Dr. Robert Suya

Dr. Robert Suya

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Land Surveying & Physical Planning

33 publications

Suya earns a PhD in Navigation and Satellite Positioning from the University of Nottingham. He also has an MSc in Geodesy and Engineering Surveying from the same university. Suya is a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) enthusiast and a renowned geodesist who specialises in utilising satellit...

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Considering Satellite Attitude Quaternions in BeiDou Precise Point Positioning Performance

Conference Proceeding
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Dr. Robert Suya
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Abstract
The use of theoretical modeling algorithms to compute the satellite altitude causes some errors which are eventually absorbed by the satellite clocks. This adversely reduces the fixed positioning performance in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) precise point positioning (PPP). Currently, different International GNSS service (IGS) analysis centers (ACs) provide satellite altitude quaternions which are an auxiliary dataset necessary in PPP fixed solutions. Hence, this study aims at a comprehensive evaluation of the effect of accounting for the BeiDou satellite attitude quaternions in PPP. The quaternions provided by different ACs are applied to BeiDou PPP using different weighting schemes suitable for handling satellites in three distinct orbits. The obtained numerical results indicate that considering the quaternions in BeiDou PPP reduces the observation residuals, improves the ambiguity fixing, and enhances positioning performance.
Year of Publication
2022
Proceedings Title
EGU General Assembly 2022
Page Numbers
12926-12933
Conference Dates
23–27 May 2022
Conference Place
Vienna, Austria
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