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Evaluation of the ITRF2008 GPS vertical velocities using satellite antenna z-offsets / Xavier Collilieux in GPS solutions, vol 17 n° 2 (April 2013)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 17 n° 2 (April 2013) . - pp 237 - 246 Titre : Evaluation of the ITRF2008 GPS vertical velocities using satellite antenna z-offsets Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xavier Collilieux , Auteur ; Ralf Schmid, Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : pp 237 - 246 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes de référence et réseaux [Termes IGN] antenne GNSS [Termes IGN] centre de phase [Termes IGN] filtre de Kalman [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame Résumé : (auteur) We develop a method to evaluate the terrestrial reference frame (TRF) scale rate error using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite antenna phase center offset (APCO) parameters and apply it to ITRF2008. We search for the TRF in which z-APCO parameters have the smallest drift. In order to provide realistic error bars for the z-APCO drifts, we pay attention to model periodic variations and auto-correlated noise processes in the z-APCO time series. We will show that the GPS scale rate with respect to a frame is, as a first approximation, proportional to the estimated mean z-APCO trend if that frame is used to constrain station positions. Thus, an ITRF2008 scale rate error between - 0.27 and - 0.06 mm/yr depending on the GPS analysis center can be estimated, which demonstrates the high quality of the newly constructed ITRF2008. We will also demonstrate that the traditional estimates of the GPS scale rate from 7-parameter similarity transformations are consistent with our newly derived GPS scale rates with respect to ITRF2008 within two sigmas. We find using International GNSS Service (IGS) products that the traditional approach is relevant for scale rate determination even if some of the z-APCO values supplied by the IGS were not simultaneously calibrated. As the scale rate is related to the accuracy of vertical velocities, our estimates supply a conservative evaluation that can be used for error budget computation. Numéro de notice : A2013-850 Affiliation des auteurs : LASTIG LAREG+Ext (2012-mi2018) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10291-012-0274-8 Date de publication en ligne : 11/07/2012 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10291-012-0274-8 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=80131 [article]