A Three-step Kalman Filter Algorithm for Near Real-time Estimating Tropospheric Wet Delay on GPS Reference Stations
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Abstract
Usingprioriinformationfromknowncoordinatesforreferencestations,basedontacombi nationofultrarapidephemeris,athree stepkalmanfilteralgorithmfornearreal timeestimationoftroposphericwetdelayonreferencestationsisproposed.Inthisalgorithm,widelaneambiguityandpseudorangemultipatherrorareseparatedbyusingaKalmanfilter,andthen,usingtheKalmanfilterforseparating犔1ambiguityandtroposphericwetdelaybasedonnaionospherefreecombinationmod el.Afterthatestimatinganaccuraterelativetroposphericwetdelayparameterusingthecorrectlyfixed犔1ambiguitybacksubstitutionmethodandrebuildingtheKalmanfilter.Thefeasibilityandac curacyofthealgorithmisverifiedthroughnumericalexamples.
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