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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2017.21.5.479

A Positioning Accuracy Analysis in Korea by using NTCM-BC Ionosphere Model  

Kim, Mingyu (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Myung, Jaewook (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Kim, Jeongrae (School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Abstract
A Neustrelitz TEC model (NTCM) developed by Deutsches Zentrum $f{\ddot{u}}r$ Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) provides a better accuracy than the global positioning system (GPS) Klobuchar model for predicting ionospheric delay. The NTCM model accuracy is comparable to Galileo NeQuick model, and it has less computation time. The NTCM model uses F10.7 values as a parameter of solar activity function, while a NTCM-Broadcast (NTCM-BC) uses TEC values from a Klobuchar model. For this reason, a NTCM-BC model can be used for real-time ionosphere correction. In this paper, vertical ionospheric delay and GPS positioning errors in Korea by using a NTCM-BC ionosphere model from 2009 to 2014 are analyzed and compared with those of a Klobuchar model. In the 6-year statistics, the vertical ionospheric delay is reduced by 17.7 %, and horizontal and vertical positioning accuracies by the NTCM-BC model are improved by 25.6 % and 6.7 %, respectively, over the Klobuchar model.
Keywords
Global navigation satellite system; Ionosphere correction; Klobuchar model; Neustrelitz total electron content model; Neustrelitz total electron content - broadcast model;
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