Effects of observation parameters on time transfer using GPS

In order to fully utilize the inherent precision that GPS observables could offer, accurate estimation of dynamic and measurement parameters is vital. Among these parameters some are indispensable in virtually every form of GPS processing, while some are limitedly relevant to a particular application. In the context of time transfer by GPS, the transmission-related errors such as ionospheric and tropospheric delays, and the integer ambiguity of the carrier phase observables belong to the former, the atomic clock parameters and data batch-related parameters to the latter. Obviously the atomic clock parameters are of prime importance in GPS time transfer. In this study some of important parameters in conducting time transfer experiments by use of GPS were characterized and their effects on time transfer performance were investigated in detail