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Kinematic Post-processing of Ship Navigation Data Using Precise Point Positioning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2018

John B. DeSanto Open the ORCID record for John B. DeSanto [Opens in a new window] ,
C. David Chadwell  and
David T. Sandwell
John B. DeSanto*
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(University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
C. David Chadwell
Affiliation:
(University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
David T. Sandwell
Affiliation:
(University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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(E-mail: jdesanto@ucsd.edu)
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Abstract

Seafloor geodetic studies such as Global Positioning System (GPS)-Acoustic experiments often require the measurement platform on the sea surface to be positioned accurately to within a few centimetres. In this paper, we test the utility of Precise Point Positioning (PPP) for this application with two experiments. The first fixed platform experiment is a comparison between three independent processing software packages: Positioning and Navigation Data Analyst (PANDA), Global Navigation Satellite System-Inferred Positioning System and Orbit Analysis Simulation Software (GIPSY-OASIS), and the Canadian Spatial Reference System (CSRS)) and a more accurate solution based on conventional differential processing of a remote GPS station in the Aleutian Islands. The second moving platform experiment is a comparison among the three PPP software packages using 40 hours of ship navigation data collected during the Roger Revelle RR1605 cruise 170 nautical miles southwest of Palau in May 2016. We found the PPP solutions were repeatable to 5·49 cm in the horizontal components and 12·4 cm in the vertical component. This demonstrates not only that PPP is a useful tool for positioning marine platforms in remote locations, but also that modern ship navigation instruments such as the Kongsberg Seapath 330 + are suitable for seafloor geodetic application.

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GPSPrecise Point PositioningSeafloor geodesy

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , May 2019 , pp. 795 - 804
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2018 

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