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A global terrestrial reference frame from simulated VLBI and SLR data in view of GGOS / Susanne Glaser in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017) . - pp 723 - 733 Titre : A global terrestrial reference frame from simulated VLBI and SLR data in view of GGOS Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Susanne Glaser, Auteur ; Rolf König, Auteur ; Dimitrios Ampatzidis, Auteur ; Tobias Nilsson, Auteur ; Robert Heinkelmann, Auteur ; Frank Flechtner, Auteur ; Harald Schuh, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 723 - 733 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] données ITGB [Termes IGN] données TLS (télémétrie) [Termes IGN] Global Geodetic Observing System [Termes IGN] paramètres d'orientation de la Terre [Termes IGN] point de liaison (géodésie) [Termes IGN] repère de référence [Termes IGN] simulation Résumé : (Auteur) In this study, we assess the impact of two combination strategies, namely local ties (LT) and global ties (GT), on the datum realization of Global Terrestrial Reference Frames in view of the Global Geodetic Observing System requiring 1 mm-accuracy. Simulated Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) data over a 7 year time span was used. The LT results show that the geodetic datum can be best transferred if the precision of the LT is at least 1 mm. Investigating different numbers of LT, the lack of co-located sites on the southern hemisphere is evidenced by differences of 9 mm in translation and rotation compared to the solution using all available LT. For the GT, the combination applying all Earth rotation parameters (ERP), such as pole coordinates and UT1-UTC, indicates that the rotation around the Z axis cannot be adequately transferred from VLBI to SLR within the combination. Applying exclusively the pole coordinates as GT, we show that the datum can be transferred with mm-accuracy within the combination. Furthermore, adding artificial stations in Tahiti and Nigeria to the current VLBI network results in an improvement in station positions by 13 and 12%, respectively, and in ERP by 17 and 11%, respectively. Extending to every day VLBI observations leads to 65% better ERP estimates compared to usual twice-weekly VLBI observations. Numéro de notice : A2017-295 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-017-1021-2 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1021-2 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=85330 [article]

Improving the modeling of the atmospheric delay in the data analysis of the Intensive VLBI sessions and the impact on the UT1 estimates / Tobias Nilsson in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017) . - pp 857 - 866 Titre : Improving the modeling of the atmospheric delay in the data analysis of the Intensive VLBI sessions and the impact on the UT1 estimates Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Tobias Nilsson, Auteur ; Benedikt Soja, Auteur ; Kyriakos Balidakis, Auteur ; Maria Karbon, Auteur ; Robert Heinkelmann, Auteur ; Zhiguo Deng, Auteur ; Harald Schuh, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 857 - 866 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] analyse de données [Termes IGN] filtre de Kalman [Termes IGN] gradient de troposphère [Termes IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes IGN] longueur du jour [Termes IGN] modèle atmosphérique [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] temps universel Résumé : (Auteur) The very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) Intensive sessions are typically 1-h and single-baseline VLBI sessions, specifically designed to yield low-latency estimates of UT1-UTC. In this work, we investigate what accuracy is obtained from these sessions and how it can be improved. In particular, we study the modeling of the troposphere in the data analysis. The impact of including external information on the zenith wet delays (ZWD) and tropospheric gradients from GPS or numerical weather prediction models is studied. Additionally, we test estimating tropospheric gradients in the data analysis, which is normally not done. To evaluate the results, we compared the UT1-UTC values from the Intensives to those from simultaneous 24-h VLBI session. Furthermore, we calculated length of day (LOD) estimates using the UT1-UTC values from consecutive Intensives and compared these to the LOD estimated by GPS. We find that there is not much benefit in using external ZWD; however, including external information on the gradients improves the agreement with the reference data. If gradients are estimated in the data analysis, and appropriate constraints are applied, the WRMS difference w.r.t. UT1-UTC from 24-h sessions is reduced by 5% and the WRMS difference w.r.t. the LOD from GPS by up to 12%. The best agreement between Intensives and the reference time series is obtained when using both external gradients from GPS and additionally estimating gradients in the data analysis. Numéro de notice : A2017-298 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-016-0985-7 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-016-0985-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=85333 [article]

