Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1345-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1345-2023
Development and technical paper
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24 Feb 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 24 Feb 2023

Analysis of systematic biases in tropospheric hydrostatic delay models and construction of a correction model

Haopeng Fan, Siran Li, Zhongmiao Sun, Guorui Xiao, Xinxing Li, and Xiaogang Liu

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Codes and Example data.zip Fan Haopeng, Li Siran, Sun Zhongmiao, Xiao Guorui, Li Xinxing, and Liu Xiaogang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22056884.v1

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The traditional tropospheric zenith hydrostatic delay (ZHD) model's bias is usually thought negligible, yet it still reaches 10 mm sometimes and would lead to millimeter-level position errors for space geodetic observations. Therefore, we analyzed the bias’ characteristics and present a grid model to correct the traditional ZHD formula. When verifying the efficiency based on data from the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts), ZHD biases were rectified by ~50 %.