[IGSREPORT-4126] Wk 0917 G-SINEX Comparisons

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Fri Sep 12 14:03:46 PDT 1997


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IGS Electronic Report    Fri Sep 12 14:03:46 PDT 1997      Message Number 4126
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Author: AC Coordinator / NRCan GSDivision
Subject: Wk 0917 G-SINEX Comparisons

Subject: Wk 0917 G-SINEX Comparisons

Comparison of GNAAC Combined SINEX Solutions - Week 0917   
(AUG 3, 1997 - AUG 9, 1997)

Contacts: J. Kouba (kouba at geod.emr.ca)
          D. Hutchison(hutch at geod.emr.ca)

COMPARISON ALGORITHM:

   1. MIT and NCL GNAAC  combined  SINEX  solutions  for the week in question
      were deconstrained. The JPL SINEX file is already unconstrained.

   2. Any stations  not  present  in  all GNAAC combined SINEX files were de-
      leted  from all three combined solutions.  Every solution was then sub-
      jected to a 7-parameter transformation  into  a common reference system
      (the 13 ITRF94 station positions). 

   3. Outliers are determined at the 99.0% confidence level for each coordin-
      ate.  If a station  has  an outlier in either latitude,  longitude,  or
      height, it is ignored in all subsequent computations.


FILES COMPARED:
   mit0917g.snx at cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov
   jpl0917g.snx at cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov
   ncl0917g.snx at cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov

GNAACs: MIT JPL NCL

STATIONS WITH INCONSISTENT ANTENNA ECCENTRICITY INFORMATION:
(FILE: / STATION / L1 (UNE) / L2 (UNE) / ECCENTRICITY (UNE))
(UNE = Up North East (metres))

jpl0917g.snx: BISH    .075   .002  -.001   .069  -.001   .002   .046   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: BISH    .078   .000  -.003   .074  -.003  -.001   .046   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: HARK    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000  9.754   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: HARK    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000  9.802   .000   .000
ncl0917g.snx: HARK    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000  9.803   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: HBRK    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: HBRK    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000  -.009   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: SELE    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: SELE    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .089   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: TAEJ    .075   .002  -.001   .069  -.001   .002   .660   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: TAEJ    .075   .002  -.001   .069  -.001   .002   .660   .000   .000
ncl0917g.snx: TAEJ    .078   .000  -.003   .074  -.003  -.001   .660   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: USUD    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000  -.035   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: USUD    .078   .000   .000   .096   .000   .000  -.035   .000   .000
ncl0917g.snx: USUD    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000  -.035   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: YAR1    .078   .000   .000   .096   .000   .000   .073   .000   .000
jpl0917g.snx: ZIMM    .069   .000   .000   .068   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
mit0917g.snx: ZIMM    .078   .000  -.003   .074  -.003  -.001   .000   .000   .000

 
ANTENNA PHASE CENTRE CONFLICTS IN FILE mit0917g.snx                             
   AREQ Multiple Sites      
   YAR1 Multiple Sites      
   COCO Multiple Sites      
   BAHR Multiple Sites      
   MDVO Multiple Sites      
 
SITES AFFECTED BY ABOVE CONFLICTS, NON-FIDUCIAL SITES SUBSEQUENTLY EXCLUDED:
   Stations: AREQ YAR1 COCO BAHR MDVO 
 
ANTENNA PHASE CENTRE CONFLICTS IN FILE ncl0917g.snx                             
   AUCK Missing Antenna      
   CHAT Missing Antenna      
   DGAR Missing Antenna      
   KWJ1 Missing Antenna      
   MKEA Missing Antenna      
   XIAN Missing Antenna      
 
SITES AFFECTED BY ABOVE CONFLICTS, NON-FIDUCIAL SITES SUBSEQUENTLY EXCLUDED:
   Stations: AUCK CHAT DGAR KWJ1 MKEA XIAN 

CONFIDENCE  LEVEL  FOR OUTLIER DETECTION: 99%
OUTLIERS REJECTED (COORD/STATION/GNAACs):
   Lat FORT MIT-JPL   Lon KOUR MIT-JPL   Hgt FORT JPL-NCL
   Hgt CRO1 JPL-NCL   Hgt CRO1 MIT-JPL   Hgt MCM4 MIT-JPL
   Hgt FORT MIT-JPL   Hgt MCM4 MIT-NCL   Hgt CRO1 MIT-NCL

44 GLOBAL STATIONS:
   ALBH ALGO ANKR BRAZ BRMU CAS1 DAV1 DRAO FAIR GOLD
   GUAM HOB2 IISC IRKT KERG KIT3 KOKB KOSG MAC1 MALI
   MATE MDO1 METS NLIB NYAL ONSA PERT POTS RCM6 REYK
   SANT SHAO STJO TAIW THU1 TIDB TSKB WES2 WHIT WTZR
   WUHN YAR1 YELL ZWEN      

10 FIDUCIAL STATIONS:
   ALGO FAIR GOLD KOKB KOSG SANT TIDB WTZR YAR1 YELL


AVERAGE COORDINATE RMS:

             44    GLOBAL  STATIONS         10   FIDUCIAL   STATIONS
        MIT-JPL   MIT-NCL   JPL-NCL MIT-ITRF94 JPL-ITRF94 NCL-ITRF94
           (mm)      (mm)      (mm)       (mm)       (mm)       (mm)
        -------   -------   ------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Lat        1.3       1.0       1.1        5.6        5.5        6.2 
Lon        1.8       1.8       1.0        7.9        8.2        8.0 
Hgt        4.3       4.6       4.9        7.8        8.7        8.9 
3D         4.9       5.0       5.1       12.4       13.1       13.5


VARIANCE FACTORS (CHI-SQUARE / (DEGREES OF FREEDOM)):

        44    GLOBAL  STATIONS         10   FIDUCIAL   STATIONS
   JPL-NCL   MIT-JPL   MIT-NCL MIT-ITRF94 JPL-ITRF94 NCL-ITRF94
   -------   -------   ------- ---------- ---------- ----------
     0.365     0.746     0.342      1.185      1.144      1.100

OFFSETS AND SCALE FACTOR WRT ITRF94 (FIDUCIAL STATIONS):
(TRANSFORMATION FROM ITRF94 TO GNAAC SINEX FILES)

      Tx (mm) STD(mm) Ty (mm) STD(mm) Tz (mm) STD(mm) Scale (ppb) STD(ppb)
      ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----------- --------
JPL      -0.5     4.0    23.7     4.2   -39.4     5.7        -1.4      0.4
MIT      -1.2     2.9    25.2     3.0   -41.7     3.6        -1.3      0.4
NCL       5.8     4.7    31.1     5.0   -26.0     6.5        -1.3      0.4

REMARKS:

THE FOLLOWING FIDUCIAL STATIONS ARE MISSING FROM mit0917g.snx :
   Stations: HART TROM

THE FOLLOWING FIDUCIAL STATIONS ARE MISSING FROM jpl0917g.snx :
   Stations: TROM

THE FOLLOWING FIDUCIAL STATIONS ARE MISSING FROM ncl0917g.snx :
   Stations: HART TROM

MADR WAS NOT USED IN GLOBAL COMPARISON DUE TO LARGE COORDINATE DIFFERENCES
WITH ITRF94, DESCRIBED BELOW:

STATION / GNAAC / LONGITUDE DIFFERENCE (mm.):
   MADR JPL -30.5
        MIT -28.9
        NCL -31.3


-- 
David Hutchison
Geodetic Survey of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Internet: hutch at geod.emr.ca


[Mailed From: David Hutchison <hutch at geod.emr.ca>]



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