Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay

The refraction of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal as it passes through the neutral atmosphere from the satellite to the earth can be referred as GPS tropospheric delay, which causes longer distance traveled by the signal. The tropospheric delay is the product of zenith tropospheric delay...

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Main Authors: Hamzah , Sakidin, Tay, Choo Chuan
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Language:English
Published: MTUN UTeM 2012
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Tay, Choo Chuan
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description The refraction of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal as it passes through the neutral atmosphere from the satellite to the earth can be referred as GPS tropospheric delay, which causes longer distance traveled by the signal. The tropospheric delay is the product of zenith tropospheric delay and mapping function. Many mapping functions have been established for calculating the tropospheric delay at arbitrary elevation angles. The mapping functions give large value especially for the elevation angles less than 5 degrees. A transformed Neill Mapping Function (NMF) has been proposed to be an alternative mapping function. The result shows a significant reduction of mapping function scale factor. As the coefficient of the zenith tropospheric delay, the value of modified mapping function will directly reduce the total tropospheric delay. The transformed Neill Mapping Function has improved the tropospheric delay up to 17.8 percent for two degrees elevation angles, compared to the Neill Mapping Function.
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spelling utem-45212022-01-06T12:40:24Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4521/ Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay Hamzah , Sakidin Tay, Choo Chuan Q Science (General) The refraction of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal as it passes through the neutral atmosphere from the satellite to the earth can be referred as GPS tropospheric delay, which causes longer distance traveled by the signal. The tropospheric delay is the product of zenith tropospheric delay and mapping function. Many mapping functions have been established for calculating the tropospheric delay at arbitrary elevation angles. The mapping functions give large value especially for the elevation angles less than 5 degrees. A transformed Neill Mapping Function (NMF) has been proposed to be an alternative mapping function. The result shows a significant reduction of mapping function scale factor. As the coefficient of the zenith tropospheric delay, the value of modified mapping function will directly reduce the total tropospheric delay. The transformed Neill Mapping Function has improved the tropospheric delay up to 17.8 percent for two degrees elevation angles, compared to the Neill Mapping Function. MTUN UTeM 2012-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/4521/1/Jurnal_JET_2011.pdf Hamzah , Sakidin and Tay, Choo Chuan (2012) Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay. Journal of Engineering and Technology, 3 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2180-3811
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Hamzah , Sakidin
Tay, Choo Chuan
Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay
title Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay
title_full Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay
title_fullStr Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay
title_full_unstemmed Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay
title_short Transformation of Neill Mapping Function For GPS Tropospheric Delay
title_sort transformation of neill mapping function for gps tropospheric delay
topic Q Science (General)
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