Comparative study of using different ionosphere models in Thailand for single-frequency GNSS users

摘要

An ionosphere layer makes inaccurate global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) signal. The ionosphere layer contains free electrons delaying the speed of GNSS signals. A suitable selection of ionosphere model is very useful to eliminate this inaccurate GNSS signal. This article presents a comparative study by applying various ionosphere models in Thailand including: Klobuchar model, Global Ionosphere Maps, Ionosphere Model from Quasi-Zenith Satellite System and local ionosphere model. The local ionosphere model is generated from GNSS observations at with the use of locally available GNSS tracking stations by the Bernese GPS software 5.0. Coordinates derived from the above-mentioned models were compared and statistical tests in two observed scenarios; namely, single-frequency data and ionosphere-free linear combination from dual-frequency data. These experiment results proved that applying the local ionosphere model to the estimation produces the most accurate positioning results. They are similar to the results obtained from an ionosphere-free linear combination, but with significant differences.