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Modeling the VLBI delay for Earth satellites / Frédéric Jaron in Journal of geodesy, vol 93 n°7 (July 2019)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 93 n°7 (July 2019) . - pp 953 - 961 Titre : Modeling the VLBI delay for Earth satellites Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Frédéric Jaron, Auteur ; Axel Nothnagel, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Article en page(s) : pp 953 - 961 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] E-GRASP [Termes descripteurs IGN] Geodetic Reference Antenna in Space [Termes descripteurs IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes descripteurs IGN] point de liaison (géodésie) [Termes descripteurs IGN] poursuite de satellite [Termes descripteurs IGN] propagation du signal [Termes descripteurs IGN] retard troposphérique [Termes descripteurs IGN] système international de référence céleste Résumé : (auteur) Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of satellites orbiting the Earth and emitting an artificial radio signal have the potential of becoming an important technique for improving the frame ties between celestial and terrestrial reference frames. Modeling the delay of the signal reception at one station with respect to the other station of a baseline is a fundamental step for correlation and parameter estimation. The near-field VLBI delay models developed so far include numerical computation, which may become expensive in terms of computation time. This applies especially when partial derivatives are to be computed, which is the normal case for least squares adjustments. Furthermore, all the models are formulated in the barycentric celestial reference system requiring large numbers. Here we present an analytical expression for the VLBI delay for the special case of satellites orbiting the Earth, observed by ground-based radio telescopes. We analytically solve the light time equation for each signal propagation path from the source to receiver one and to receiver two under the simplification of linearizing the trajectory of the satellite. By approximating the motion of the Earth as uniform during the short signal travel times we are able to work in the geocentric celestial reference system. We investigate differences between numerical and analytical solutions by simulating VLBI observations of Earth satellites. These tests reveal that delays computed with the analytical formula are consistent with those computed with the numerical solution below the detection level of VLBI but at less computational cost. Numéro de notice : A2019-354 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-018-1217-0 date de publication en ligne : 20/11/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1217-0 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=93408 [article]

Least-squares cross-wavelet analysis and its applications in geophysical time series / Ebrahim Ghaderpour in Journal of geodesy, vol 92 n° 10 (October 2018)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 92 n° 10 (October 2018) . - pp 1223 - 1236 Titre : Least-squares cross-wavelet analysis and its applications in geophysical time series Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ebrahim Ghaderpour, Auteur ; Elmas Sinem Ince, Auteur ; Spiros D. Pagiatakis, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 1223 - 1236 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie physique [Termes descripteurs IGN] champ de pesanteur terrestre [Termes descripteurs IGN] données GOCE [Termes descripteurs IGN] données ITGB [Termes descripteurs IGN] gradient de gravitation [Termes descripteurs IGN] matrice de covariance [Termes descripteurs IGN] méthode des moindres carrés [Termes descripteurs IGN] série temporelle [Termes descripteurs IGN] transformation en ondelettes Résumé : (Auteur) The least-squares wavelet analysis, an alternative to the classical wavelet analysis, was introduced in order to analyze unequally spaced and non-stationary time series exhibiting components with variable amplitude and frequency over time. There are a few methods such as cross-wavelet transform and wavelet coherence that can analyze two time series together. However, these methods cannot generally be used to analyze unequally spaced and non-stationary time series with associated covariance matrices that may have trends and/or datum shifts. A new method of analyzing two time series together, namely the least-squares cross-wavelet analysis, is developed and applied to study the disturbances in the gravitational gradients observed by GOCE satellite that arise from plasma flow in the ionosphere represented by Poynting flux. The proposed method also shows its outstanding performance on the Westford–Wettzell very long baseline interferometry baseline length and temperature series. Numéro de notice : A2018-462 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-018-1156-9 date de publication en ligne : 26/05/2018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1156-9 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91061 [article]

Geodetic VLBI with an artificial radio source on the Moon : a simulation study / Grzegorz Klopotek in Journal of geodesy, vol 92 n° 5 (May 2018)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 92 n° 5 (May 2018) . - pp 457 – 469 Titre : Geodetic VLBI with an artificial radio source on the Moon : a simulation study Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Grzegorz Klopotek, Auteur ; Thomas Hobiger, Auteur ; Rüdiger Haas, Auteur Année de publication : 2018 Article en page(s) : pp 457 – 469 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] C++ [Termes descripteurs IGN] émetteur [Termes descripteurs IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes descripteurs IGN] Lune [Termes descripteurs IGN] méthode de Monte-Carlo [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes descripteurs IGN] modèle stochastique [Termes descripteurs IGN] simulation Résumé : (Auteur) We perform extensive simulations in order to assess the accuracy with which the position of a radio transmitter on the surface of the Moon can be determined by geodetic VLBI. We study how the quality and quantity of geodetic VLBI observations influence these position estimates and investigate how observations of such near-field objects affect classical geodetic parameters like VLBI station coordinates and Earth rotation parameters. Our studies are based on today’s global geodetic VLBI schedules as well as on those designed for the next-generation geodetic VLBI system. We use Monte Carlo simulations including realistic stochastic models of troposphere, station clocks, and observational noise. Our results indicate that it is possible to position a radio transmitter on the Moon using today’s geodetic VLBI with a two-dimensional horizontal accuracy of better than one meter. Moreover, we show that the next-generation geodetic VLBI has the potential to improve the two-dimensional accuracy to better than 5 cm. Thus, our results lay the base for novel observing concepts to improve both lunar research and geodetic VLBI. Numéro de notice : A2018-149 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s00190-017-1072-4 date de publication en ligne : 27/10/2017 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1072-4 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89760 [article]

