Abstract The determination of zenith hydrostatic delay (ZHD) is a key step to obtain water vapor information using GNSS technique, and it can be used to separate zenith wet delay (ZWD) with high accuracy from GNSS measurements. Estimates of ZHD are generally of higher accuracy when obtained from accurate pressure information and using the Saastamoinen model rather than when obtained from climatology. To improve this model, we analyzed the differences between the integrated ZHD and the Saastamoinen modeled ZHD, explored the relationship between the ZHD differences and meteorological parameters, and proposed a calibration model based on a global 2.5°×2° grid using the 5 years of pressure levels from the ERA5 reanalysis data provided by European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The performance of the calibration model was assessed against the Saastamoinen model using different data sources in 2016, i.e., the ERA5 data and globally distributed radiosonde data. The numerical results show that the calibration model outperforms the Saastamoinen model with a global 59%/89% improvement of RMSE and bias in the ECMWF comparison. In comparison with the radiosonde data, the mean bias/RMSE of the calibration model improves by 5.14/3.24, 1.73/1.47 and 3.15/2.84 mm against the Saastamoinen model in the latitude zones of  <30°, 30–60°, and >60°, respectively.


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    Titel :

    A global grid model for calibration of zenith hydrostatic delay


    Beteiligte:
    Yang, Fei (Autor:in) / Guo, Jiming (Autor:in) / Meng, Xiaolin (Autor:in) / Li, Jun (Autor:in) / Zhou, Lv (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 68 , 9 ; 3574-3583


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-06-23


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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