GNSS Absolute Antenna Calibration at the National Geodetic Survey Andria Bilich & Gerald Mader Geosciences Research Division National Geodetic Survey With.

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GNSS Absolute Antenna Calibration at the National Geodetic Survey Andria Bilich & Gerald Mader Geosciences Research Division National Geodetic Survey With contributions from: Steven Breidenbach, Hong Chen, Kendall Fancher, Charles Geoghegan, David Gietka, Heeyul Han, Dennis Lokken, Frank Marion, Jaya Neti, Jarir Saleh

Outline Motivation NGS methods and observation models Example results NGS Calibration Services 9/23/2010ION GNSS 20102

Where do I receive the signal? Antenna reference point (ARP) Antenna element Nonphysical and inconstant point floating in space? 9/23/20103ION GNSS 2010

What is GNSS Antenna Calibration? Create a “map” of antenna characteristics Mean point being positioned (PC0) Spatial variations (PCV) 9/23/2010ION GNSS PC0 [ENU] PCV (el) PCV (az,el)

What Is The Effect of PC0/PCV? Antenna element introduces elevation- (and azimuth-) dependent advance/delay to the carrier phase observation = PC0 + PCV – Effect on heights (with respect to elevation cutoff) – Alias into troposphere estimate – <= 10cm height errors on mixed-antenna baselines Mixed-antenna and longer baselines demand good antenna calibrations Published values are idealized (environment- free) 9/23/20105ION GNSS 2010

NGS Motivations and Goals Serve high precision needs of U.S. surveying and geodesy communities Simultaneous multi-freq, multi-GNSS calibrations 2-D (elevation, azimuth) phase center patterns Free calibration service w/ quick turn-around Calibration values publicly distributed via Internet Compatibility with IGS ANTEX values 9/23/2010ION GNSS 20106

NGS Calibration Facility and Methods 9/23/2010ION GNSS 20107

Calibration Setup Single differences Short baseline (5 m) Simplified multipath environment Common clock (heading receiver) Remaining factors = phase centers (ref, test), differential multipath, hardware bias 9/23/20108ION GNSS 2010

Time Difference of Single Differences Closely spaced time pairs + robot motion = PC0/PCV at reference antenna removed slowly varying biases (differential MP, hardware bias) minimized 9/23/20109ION GNSS 2010 Fixed reference antenna Test antenna

Why Robot? Introduce angle changes for TDSD Better spatial coverage 9/23/201010ION GNSS 2010

Modelled Factors E N V PC0 [ENU] PCV (az,el) A priori position Frame rotation(s) between robot and local frame Rotation arm length Phase windup (antenna motion) 9/23/201011ION GNSS 2010

NGS Calibration Results 9/23/2010ION GNSS mm

Trimble Zephyr Geodetic 2 (TRM ) 9/23/2010ION GNSS (mm)NorthEastUp IGS

TRM phase center pattern 9/23/2010ION GNSS mm

Deviation from IGS type mean 9/23/2010ION GNSS mm

Ashtech Geodetic III ‘Whopper’ (ASH700718B) 9/23/2010ION GNSS (mm)NorthEastUp IGS

ASH700718B phase center pattern 9/23/2010ION GNSS mm

Deviation from IGS type mean 9/23/2010ION GNSS mm

NGS Calibration Services 9/23/2010ION GNSS

PC0/PCV Distribution Freely available Distribution via website: /ANTCAL /ANTCAL Data formats for different software: – NGS format (relative and absolute) – ANTEX (absolute) 9/23/2010ION GNSS

NGS Calibration Services Formal policy document – Calibration process and stages – Eligibility for calibration – Rights and responsibilities Request calibration via web form Tracking system with automated customer notification s 9/23/2010ION GNSS

Conclusions and Outlook Good agreement with IGS type means Pending approval from International GNSS Service (IGS) Soon to be “open for business” For more information – – or 9/23/2010ION GNSS