Practice - Ionospheric and Tropospheric Delays
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Practice Questions
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What are ionospheric delays?
💡 Hint: Think about the atmosphere and charged particles.
What affects tropospheric delays?
💡 Hint: Consider weather conditions.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What causes ionospheric delays in GNSS?
💡 Hint: Consider what is present in that atmospheric layer.
Tropospheric delays are influenced primarily by?
💡 Hint: Think about the weather affecting our signals.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a GNSS signal delay scenario where the ionosphere is experiencing high solar activity. What impact does this have on positioning accuracy?
💡 Hint: Consider how changes in the ionosphere affect signal speed.
You are tasked with surveying an area during a storm. Describe how you would account for tropospheric delays in your data collection.
💡 Hint: Think about models and corrections.
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