G TEC Calibration
Absolute TEC values can be biased by satellite and station inter-frequency biases. Sources of
station biases include the antenna, the antenna cable, splitters, ampli
fi
ers, and the receiver.
Satellite biases are compensated for when available (see Section 5.3.1), but station biases
need to be calibrated. This Appendix details a procedure to calibrate the station biases.
As of version 7.0.0,
sbf2ismr
includes a tool for TEC calibration. Calibration values can be
computed for the TEC computed from GPS, Galileo, Compass/BeiDou, GLONASS and QZSS
satellites.
Calibration is done by comparing the measured TEC values (after correction of the satellite
biases as documented in Section 5.3.1) with reference TEC values. The TEC reference can
either be the SBAS ionospheric corrections or the Klobuchar ionospheric model. The bias
between the measured and the reference TEC values is averaged over several passes for
each satellite individually or, for a whole constellation in case satellite biases are corrected.
A
fi
xed elevation mask of 15 degrees is applied.
To perform a TEC calibration with respect to SBAS,
sbf2ismr
must be invoked with the
‘
-as
’
option. To use the Klobuchar model as a reference, the
‘
-ak
’
option must be used. When
using Klobuchar as a reference, only the satellites tracked between 00:00 and 06:00 local time
are considered, to avoid times of increased ionospheric activity. The Klobuchar parameters
are decoded from the GPS navigation messages.
I
n regions covered by an SBAS system, it is recommended to calibrate against SBAS for better
accuracy.
The recommended procedure for generating a TEC calibration
fi
le is outlined below. TEC
calibration is most accurate in times of quiet ionospheric conditions.
I
f strong ionospheric
activity is foreseen, it is preferable to delay the calibration procedure until a time of lower
activity.
The calibration accuracy using the procedure below mainly depends on the accuracy of
the reference TEC values and on the accuracy of the satellite bias values transmitted by
the satellites. When using the SBAS ionospheric corrections as TEC reference, the overall
calibration accuracy is expected to be on the order of 3TECU.
1. Connect to the receiver using the RxControl graphical interface.
2.
I
n the
File > Preferences
menu, make sure that the SBF message interval is set to 1.0s
(this is the default).
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