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In this contribution the impact of a presumed presence or absence of the ionospheric delays on the quality of the least-squares ambiguities is analysed. The spatial correlation and the time correlation of the ionospheric delays are captured in an a priori ionospheric variance matrix. It is shown how the size and shape of the ambiguity search space is affected by the use of these a priori ionospheric weights. As a result an exact description can be given of the interpolatory character of the ambiguity variance matrix as function of the ionospheric weights. In order to give a qualitative analysis of the various effects, analytical rather than numerical results are emphasized.
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Received: 16 July 1996; Accepted: 24 January 1997
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Teunissen, P. The geometry-free GPS ambiguity search space with a weighted ionosphere. Journal of Geodesy 71, 370–383 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001900050105
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001900050105