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Table 1 Constraints on atmospheric delays and their estimable forms in the code-plus-phase ionosphere-float, ionosphere-weighted, and ionosphere-fixed models

From: PPP–RTK functional models formulated with undifferenced and uncombined GNSS observations

Model

Parameter

Constraint

Estimable form

Ionosphere-float

Troposphere

None

\(\tau_{r}\)

Ionosphere

None

\(\overline{l}_{r}^{s} = l_{r}^{s} - d_{{,{\rm GF}}}^{s} + d_{{r,{\rm GF}}}\)

Ionosphere-weighted

Troposphere

\(m_{1}^{s} = \cdots = m_{n}^{s}\)

\(\tilde{\tau }_{r} = \tau_{r} - \tau_{1} \,\)

Ionosphere

\(0 = l_{r}^{s} - l_{1}^{s}\)

\(\tilde{l}_{r}^{s} = l_{r}^{s} - d_{{,{\rm GF}}}^{s} + d_{{1,{\rm GF}}}\)

Ionosphere-fixed

Troposphere

\(m_{1}^{s} \tau_{1} = \cdots = m_{n}^{s} \tau_{n} = \tau^{s}\)

None

Ionosphere

\(l_{1}^{s} = \cdots = l_{n}^{s} = l^{s}\)

\(\overline{\overline{l}}^{s} = l^{s} - d_{{,{\rm GF}}}^{s} + d_{{1,{\rm GF}}}\)