On the GPS widelane and its decorrelating property

Abstract.

In this contribution we consider the popular widelaning technique from the viewpoint of ambiguity decorrelation. It enables us to cast the technique into the framework of the least-squares ambiguity decorrelation adjustment (LAMBDA) and to analyse its relative merits. In doing so, we will provide answers to the following three questions. Does the widelane decorrelate? Does it explicitly appear in the automated transformation step of the LAMBDA method? Can one do better than the widelane? It is shown that all three questions can be answered in the affirmative. This holds true for the ionosphere-fixed case, the ionosphere-float case, as well as for the ionosphere-weighted case.