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Observable quality assessment of broadband very long baseline interferometry system / Ming H. Xu in Journal of geodesy, vol 95 n° 5 (May 2021)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 95 n° 5 (May 2021) . - n° 51 Titre : Observable quality assessment of broadband very long baseline interferometry system Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ming H. Xu, Auteur ; James M. Anderson, Auteur ; Robert Heinkelmann, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 51 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] données VGOS [Termes IGN] erreur moyenne quadratique [Termes IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes IGN] pondération [Termes IGN] propagation ionosphérique [Termes IGN] retard ionosphèrique [Termes IGN] teneur totale en électrons Résumé : (auteur) The next-generation, broadband geodetic very long baseline interferometry system, named VGOS, is developing its global network, and VGOS networks with a small size of 3–7 stations have already made broadband observations from 2017 to 2019. We made quality assessments for two kinds of observables in the 21 VGOS sessions currently available: group delay and differential total electron content (δTEC). Our study reveals that the random measurement noise of VGOS group delays is at the level of less than 2 ps (1ps=10−12 s), while the contributions from systematic error sources, mainly source structure related, are at the level of 20 ps. Due to the significant improvement in measurement noise, source structure effects with relatively small magnitudes that are not overwhelming in the S/X VLBI system, for instance 10 ps, are clearly visible in VGOS observations. Another critical error source in VGOS observations is discrete delay jumps, for instance, a systematic offset of about 310 ps or integer multiples of that. The predominant causative factor is found to be related to source structure. The measurement noise level of δTEC observables is about 0.07 TECU, but the systematic effects are five times larger than that. A strong correlation between group delay and δTEC observables is discovered with a trend of 40 ps/TECU for observations with large structure effects; there is a second trend in the range 60–70 ps/TECU when the measurement noise is dominant. Numéro de notice : A2021-346 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-021-01496-7 Date de publication en ligne : 13/04/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-021-01496-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97590 [article]

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 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 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 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]

vol 91 n° 7 - July 2017 - VLBI (Bulletin de Journal of geodesy) / Zinovy Malkin  

Public [n° ou bulletin]  Titre : vol 91 n° 7 - July 2017 - VLBI Type de document : Périodique Auteurs : Zinovy Malkin, Éditeur scientifique ; Thomas Artz, Éditeur scientifique ; Johannes Böhm, Éditeur scientifique ; Robert Heinkelmann, Éditeur scientifique Année de publication : 2017 Langues : Anglais (eng) Numéro de notice : sans Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Nature : Numéro de périodique En ligne : http://link.springer.com/journal/190/91/7/page/1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Sommaire Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=bulletin_display&id=28368 [n° ou bulletin]

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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)  
• 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)  
• 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)  
• VLBI observations of GNSS-satellites : from scheduling to analysis / Lucia Plank in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 7 (July 2017)  

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)  

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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)  

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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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Combination of different space-geodetic observations for regional ionosphere modeling / D. Dettmering in Journal of geodesy, vol 85 n° 12 (December 2011)  

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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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VLBI-derived troposphere parameters during CONT08 / Robert Heinkelmann in Journal of geodesy, vol 85 n° 7 (July 2011)  

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