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Register a new userDetermining geopotential difference via relativistic precise point positioning time comparison: A case study using simulated observations
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According to general relativity theory (GRT), the geopotential difference (GD) can be determined by comparing the change in time difference between precise clocks using the precise point positioning (PPP) time transfer technique, referred to as the relativistic PPP time comparison approach. We focused on high-precision time comparison between two precise clocks for determining the GD using the relativistic PPP time transfer,and conducted simulation experiments to validate the approach. In the experiments, we consider three cases to evaluate the performance of the approach using clocks with different stabilities, namely, the frequency stabilities of the clocks equipped at three selected ground stations are respectively (Case 1), (Case 2), and (Case 3) at time period. Conclusions are drawn from the experimental results. First, high-precision clocks can significantly improve the accuracy for PPP time transfer, but the improvement is limited by measurement noises. Compared to Case 1, the long-term stabilities of OPMT-BRUX as well as PTBB-BRUX are improved in Cases 2 and 3. The frequency stabilities of Cases 1-3 are approximately 4.28*10-16, 4.00*10-17, and 3.22*10-17 at 10-day averaging time for OPMT-BRUX, respectively, and for PTBB-BRUX, these values are approximately 3.73*10-16, 8.17*10-17, and 4.64*10-17. Second, the geopotential difference between any two stations can be determined at the decimeter level, with its accuracy being consistent with the stabilities of the time links in Cases 1-3. In Case 3, the determined geopotential differences between OPMT and BRUX deviate from the EIGEN-6C4 model values by -0.64 m2/s2 with an uncertainty of 1.11 m2/s2, whereas the deviation error between PTBB and BRUX is 0.76 m2/s2 with an uncertainty of 1.79 m2/s2. The approach proposed in this study can be also applied to testing GRT.
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