Real-time Water Vapor and TEC calculation using existing GNSS reference station infrastructure. Rana Charara Trimble Infrastructure

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1 Real-time Water Vapor and TEC calculation using existing GNSS reference station infrastructure Rana Charara Trimble Infrastructure

2 GNSS Netwoks International GNSS Network and Meteorological Products IGS International GNSS Service Puts high-quality GNSS data and data products online in near real time. EUREF European Permanent Network European Terrestrial Reference System 89 (ETRS89) is used as the standard precise GPS coordinate system throughout Europe.

3 GNSS Netwoks users

4 Science Behind GPS Met Courtesy of Seth Guttman, NOAA

5 Trimble PIVOT

6 GNSS and the Atmosphere Trimble Pivot Platform Atmo App Iono App

7 Description Atmo App (Troposphere) Atmosphere Watch Troposphere Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) Tropospheric Slant Delay Weather Condition Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor (IPWV) Dry / Wet delays

8 Workflow in Atmosphere App (IPWV) Met data Receiver 1, Met data Radiosonde files Receiver 2, Met data Synchronizer Atmosphere Watch RT Receiver n, Met data Met data ZTD Radiosonde Storage (RINEX, T01, T02, dat) IPWV, ZTD, Met data IPWV, 15 s Weather Condition IPWV, 15 min Met data ZTD Radiosonde Web Application Met files (RINEX) Atmosphere Watch PP

9 Output Zenith Total Delay Slant delay

10 Description Atmo App (Troposphere) Atmosphere Watch Troposphere Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) Tropospheric Slant Delay Weather Condition Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor (IPWV) Dry / Wet delays

11 Weather Condition Module ZTD from Atmosphere Watch Temperature Pressure ZTD Radiometer Radiosonde Surface Met Data Table based model IPWV

12 Input MET-Radiosonde Helium balloon Launched twice a day from airports Profiles troposphere Data can be downloaded gi

13 Input MET-Radiometer Performs tropospheric scans frequently Creates 360 x 180 degree scans Measures atmospheric radiation in the 20 to 60 GHz region

14 Input MET Surface Met Data Temperature measured at GPS station location Higher sampling rate compare to radiosonde No need to interpolate Table-based model More of a trend than an accurate model Suitable for global networks

15 Weather Condition Setup

16 Output Current IPWV Maps Wet Slant Delay

17 IPWV (mm) Comparison IPWV: TPP / Radiometer Station IAWL ( Waterloo / Iowa ) Apr. 16, TPP Radiometer :48:00 00:00:00 14:24:00 Time (UTC)

18 Comparison IPWV: TPP / Weather Prediction Oct. 5th, 2012

19 Comparison ZTD: TPP / BERNESE Station MOSE-Swiss (November 24 th, 2009)

20 Atmo App View

21 Description Atmo App (Ionosphere) Atmosphere Watch Ionosphere Total Electron Content (TEC)

22 Workflow in Atmosphere App (TEC) DCB files Receiver 1, Met data Receiver 2, Met data Synchronizer Atmosphere Watch RT, TEC Receiver n, Met data TEC 15 min Network Processor Storage -TEC per station and sat - Pierce Point lon/lat TEC results Slant delays TEC 15 min Storage (RINEX, T01, T02, dat) Atmosphere Watch PP, TEC

23 Output Current TEC Maps / Values

24 Description Iono App Receiver Module / Device Manager Quality check for each tracked satellite Overlay images with iono. activities Iono Activity Iono Index Scintillation TEC Values IRIM GRIM I95

25 Description Iono App Receiver Module / Device Manager Quality check for each tracked satellite Overlay images with iono. activities Iono Activity Iono Index Scintillation TEC Values IRIM GRIM I95

26 Scintillation Data From Receiver Offset between the expected difference between L1 and L2 carrier phase measurement and the actual Quality check Device Manager Properties

27 Overlay Images (Macaé / Brasilia) October 26 th, 2012 Scintillation

28 Overlay Images (Macaé / Brasilia) October 26 th, 2012 TEC

29 Overlay Images (Macaé / Brasilia) October 26 th, 2012 Iono Index

30 Description Iono App Receiver Module / Device Manager Quality check for each tracked satellite Overlay images with iono. activities Iono Activity Iono Index Scintillation TEC Values IRIM I95

31 Input TEC from Atmosphere Watch Scintillation Data from Receiver Iono results from Network Processor TEC

32 Iono results from Network Processor I95 Index IRIM ( Ionospheric Residual Integrity Monitoring ) GRIM (Geometric Residual Integrity Monitoring )

33 Setup Select GNSS Receivers Select Atmosphere Watch Modules Select Network Processor Modules

34 Iono App View

35 Combined Index View

36 Scintillation View October 27 th, 2012

37 Iono Index View October 27 th, 2012

38 Single / Combined TEC view October 5 th, 2012

39 Single / Combined I95 view October 5 th, 2012

40 Single / Combined IRIM view October 5 th, 2012

41 Mobile Applications 2 Apps available: Pivot Admin Pivot Field

42 Pivot Admin Gives an administrator information about the health status of his system. Features: App health Computer health Favorites

43 Pivot Field start screen Phone Tablet

44 Pivot Field - Skyplot The information for the skyplot is coming from the Trimble Global system and not from an individual customer system. Only buttons for satellite systems tracked for your location are shown

45 Pivot Field - Network Network information based on the ionosphere activity module

46 Pivot Field - Atmosphere Overlay is based on the atmosphere watch selected in the ionosphere activity module

47 Benefit IPWV is indicator of the water vapor It gives an absolute value of water vapor IPWV, forecasting -> nowcasting Animating it over time provides a short time prediction Delays, input to numerical weather models GNSS-based tomography: spatial and temporal variation of water vapor TEC is indicator for RTK performance The higher the TEC value is, the worse the RTK performance in terms of position quality and initialization time TEC is interesting for space weather research LEO satellites may be influenced by high TEC values

48 Summary Atmosphere monitoring Easy understanding Troubleshooting System protection

49 Questions? Contact