Basic Earth's Parameters as estimated from VLBI observations / Ping Zhu in Geodesy and Geodynamics, vol 8 n° 6 (November 2017)  

Public [article]  inGeodesy and Geodynamics > vol 8 n° 6 (November 2017) . - pp 427 - 432 Titre : Basic Earth's Parameters as estimated from VLBI observations Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ping Zhu, Auteur ; Attilio Rivoldini, Auteur ; Laurence Koot, Auteur ; Véronique Dehant, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 427 - 432 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie physique [Termes descripteurs IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes descripteurs IGN] données ITGB [Termes descripteurs IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes descripteurs IGN] nutation [Termes descripteurs IGN] série temporelle Résumé : (auteur) The global Very Long Baseline Interferometry observation for measuring the Earth rotation's parameters was launched around 1970s. Since then the precision of the measurements is continuously improving by taking into account various instrumental and environmental effects. The MHB2000 nutation model was introduced in 2002, which is constructed based on a revised nutation series derived from 20 years VLBI observations (1980–1999). In this work, we firstly estimated the amplitudes of all nutation terms from the IERS-EOP-C04 VLBI global solutions w.r.t. IAU1980, then we further inferred the BEPs (Basic Earth's Parameters) by fitting the major nutation terms. Meanwhile, the BEPs were obtained from the same nutation time series using a BI (Bayesian Inversion). The corrections to the precession rate and the estimated BEPs are in an agreement, independent of which methods have been applied. Numéro de notice : A2017-790 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.geog.2017.04.007 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geog.2017.04.007 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89053 [article]

Application of ray-traced tropospheric slant delays to geodetic VLBI analysis / Armin Hofmeister in Journal of geodesy, vol 91 n° 8 (August 2017)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 91 n° 8 (August 2017) . - pp 945–964 Titre : Application of ray-traced tropospheric slant delays to geodetic VLBI analysis Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Armin Hofmeister, Auteur ; Johannes Böhm, Auteur Année de publication : 2017 Article en page(s) : pp 945–964 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale [Termes descripteurs IGN] données ITGB [Termes descripteurs IGN] données météorologiques [Termes descripteurs IGN] interférométrie à très grande base [Termes descripteurs IGN] lancer de rayons [Termes descripteurs IGN] retard troposphérique Résumé : (auteur) The correction of tropospheric influences via so-called path delays is critical for the analysis of observations from space geodetic techniques like the very long baseline interferometry (VLBI). In standard VLBI analysis, the a priori slant path delays are determined using the concept of zenith delays, mapping functions and gradients. The a priori use of ray-traced delays, i.e., tropospheric slant path delays determined with the technique of ray-tracing through the meteorological data of numerical weather models (NWM), serves as an alternative way of correcting the influences of the troposphere on the VLBI observations within the analysis. In the presented research, the application of ray-traced delays to the VLBI analysis of sessions in a time span of 16.5 years is investigated. Ray-traced delays have been determined with program RADIATE (see Hofmeister in Ph.D. thesis, Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, Technische Universität Wien. http://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubtuw:1-3444, 2016) utilizing meteorological data provided by NWM of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). In comparison with a standard VLBI analysis, which includes the tropospheric gradient estimation, the application of the ray-traced delays to an analysis, which uses the same parameterization except for the a priori slant path delay handling and the used wet mapping factors for the zenith wet delay (ZWD) estimation, improves the baseline length repeatability (BLR) at 55.9% of the baselines at sub-mm level. If no tropospheric gradients are estimated within the compared analyses, 90.6% of all baselines benefit from the application of the ray-traced delays, which leads to an average improvement of the BLR of 1 mm. The effects of the ray-traced delays on the terrestrial reference frame are also investigated. A separate assessment of the RADIATE ray-traced delays is carried out by comparison to the ray-traced delays from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA GSFC) (Eriksson and MacMillan in http://lacerta.gsfc.nasa.gov/tropodelays, 2016) with respect to the analysis performances in terms of BLR results. If tropospheric gradient estimation is included in the analysis, 51.3% of the baselines benefit from the RADIATE ray-traced delays at sub-mm difference level. If no tropospheric gradients are estimated within the analysis, the RADIATE ray-traced delays deliver a better BLR at 63% of the baselines compared to the NASA GSFC ray-traced delays. Numéro de notice : A2017-461 Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1000-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=86405 [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)  

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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)  

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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)  

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Statistical atmospheric parameter retrieval largely benefits from spatial–spectral image compression / Joaquín García-Sobrino in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 55 n° 4 (April 2017)  

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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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IERS annual report 2015 / Wolfgang R. Dick (2017)  

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Complex demodulation in monitoring earth rotation by VLBI: testing the algorithm by analysis of long periodic EOP components / Agata Wielgosz in Artificial satellites, vol 51 n° 4 (December 2016)  

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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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GNSS interferometric radio occultation / Manuel Martín-Neira in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 54 n° 9 (September 2016)  

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Direction-of-arrival estimation of VHF signals recorded on the international space station and simultaneous observations of optical lightning / Hiroshi Kikuchi in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 54 n° 7 (July 2016)  

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