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Real-Time Ionosphere Prediction Based on IGS Rapid Products Using Long Short-Term Memory Deep Learning

Jianping Chen and Yang Gao
NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation June 2023, 70 (2) navi.581; DOI: https://doi.org/10.33012/navi.581
Jianping Chen
Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
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Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
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    Architecture of the FFNN

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    LSTM architecture (Fang, et al., 2020)

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    Temporal deep learning LSTM NN architecture for training

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    Temporal deep learning LSTM NN architecture for prediction

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    Test RMSE with different LSTM units

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    Kp-indices on May 12-18 and October 9-15

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    The regional coverage

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    Hourly MAXAE, MAE, and RMSE for October 9 and May 12, 2021: ionosphere prediction

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    October 9, 2021: prediction error plots

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    May 12, 2021: prediction error plots

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    October 9, 2021: comparison between the broadcasting ionosphere and CODE rapid products

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    May 12, 2021: a comparison between the broadcasting ionosphere and CODE rapid products

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    Three-Station (mtcu, rkd1, and ptaa) VTEC comparison of model prediction, rapid IONEX, and IGS broadcast spherical harmonics for the October 9 and May 12 datasets

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    One-week prediction comparisons: with and without daily updates

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    One-week comparisons (May 12–18 and October 9–15) between predictions made by Ionex, FFNN, and LSTM models

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    TABLE 1

    Parameters of the LSTM Model

    ParametersValue
    Activation FunctionRelu
    Max Epochs250
    Number of LSTM Layers2 or 1
    1st LSTM Layer Hidden Units400
    2nd LSTM Layer Hidden Units200
    3rd LSTM Layer Hidden Units200
    Number of Dense Layers1
    Learning Rate0.005
    OptimizerAdam
    Dropout0.2
    Loss functionMSE
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    Dataset Details

    DatasetArea LongitudeArea LatitudeStart TimeEnd TimeWith Kp-index
    1−130°~ -95°40° ~ 52.5°Jul 11, 2021Oct 9, 2021No
    2−130°~ -95°40° ~ 52.5°Jul 11, 2021Oct 9, 2021Yes
    3−130°~ -95°40° ~ 52.5°Feb 11, 2021May 12, 2021No
    4−130° ~ -95°40° ~ 52.5°Feb 11, 2021May 12, 2021Yes
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    Test Case Description

    CaseDatasetInput DimensionNeural Network
    112160 * 4848–400–48
    212160 * 4848–400–200–48
    322160 * 4949–400–49
    422160 * 4949–400–200–49
    532160 * 4848–400–48
    632160 * 4848–400–200–48
    742160 * 4949–400–49
    842160 * 4949–400–200–49
    912160 * 4848–400–200–200–48
    1022160 * 4949–400–200–200–49
    1132160 * 4848–400–200–200–48
    1242160 * 4949–400–200–200–49
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    Test Case

    Test ResultsNeural NetworkMAXAE (TECU)MAE (TECU)RMSE (TECU)
    148–400–482.900.740.96
    248–400–200–483.010.600.79
    349–400–493.640.931.22
    449–400–200–493.661.031.30
    548–400–485.321.271.84
    648–400–200–485.401.301.66
    749–400–495.991.321.66
    849–400–200–497.101.772.20
    948–400–200–200–484.370.781.17
    1049–400–200–200–496.881.362.12
    1148–400–200–200–485.161.972.37
    1249–400–200–200–496.441.431.85
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    One Week Prediction RMSE

    DatesRMSE (TECU)DatesRMSE (TECU)
    May 121.66Oct 90.79
    May 131.96Oct 101.37
    May 141.21Oct 111.22
    May 150.63Oct 121.20
    May 160.53Oct 131.76
    May 170.57Oct 141.18
    May 180.92Oct 151.42
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    One-Week VTEC Prediction RMSE in TECU

    PeriodStationFFNNLSTM
    May 12–18mtcu4.170.75
    rkd14.020.72
    ptaa3.860.74
    October 9–15mtcu2.601.02
    rkd12.531.02
    ptaa2.601.02
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    May 12, 2021: Single-Frequency Positioning RMSE in Meters

    StationRapid IonosphereML Predicted IonosphereIGS RT-GIM
    mtcu0.7430.8050.938
    ptaa0.8540.8420.984
    rkd10.8460.8831.014
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    October 9, 2021: Single-Frequency Positioning RMSE in Meters

    StationRapid IonosphereML Predicted IonosphereIGS RT-GIM
    mtcu0.6640.6650.696
    ptaa0.9460.9410.927
    rkd10.8570.8710.859

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