Abstract
The main effects of the 10 June 2021 annular solar eclipse on GNSS position estimation accuracy are presented. The analysis is based on TEC measurements made by 2337 GNSS stations around the world. TEC perturbations were obtained by comparing results 2 days prior to and after the day of the event. For the analysis, global TEC maps were created using ordinary Kriging interpolation. From TEC changes, the apparent position variation was obtained using the post-processing kinematic precise point positioning with ambiguity resolution (PPP-AR) mode. We validated the TEC measurements by contrasting them with data from the Swarm-A satellite and four digiosondes in Central/South America. The TEC maps show a noticeable TEC depletion (<−60%) under the moon’s shadow. Important variations of TEC were also observed in both crests of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) region over the Caribbean and South America. The effects on GNSS precision were perceived not only close to the area of the eclipse but also as far as the west coast of South America (Chile) and North America (California). The number of stations with positioning errors of over 10 cm almost doubled during the event in these regions. The effects were sustained longer (∼10 h) than usually assumed.
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