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Table 2 Correction models and parameter estimation strategy

From: Comparison of shadow models and their impact on precise orbit determination of BeiDou satellites during eclipsing phases

 

Items

Strategy

Models

Observation

LC + PC(Zero-Differential)

Interval and arc length

300 s | 1 day

Cutoff elevation

7\(^\circ \)

Troposphere model

Saastamoinen (DRY) (Liu et al. 2017) | estimated (WET)

Solid tide; Ocean tide; Pole tide

IERS convention (2010) (Petit and Luzum, 2010)

Satellite antenna Phase Center Offset (PCO)

Receiver antenna PCO | Phase Center Variance (PCV)

Mapping function

IGS14.ATX (update to 2020) add with BDS PCO from CSNO/TARC

The same with corrections to GPS

Global Mapping Function (GMF) (Böhm et al. 2006)

Site coordinates(priori)

IGS14(psd) (1sigma)

SRP model

Shadow model

SRPM (bw + 5ECOM) (Xi et al. 2018)

3dishes/PPM/PPMatm/SOLAARS-CF

Ionospheric

1-order removed by LC/PC; higher order corrections of the model (Xi and Wang 2021)

Earth Radiation Pressure

Considered

Thermal Radiation Pressure

Considered

Antenna thrust

Considered

Parameters

Orbit

Estimated

Satellite clock

Estimated

Receiver clock

Estimated

Ambiguity

Zero-differenced ambiguity resolution

Earth orientation parameter

Estimated \({\mathrm{x}}_{p}\), \({y}_{p}\), \(\dot{{x}_{p}}\), \(\dot{{y}_{p}}\), Length of Day (LOD)

Tropospheric parameter

Zenith troposphere delay and gradient parameters are estimated as piecewise constant with 1 h