The extension of the parametrization of the radio source coordinates in geodetic VLBI and its impact on the time series analysis / Maria Karbon in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017) . - pp 755 - 765 Titre : The extension of the parametrization of the radio source coordinates in geodetic VLBI and its impact on the time series analysis Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Maria Karbon, Auteur ; Robert Heinkelmann, Auteur ; Julian Mora-Diaz, Auteur ; Minghui Xu, Auteur ; Tobias Nilsson, Auteur ; Harald Schuh, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 755 - 765 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] données ITGB [Termes IGN] fonction spline [Termes IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes IGN] paramètres d'orientation de la Terre [Termes IGN] régression multivariée par spline adaptative [Termes IGN] repère de référence céleste [Termes IGN] série temporelle Résumé : (Auteur) The radio sources within the most recent celestial reference frame (CRF) catalog ICRF2 are represented by a single, time-invariant coordinate pair. The datum sources were chosen mainly according to certain statistical properties of their position time series. Yet, such statistics are not applicable unconditionally, and also ambiguous. However, ignoring systematics in the source positions of the datum sources inevitably leads to a degradation of the quality of the frame and, therefore, also of the derived quantities such as the Earth orientation parameters. One possible approach to overcome these deficiencies is to extend the parametrization of the source positions, similarly to what is done for the station positions. We decided to use the multivariate adaptive regression splines algorithm to parametrize the source coordinates. It allows a great deal of automation, by combining recursive partitioning and spline fitting in an optimal way. The algorithm finds the ideal knot positions for the splines and, thus, the best number of polynomial pieces to fit the data autonomously. With that we can correct the ICRF2 a priori coordinates for our analysis and eliminate the systematics in the position estimates. This allows us to introduce also special handling sources into the datum definition, leading to on average 30 % more sources in the datum. We find that not only the CPO can be improved by more than 10 % due to the improved geometry, but also the station positions, especially in the early years of VLBI, can benefit greatly. Numéro de notice : A2017-296 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-016-0954-1 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-016-0954-1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=85331 [article]

On the consistency of the current conventional EOP series and the celestial and terrestrial reference frames / Santiago Belda in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 2 (February 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 2 (February 2017) . - pp 135 - 149 Titre : On the consistency of the current conventional EOP series and the celestial and terrestrial reference frames Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Santiago Belda, Auteur ; Robert Heinkelmann, Auteur ; José M. Ferrándiz,, Auteur ; Tobias Nilsson, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 135 - 149 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes de référence et réseaux [Termes IGN] erreur systématique [Termes IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes IGN] International Earth Rotation Service [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes IGN] orientation de la Terre [Termes IGN] repère de référence céleste [Termes IGN] rotation de la Terre [Termes IGN] série temporelle Résumé : (Auteur) Precise transformation between the celestial reference frames (CRF) and terrestrial reference frames (TRF) is needed for many purposes in Earth and space sciences. According to the Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) recommendations, the accuracy of positions and stability of reference frames should reach 1 mm and 0.1 mm year−1, and thus, the Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) should be estimated with similar accuracy. Different realizations of TRFs, based on the combination of solutions from four different space geodetic techniques, and CRFs, based on a single technique only (VLBI, Very Long Baseline Interferometry), might cause a slow degradation of the consistency among EOP, CRFs, and TRFs (e.g., because of differences in geometry, orientation and scale) and a misalignment of the current conventional EOP series, IERS 08 C04. We empirically assess the consistency among the conventional reference frames and EOP by analyzing the record of VLBI sessions since 1990 with varied settings to reflect the impact of changing frames or other processing strategies on the EOP estimates. Our tests show that the EOP estimates are insensitive to CRF changes, but sensitive to TRF variations and unmodeled geophysical signals at the GGOS level. The differences between the conventional IERS 08 C04 and other EOP series computed with distinct TRF settings exhibit biases and even non-negligible trends in the cases where no differential rotations should appear, e.g., a drift of about 20 μas year−1in ypol when the VLBI-only frame VTRF2008 is used. Likewise, different strategies on station position modeling originate scatters larger than 150 μas in the terrestrial pole coordinates. Numéro de notice : A2017-061 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-016-0944-3 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-016-0944-3 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=84273 [article]

