<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Now that the IGS daily repro3 SINEX solution series has been extended up to GPS week 2237 (see <a data-mce-href="https://lists.igs.org/pipermail/igsmail/2023/008325.html" href="https://lists.igs.org/pipermail/igsmail/2023/008325.html">IGSMAIL-8239</a>), updates of the IGS cumulative SINEX solution can resume. A first release of the "new" IGS cumulative solution, consistent with the IGS20/igs20.atx framework and the repro3 standards, is available at:</div><div>* <a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/2253/IGS0OPSSNX_1994002_2023077_00U_SOL.SNX.gz">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/2253/IGS0OPSSNX_1994002_2023077_00U_SOL.SNX.gz</a> (full SINEX file; 3.9 GB)</div><div>* <a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/2253/IGS0OPSSNX_1994002_2023077_00U_CRD.SNX.gz" data-mce-href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/2253/IGS0OPSSNX_1994002_2023077_00U_CRD.SNX.gz">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/2253/IGS0OPSSNX_1994002_2023077_00U_CRD.SNX.gz</a> (SINEX file without covariance matrix)</div><div>It will soon be uploaded to CDDIS.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><div><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">This long-term solution </span>was obtained from a long-term stacking of:</div><div> * the daily IGS repro3 combined SINEX solutions for GPS weeks 730 to 2237 (made consistent with IGS20/igs20.atx - see SINEX file comment section);</div><div> * the daily IGS operational combined SINEX solutions for GPS weeks 2238 to 2253.</div><div> It is aligned in origin, scale and orientation to the IGS20 reference frame.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><div>In this long-term solution, station coordinates are represented by piecewise linear functions of time, i.e., several position+velocity sets valid over successive time intervals. Each set is denoted by a solution number (soln) whose validity period is given in:</div><div><a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/discontinuities/soln.snx">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/discontinuities/soln.snx</a></div><div>This discontinuity list is based on the ITRF2020 discontinuity list, but also covers stations that are not part of ITRF2020, as well as discontinuities that occurred after the end of the ITRF2020 input data.</div><div>The time series analysis conducted to build the new IGS cumulative solution was also the occasion to update the list of discontinuities to be used with the IGS20 reference frame:</div><div><a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/IGS20/soln_IGS20.snx">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/IGS20/soln_IGS20.snx</a></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><div>For stations subject to large earthquakes, post-seismic deformation models in the form of exponential and/or logarithmic functions must be added to the piecewise linear functions given in the IGS cumulative SINEX solution. These models are given in:</div><div><a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/psd/psd_IGS.snx">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/psd/psd_IGS.snx</a></div><div>Details on their application can be found at:</div><div><a href="https://itrf.ign.fr/ftp/pub/itrf/itrf2020/ITRF2020-PSD-model-eqs-IGN.pdf">https://itrf.ign.fr/ftp/pub/itrf/itrf2020/ITRF2020-PSD-model-eqs-IGN.pdf</a></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Residual time series from the long-term stacking made to form the IGS cumulative SINEX solution are available at:</div><div><a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/stacking-res">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/stacking-res</a></div><div>Their format and content is described in:</div><div><a href="ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/README_stacking-res">ftp://igs-rf.ign.fr/pub/README_stacking-res</a></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Note finally that, while the IGS cumulative SINEX solution has historically been upated on a weekly basis, it will now be updated <strong>every 8 weeks</strong> (together with the corresponding discontinuity list and residual time series).</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Paul Rebischung</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>