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Quality assessment of GPS reprocessed terrestrial reference frame / Xavier Collilieux in GPS solutions, vol 15 n° 3 (July 2011)  

Public [article]  inGPS solutions > vol 15 n° 3 (July 2011) . - pp 219 - 231 Titre : Quality assessment of GPS reprocessed terrestrial reference frame Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Xavier Collilieux , Auteur ; Laurent Métivier , Auteur ; Zuheir Altamimi , Auteur ; Tonie M. van Dam, Auteur ; Jim Ray, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp 219 - 231 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Systèmes de référence et réseaux [Termes IGN] International Terrestrial Reference Frame [Termes IGN] qualité des données Résumé : (auteur) The International GNSS Service (IGS) contributes to the construction of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) by submitting time series of station positions and Earth Rotation Parameters (ERP). For the first time, its submission to the ITRF2008 construction is based on a combination of entirely reprocessed GPS solutions delivered by 11 Analysis Centers (ACs). We analyze the IGS submission and four of the individual AC contributions in terms of the GNSS frame origin and scale, station position repeatability and time series seasonal variations. We show here that the GPS Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF) origin is consistent with Satellite laser Ranging (SLR) at the centimeter level with a drift lower than 1 mm/year. Although the scale drift compared to Very Long baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and SLR mean scale is smaller than 0.4 mm/year, we think that it would be premature to use that information in the ITRF scale definition due to its strong dependence on the GPS satellite and ground antenna phase center variations. The new position time series also show a better repeatability compared to past IGS combined products and their annual variations are shown to be more consistent with loading models. The comparison of GPS station positions and velocities to those of VLBI via local ties in co-located sites demonstrates that the IGS reprocessed solution submitted to the ITRF2008 is more reliable and precise than any of the past submissions. However, we show that some of the remaining inconsistencies between GPS and VLBI positioning may be caused by uncalibrated GNSS radomes. Numéro de notice : A2011-598 Affiliation des auteurs : LAREG+Ext (1991-2011) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10291-010-0184-6 Date de publication en ligne : 16/09/2010 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-010-0184-6 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91644 [article]