Multi-technique comparison of atmospheric parameters at the DORIS co-location sites during CONT14 / Robert Heinkelmann in Advances in space research, vol 58 n° 12 (15 December 2016)  

Public [article]  inAdvances in space research > vol 58 n° 12 (15 December 2016) . - pp 2758 - 2773 Titre : Multi-technique comparison of atmospheric parameters at the DORIS co-location sites during CONT14 Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Robert Heinkelmann, Auteur ; Pascal Willis , Auteur ; Zhiguo Deng, Auteur ; Galina Dick, Auteur ; Tobias Nilsson, Auteur ; Benedikt Soja, Auteur ; Florian Zus, Auteur ; Jens Wickert, Auteur ; Harald Schuh, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 2758 - 2773 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes de référence et réseaux [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] antenne DORIS [Termes IGN] co-positionnement [Termes IGN] modèle météorologique [Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal [Termes IGN] station permanente Résumé : (auteur) The atmospheric parameters, zenith delays and gradients, obtained by the DORIS, GPS, VLBI, and numerical weather models, ECMWF and NCEP, are compared at five DORIS co-located sites during the 15 days of the CONT14 campaign from 2014-05-06 until 2014-05-20. Further examined are two different solutions of GPS, VLBI and NCEP: for GPS, a network solution comparable to the TIGA reprocessing analysis strategy and a precise point positioning solution, for VLBI, a least squares and a Kalman filtered and smoothed solution, and for NCEP two spatial resolutions, 0.5° and 1.0°, are tested. The different positions of the antenna reference points at co-location sites affect the atmospheric parameters and have to be considered prior to the comparison. We assess and discuss these differences, tropospheric ties, by comparing ray-traced atmospheric parameters obtained at the positions of the various antenna reference points. While ray-traced ZHD and ZWD at the co-located antennas significantly differ, the ray-traced gradients show only very small differences. Weather events can introduce larger disagreement between atmospheric parameters obtained at co-location sites. The various weather model solutions in general agree very well in providing tropospheric ties. The atmospheric parameters are compared using statistical methods, such as the mean difference and standard deviations with repect to a weighted mean value. While GPS and VLBI atmospheric parameters agree very well in general, the DORIS observations are in several cases not dense enough to achieve a comparable level of agreement. The estimated zenith delays from DORIS, however, are competitive with the other space geodetic techniques. If the DORIS observation geometry is insufficient for the estimation of an atmospheric gradient, less than three satellites observed during the definition interval, the DORIS atmospheric parameters degrade and show small quasi-periodic variations that correlate with the number of observations and in particular with the number of satellites. An increase in the DORIS constellation concerning more satellites and in general more observations is very likely to significantly improve the quality of DORIS derived atmospheric parameters. For the first time, we tested a 6 h sampling of the DORIS gradients. Where the observations are sufficiently dense, the increased sampling results in an improvement of the agreement of the DORIS gradients with the other solutions. Numéro de notice : A2016--184 Affiliation des auteurs : LASTIG LAREG+Ext (2012-mi2018) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.asr.2016.09.023 Date de publication en ligne : 29/09/2016 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2016.09.023 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91819 [article]

Determination of a terrestrial reference frame via Kalman filtering of very long baseline interferometry data / Benedikt Soja in Journal of geodesy, vol 90 n° 12 (December 2016)  

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Real-time retrieval of precipitable water vapor from GPS and BeiDou observations / Cuixian Lu in Journal of geodesy, vol 89 n° 9 (september 2015)  

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Earth orientation parameters estimated from VLBI during the CONT11 campaign / Tobias Nilsson in Journal of geodesy, vol 88 n° 5 (May 2014)  

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New VLBI2010 scheduling strategies and implications on the terrestrial reference frames / Jing Sun in Journal of geodesy, vol 88 n° 5 (May 2014)  

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Troposphere delays from space geodetic techniques, water vapor radiometers, and numerical weather models over a series of continuous VLBI campaigns / Kamil Teke in Journal of geodesy, vol 87 n° 10-12 (October - December 2013)  

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Multi-technique comparison of troposphere zenith delays and gradients during CONT08 / Kamil Teke in Journal of geodesy, vol 85 n° 7 (July 2011)  

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