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Broadcast ionospheric delay correction algorithm using reduced order adjusted spherical harmonics function for single-frequency GNSS receivers

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Single-frequency Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) users require an efficient ionospheric delay correction model for improving their positional accuracy. GPS satellite range signals undergo time delay through the inhomogeneous and dynamic state of the ionosphere. The ionospheric delay is inverse proportional to the signal frequency square due to the dispersive nature of the ionospheric medium. There is a need for aid regional ionospheric broadcast correction model that is necessary for low-latitude ionospheric conditions. In this paper, a reduced order adjusted spherical harmonics function (ROASHF) ionospheric broadcast correction model with order and degree 2 is proposed for the Indian region. A dense GPS receiver network of 14 GPS receivers over the Indian region is analyzed to derive nine ROASHF broadcast coefficients. The performance of the proposed ionospheric broadcast correction model is compared with Klobuchar, NeQuickG, BDS-2, CODEKlob, and CODEGIM TEC models during March and September equinox and June and December solstice days in 2015 and 2016. The mean root mean square error (RMSE) of ROASHF, Klobuchar, NeQuickG, BDS-2, CODEKlob, and CODEGIM TEC models is 7.13 TECU, 9.52 TECU, 15.52 TECU, 11.44 TECU, 13.47 TECU, and 11.97 TECU, respectively. The results demonstrated that the proposed ROASHF ionospheric broadcast model could better predict the ionospheric delays for single-frequency GNSS users. The proposed ionospheric broadcast model is suitable for the Indian regional navigation system known as Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC).

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Acknowledgements

The present work has been carried out under the project titled ‘Development of Single Frequency Ionospheric correction & plasma bubble detection algorithms using GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) & Navigation Indian Constellation (NavIC) TEC observations’ sponsored by NavIC– GAGAN Utilization Programme at Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, India, Project ID: NGP-10.

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    M. S. R. Abhigna, M. Sridhar, P. Babu Sree Harsha, K. Siva Krishna & D. Venkata Ratnam

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Abhigna, M.S.R., Sridhar, M., Harsha, P.B.S. et al. Broadcast ionospheric delay correction algorithm using reduced order adjusted spherical harmonics function for single-frequency GNSS receivers. Acta Geophys. 69, 335–351 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-020-00515-z

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