Lachapelle, GérardLin, TaoClare, Adam2016-07-112016-07-1120162016Clare, A. (2016). Effect of GNSS Receiver Signal Tracking Parameters on Earthquake Monitoring Performance (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25799http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3117This research focuses on the performance of GNSS receiver carrier phase tracking loops for earthquake monitoring systems. An earthquake was simulated using a hardware simulator; position, velocity and acceleration displacements were obtained to recreate the dynamics of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Japan. Using a software defined receiver, various tracking bandwidths and integration times were tested. Using the phase lock indicator and carrier-to-noise ratio as metrics, an adaptive carrier tracking loop was successfully designed and tested to maximize performance for this application. Four different simulations were done to assess the performance of the adaptive carrier tracking loop. Two simulations with carrier-to-noise ratios greater and less than 35 dB-Hz were done using the original dynamics of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The other two simulations tested were the dynamics of the same earthquake scaled by a factor of 10, with carrier-to-noise ratios greater and less than 35 dB-Hz.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Engineering--CivilEngineering--Electronics and ElectricalGNSSmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/25799