准测量的精度要求,适用于特定地理条件下完成高程测量任务。

On the Accuracy Assessment of the Latest Releases of GOCE Satellite-Based Geopotential Models with EGM2008 and Terrestrial GPS/Levelling and Gravity Data over Egypt

The Global Geopotential Models (GGMs) of GOCE (Gravity Recovery and steady- state Ocean Circulation Explorer) differ globally as well as regionally in their accuracy and resolution based on the maximum degree and order (d/o) of the fully normalized spherical harmonic (SH) coefficients, which express each GGM. The main idea of this study is to compare the free-air gravity anomalies and quasi geoid heights determined from several recent GOCE-based GGMs with the corresponding ones from the Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008) over Egypt on the one hand and with ground-based measurements on the other hand. The results regarding to the comparison of GOCE-based GGMs with terrestrial gravity and GPS/levelling data provide better improvement with respect to EGM2008. The 4th release GOCE-based GGM developed with the use of space-wise solution strategy (SPW_R4) approximates the gravity field well over the Egyptian region. The SPW_R4 model is accordingly suggested as a reference model for recovering the long wavelength (up to SH d/o 200) components of quasi geoid heights when modelling the gravimetric quasi-geoid over the Egypt. Finally, three types of transformation models: Four-, Five- and Seven-parameter transformations have been applied to reduce the data biases and to provide a better fitting of quasi geoid heights obtained from the studied GOCE-based GGMs to those from GPS/levelling data. These models reveal that the standard deviation of vertical datum over Egypt is at the level of about 32 cm.

Deformation Evolution Characteristics Revealed by GPS and Cross-fault Leveling Data before the M_S8. 0 Wenchuan Earthquake

Based on GPS velocity during 1999-2007,GPS baseline time series on large scale during1999-2008 and cross-fault leveling data during 1985-2008,the paper makes some analysis and discussion to study and summarize the movement,tectonic deformation and strain accumulation evolution characteristics of the Longmenshan fault and the surrounding area before the MS8. 0 Wenchuan earthquake,as well as the possible physical mechanism late in the seismic cycle of the Wenchuan earthquake. Multiple results indicate that:GPS velocity profiles show that obvious continuous deformation across the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau before the earthquake was distributed across a zone at least 500 km wide,while there was little deformation in Sichuan Basin and Longmenshan fault zone,which means that the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau provides energy accumulation for locked Longmenshan fault zone continuously. GPS strain rates show that the east-west compression deformation was larger in the northwest of the mid-northern segment of the Longmenshan fault zone,and deformation amplitude decreased gradually from far field to near fault zone,and there was little deformation in fault zone. The east-west compression deformation was significant surrounding the southwestern segment of the Longmenshan fault zone,and strain accumulation rate was larger than that of mid-northern segment.Fault locking indicates nearly whole Longmenshan fault was locked before the earthquake except the source of the earthquake which was weakly locked,and a 20 km width patch in southwestern segment between 12 km to 22. 5 km depth was in creeping state. GPS baseline time series in northeast direction on large scale became compressive generally from 2005 in the North-South Seismic Belt,which reflects that relative compression deformation enhances. The cross-fault leveling data show that annual vertical change rate and deformation trend accumulation rate in the Longmenshan fault zone were little,which indicates that vertical activity near the fault was very weak and the fault was tightly locked. According to analyses of GPS and cross-fault leveling data before the Wenchuan earthquake,we consider that the Longmenshan fault is tightly locked from the surface to the deep,and the horizontal and vertical deformation are weak surrounding the fault in relatively small-scale crustal deformation. The process of weak deformation may be slow,and weak deformation area may be larger when large earthquake is coming. Continuous and slow compression deformation across eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau before the earthquake provides dynamic support for strain accumulation in the Longmenshan fault zone in relative large-scale crustal deformation.

Estimation of Subsidence in Po Delta Area (Northern Italy) by Integration of GPS Data, High-Precision Leveling and Archival Orthometric Elevations

Subsidence in a deformation area can be measured in various ways, examples being conventional high-precision leveling, differential InSAR and multi-temporal GPS surveys. Integration of methods can improve results, and is crucial to extract high-precision data. In particular, orthometric and ellipsoid elevations, surveyed at different moments in time, can be compared to yield information on vertical movements when geoid anomalies are known. However, a data checking procedure must be applied if archival orthometric elevations are used, because long-term measurements for many historical benchmarks may have been lost and/or replaced with other points, but at different elevations. This type of checking can be carried out over an area without gravimetric anomalies by modeling geoid undulations and vertical displacements in the time-span used for analysis, excluding points with anomalous values. This procedure was tested and applied in the Po Delta area (northern Italy), historically subject to high subsidence rates: the leveling benchmarks of 1983 were measured with the GPS technique in 2008. After checking of archival data and transformation from ellipsoid to orthometric elevations, comparisons of the same points and interpolations on the study area provided a subsidence map for the 1983-2008 period.

Determination of the Absolute Rate of Sea Level by Using GPS Reference Station and Tide Gauge Data

The absolute rate of mean sea level of Xiamen area is derived from the data of Xiamen tide gauge station and Xiamen GPS fiducial station of crustal movement observation network of China（CMONC）. The height variation is discussed deeply in this paper, h is shown that height has periodic variations. So the rate of vertical land movement can not be precisely obtained only from several GPS campaigns. It is pointed out that the vertical crustal movement of tide gauge station should be monitored by using long-term continuous GPS observations.

