Tzu-Pang Tseng
Address: No.300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taiwan 32001
Tel: + 886-3-4227151-ext. 25519
Current Position
Research fellow in GPS Science and Application Research
Center (GPSARC) of National Central University
Research Topic
 Satellite geodesy
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GPS data processing and analysis
Orbit determination and its appication
Education
B.S., Dept of Surveying Engineering, National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan,
June 2004.
M.S., Dept of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, July
2006.
Ph. D., Dept of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, July
2010
Academic Experience
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Visit TUM (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
 Study in determination of GPS high-rate clock (2005/11 ~2005/12)
 Study in quality assessment of COSMIC GPS data (2008/7 ~2008/12)
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Visit OSU (The Ohio State University, America)
 Study in applications of COSMIC POD (2009/10 ~2009/12)
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Postdoctoral position in National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
(09/2010-02/2011)
Research Fellow in SPACE Research Centre, RMIT University, Australia
(02/2011 to 06/2012)
Invited lecture
Lecture for GPS-based orbit determination for COSMIC satellite mission in Central
Weather Bureau of Taiwan (2007) and in National Space Organization of Taiwan
(2010).
Joined projects
Heading of precise orbit determination of satellite, in FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
satellite mission (2006-2010)
Heading of precise orbit determination of satellite, in Platform Technologies for Space,
Atmosphere and Climate, Australia Space Research Program (2011 to present)
Publication
Journal papers
1. Hwang C, Tseng TP, Lin TJ, Fu CL, Švehla D (2006) Precise orbit
determination for FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and gravity application. Chinese
Journal of Physics 28(6): 924-933 (in Chinese)
2. Hwang C, Lin TJ, Tseng TP, Chao BF (2008) Modeling orbit dynamics of
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites for recovery of temporal gravity variations.
IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 46: 3412-3423
3. Hwang C, Tseng TP, Lin T, Švehla D, Schreiner B (2009) Precise orbit
determination for the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellite mission using GPS.
Journal of Geodesy 83: 477-489, DOI 10.1007/s00190-008-0256-3
4. Hwang C, Tseng TP, Lin T, Švehla D, Hugentobler U, Chao BF (2010)
Quality assessment of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and GRACE GPS observables:
analysis of multipath, ionospheric delay and phase residual in orbit
determination. GPS Solutions 14: 121-131, DOI 10.1007/s10291-009-0145-0
5. Lin TJ, Hwang C, Tseng TP, Chao BF (2012) Low-degree gravity change
from GPS data of COSMIC and GRACE satellite missions. Journal of
Geodynamics, 53: 34-42, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2011.08.004
6. Tseng TP, Hwang C, Yang SK (2012) Assessing attitude error of
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites and its impact on orbit determination.
Advances
in
Space
Research
49
(9):
1301–1312,
doi:
10.1016/j.asr.2012.02.007
7. Tseng TP, Zhang K, Hwang C, Hugentobler U, Wang CS, Choy S, Li YS
(2013) Assessing antenna field of view and receiver clocks of COSMIC and
GRACE satellites: lesson for COSMIC-2. GPS Solutions, doi:
10.1007/s10291-013-0323-y
8. Li YS, Hwang C, Tseng TP, Huang CY, Bock H (2013) A near real-time,
automatic orbit determination system for COSMIC and its follow-on satellite
mission: analysis of orbit and clock errors on radio occultation. Submitted to
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Accepted
Conference papers
1. Hwang C, Tseng TP, Lin TJ, Fu CL, Švehla D (2006) Precise Orbit
Determination For FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC And Gravity Application, Fall
Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 11-15
2. Hwang C, Lin TL, Tseng TP (2007) Recovery and analysis of earth’s gravity
field using FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC GPS data, IUGG XXIV General
Assembly, Perugia, Italy, July 2- July 13
3. Tseng TP, Hwang C (2007) Precise GPS baseline solutions for the tandem
satellites of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, December 10-14
4. Tseng TP, Hwang C, Lin T, Švehla D, Hugentobler U, Chao BF (2009)
Precise orbit determination and quality assessment of GPS observables for
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and GRACE missions, FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
workshop, Boulder Colorado, October 27-29
5. Tseng TP, Zhang K, Hwang C, Li YS (2011) Assessment of GPS IGOR
receiver
onboard
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
satellite,
5th
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data User Workshop, Taipei, April 13-15
6. Li YS, Hwang C, Tseng TP, Lin TJ (2011) Automatic and near real-time
precise orbit determinations for the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites, 5th
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data User Workshop, Taipei, April 13-15
7. Hwang C, Lin TJ, Li YS, Chao BF, Yang M, Tseng TP (2011) A proposed
satellite laser ranging station in Taiwan, 5th FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data
User Workshop, Taipei, April 13-15
8. Tseng TP, Zhang K (2011) GPS-calibrated frequency stability analysis of
IGOR receiver oscillator in FORMOSAT-3/ COSMIC orbit determination.
APSG, Melbourne, June 26-29
9. Tseng TP, Hwang C, Yang SK (2011) Quantification of attitude error in GPS
orbit determination of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites. IUGG, Melbourne,
July 1-7
10. Tseng TP, Zhang K, Sang J (2011) Precise orbit determination of low earth
orbiters: analysis of orbit errors and quality assessment of receiver oscillators.
Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC), Canberra, September 26-29
(oral)
11. Tseng TP, Hwang C (2012) Geocenter estimation from COSMIC precise
orbits. AOGS, August 13-17, Singapore (oral)
12. Tseng TP, Hugentobler U, Li YS (2012) Quality assessment of receiver clocks
onboard FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and GRACE satellites based on orbit
determination using GPS. sixth FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Data Users’
Workshop, 30 October-1 November, Boulder, Corolado, US (oral)
Project / Research report
1. Hwang C, Lin TJ, Tseng TP (2006-2008) Precise orbit determination and
Earth gravity recovery from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellite mission,
National Space Organization
2. Hwang C, Lin TJ, Tseng TP, Tangdamrongsub N (2008-2010) Precise orbit
determination and analysis of Earth’s gravity field using COSMIC GPS data,
Report of GPS Science and Application Research Center 3-year Program