Research on Deformation Mode of the Longmenshan-Longriba Region Using GPS and Leveling Data

The Longmenshan-Longriba region is located on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, and is an ideal place to study the eastward extrusion and uplift mechanism of the plateau. Previous studies on this area mainly focused on tectonic activity and seismic hazard, with few studies giving its overall deformation characteristics and dynamic mechanism. This paper uses the latest dense GPS data, combined with precise Leveling data to analyze the kinematic characteristics and deformation mode of the Longmenshan fault zone (LMSF) and the Longriba fault zone (LRBF). The results show that both the Longmenshan fault zone and the Longriba fault zone have certain right-lateral strike-slip and thrusting, indicating that they play an important role in adjusting strain distribution and absorbing tectonic deformation;The strain-rate field on the Longriba fault zone is broadly distributed, suggesting that the deformation field is at least partially coupled;while the strain-rate field on the Longmenshan fault zone presents a non-uniform distribution, indicating different dynamic sources acting on segments. The high strain rate areas revealed in this study points us to the high-risk area for future earthquakes. The present-day vertical motion velocity field in the region obtained from Leveling and GPS data shows a mismatch between the regional deformation field and active tectonics, which can be explained by the incomplete coupling of deformation between the lower and upper crust.

GPS桥梁高程控制测量

本文提出利用江河每边岸上相邻水准点间的高程异常差进行ＧＰＳ高程拟合，避免了两岸未统一高程系统对拟合参数的影响，经虎门大桥实验验证，在海面宽３ｋｍ多的两岸上获得的高程系统差的精度满足特大型公路桥梁的高程控制要求，这对沿海平坦地区的铁路桥梁跨河水准测量都有参考作用。

基于GPSPPK/PPP的长距离潮位测量

GPS RTK技术在近距离潮位测量中已得到了应用,但因无线电传播距离的局限,难以实施长距离潮位测量。给出了基于GPS载波相位后处理技术(post processing kinematic,PPK)和精密单点定位技术(pre-cise point positioning,PPP)的长距离潮位测量的思想和方法,并通过实验对其进行了验证,取得了良好的效果。

利用GPS监测地面沉降的精度分析

为了监测天津地区的地面沉降,配合精密水准测量,1995年布设了一个GPS监测网,每年的10-11月进行一次精密GPS测量,并与同期进行的精密水准复测的垂直形变结果进行比较研究。根据1995-2004连续十年GPS大地高与精密水准测量观测数据对比研究,验证了GPS监测地面沉降的精度,从理论和实践上论证了GPS大地高变化完全可以像精密水准测量一样高精度获取水准测量点的沉降值,从而得出在地面沉降监测中GPS测量可用于监测地面沉降的结论。

GPS在农田土地平整地形测量中应用的初步研究

根据测量的田面高程数据和估算的平地土方量,对GPS测量技术的田间应用效果进行评价,利用统计方法对比分析定点GPS与水准仪测量的高程数据,初步探讨车载行进速度对GPS测量精度的影响,分析采用GPS技术替代人工水准仪测量方法的可行性。结果表明,基于定点GPS数据和水准仪测量结果绘制的田面微地形状况具有较好的相似性,两者间具有相同的测量精度。车载行进速度对GPS测量精度的影响是明显的,慢速下的GPS测量精度高于快速下的相应结果,低速且匀速的车辆行驶方式是确保该法测量精度的重要措施。在农田土地平整作业中,利用先进的GPS技术替代传统的人工水准仪测量方法对田面高程进行测量具有较好的可行性。

GPS测量地面沉降的可靠性及精度分析

根据对1995～2004连续10年的GPS大地高与精密水准测量数据的对比研究，验证了两种方法的实际精度，结果表明：GPS大地高变化完全可以像精密水准测量一样高精度地获取水准测量点的沉降值，可用于地面沉降监测。

我国高精度GPS陆海垂直运动监测网的建立与精度分析

为了将验潮站得到的海平面变化信息与验潮站所在陆地垂直运动分离开来 ,获得海平面变化的绝对信息 ,在我国沿海 5个验潮站建立了一个高精度的 GPS陆海垂直运动监测网。采用 GAMIT和 Globk软件对数据进行处理 ,并顾及影响高程因素中由于方位不对称引起的大气延迟及改进的 Niell模型 ,我们最终得到 GPS监测网毫米级的高程精度。

广州南沙区GPS地面沉降监测数据处理

利用广州南沙区GPS地面沉降系统2012-07~2013-12的GPS数据,采用3种不同的基准点方案进行数据处理,计算得到18个月的GPS监测点沉降序列。分析表明,测区位于低纬度地区,电离层活动剧烈,即使基线小于10km,基线长度对单频监测点的解算精度影响仍然较大,而对双频点影响很小;以短基线为原则进行处理后沉降序列RMS为5mm左右,由此计算的沉降速度与水准监测结果基本吻合,但单频监测点的精度还有待提高。

用地球位模型和GPS/水准数据确定我国大陆似大地水准面

用地球位模型和GPS/水准数据确定了我国大陆地区的似大地水准面。采取的方法是,对于每一个GPS/水准点,用地球位模型计算其高程异常值,并与其GPS/水准实测高程异常值比较,得到计算值的改正数,以此改正附近15′×15′格网点上用地球位模型计算的高程异常。方法的实质是将地球位模型计算的似大地水准面拟合于GPS/水准实测的似大地水准面。计算共使用了遍布大陆的950多个GPS/水准点,点间距大约100km。得到的15′×15′似大地水准面的精度,就全国而言,平均好于±0.5m,105°E以东地区接近±0.3m,以西地区接近±0.6m,青藏地区接近±0.5m。