[IGSREPORT-5179] Wk 0956 G-SINEX Comparisons

AC AC
Wed Aug 5 14:56:36 PDT 1998


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IGS Electronic Report    Wed Aug  5 14:56:36 PDT 1998      Message Number 5179
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Author: AC Coordinator / NRCan GSDivision
Subject: Wk 0956 G-SINEX Comparisons

Comparison of GNAAC Combined SINEX Solutions - Week 0956   
(MAY 3, 1998 - MAY 9, 1998)

Contacts: J. Kouba (kouba at geod.emr.ca)
          D. Hutchison (hutch at geod.emr.ca)
	  R. Ferland (ferland 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 47 ITRF96 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:
   mit0956g.snx at cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov
   jpl0956g.snx at cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov
   ncl0956g.snx at hollwey.ncl.ac.uk  

GNAACs: MIT JPL NCL

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

jpl0956g.snx: BARB    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: BARB    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
ncl0956g.snx: BARB    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
   - Unresolvable. No log file. Antenna parameters not listed in igs.snx.

jpl0956g.snx: INEG    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .130   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: INEG    .080   .000   .001   .079  -.001   .001   .130   .000   .000
   - Unresolvable. No log file.

jpl0956g.snx: MDVO    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .146   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: MDVO    .078   .000  -.003   .074  -.003  -.001   .146   .000   .000
ncl0956g.snx: MDVO    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .146   .000   .000
   - Latest log file indicates L1/L2 offset should be 0.0692 M.
     (Not listed in igs.snx.)

jpl0956g.snx: SUTH    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .119   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: SUTH    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .085   .000   .000
   - Both wrong. Should be L1/L2 offset .110, .128 M., eccentricity .119 M.

mit0956g.snx: FAIR    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .116   .000   .000
ncl0956g.snx: HRAO    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: KOKB    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .093   .000   .000
jpl0956g.snx: MONP    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .119   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: NOUM    .078   .000  -.003   .074  -.003  -.001  -.002  -.005   .006
mit0956g.snx: NYA1    .078   .000   .000   .096   .000   .000   .033   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: SANT    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .093   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: TIDB    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: TROM    .078   .000   .000   .096   .000   .000  2.475   .000   .000
mit0956g.snx: YAR1    .110   .000   .000   .128   .000   .000   .073   .000   .000

 
FILE ncl0963g.snx MISSING THE SITE/GPS_PHASE_CENTER BLOCK.
DEFAULTING TO KNOWN L1/L2 OFFSETS AND ECCENTRICITIES.

ANTENNA PHASE CENTRE CONFLICTS IN FILE jpl0956g.snx                             
(MODEL / SER. NO. / L1 (UNE) / L2 (UNE))
(UNE = Up North East (metres))
   DORNE MARGOLIN B     -----    .078   .000   .000   .096   .000   .000
   DORNE MARGOLIN B     -----    .000   .000   .000   .000   .000   .000
 
SITES AFFECTED BY ABOVE CONFLICTS, NON-FIDUCIAL SITES SUBSEQUENTLY EXCLUDED:
   Stations: NYAL 
 
ANTENNA PHASE CENTRE CONFLICTS IN FILE mit0956g.snx                             
   GALA Multiple Sites       
 
SITES AFFECTED BY ABOVE CONFLICTS, NON-FIDUCIAL SITES SUBSEQUENTLY EXCLUDED:
   Stations: GALA 
 
CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR OUTLIER DETECTION (ITRF96): 99%
OUTLIERS REJECTED (COORD/STATION/GNAACs):
   Lat EISL MIT-JPL   Lat EISL MIT-NCL   Lat SANT MIT-NCL
   Lat AREQ MIT-NCL   Lat OHIG MIT-NCL   Lon SHAO JPL-NCL
   Lon RCM6 MIT-JPL   Lon COCO MIT-JPL   Lon SHAO MIT-NCL
   Lon BOGT MIT-NCL   Lon RCM6 MIT-NCL   Lon FORT MIT-NCL
   Hgt CHAT MIT-JPL   Hgt CHAT MIT-NCL     

65 GLOBAL STATIONS:
   ALBH ALGO ASC1 AUCK BAHR BRMU BRUS CAS1 CRO1 DAV1
   DGAR DRAO FAIR GODE GOLD GRAZ GUAM HARK HOB2 IRKT
   KELY KERG KIRU KIT3 KOKB KOSG KOUR KWJ1 LHAS LPGS
   MAC1 MADR MAG0 MALI MATE MCM4 MDO1 METS MKEA NLIB
   NRC1 NTUS ONSA PERT PETR PIE1 POL2 POTS REYK STJO
   THU1 TIDB TSKB USNO USUD VILL WES2 WHIT WSRT WTZR 
   WUHN YAR1 YELL ZECK ZWEN    

41 FIDUCIAL STATIONS:
   ALGO BRMU DAV1 DRAO FAIR FORT GODE GOLD GRAZ GUAM
   HOB2 IRKT KERG KIT3 KOKB KOSG KOUR KWJ1 LHAS MAC1
   MADR MALI MATE MDO1 NLIB OHIG ONSA PERT PIE1 POTS
   SANT SHAO THU1 TIDB TSKB VILL WES2 WTZR YAR1 YELL
   ZWEN         


AVERAGE COORDINATE RMS USING ITRF96:

             65    GLOBAL  STATIONS         41   FIDUCIAL   STATIONS
        MIT-JPL   MIT-NCL   JPL-NCL MIT-ITRF96 JPL-ITRF96 NCL-ITRF96
           (mm)      (mm)      (mm)       (mm)       (mm)       (mm)
        -------   -------   ------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Lat        1.0       1.2       1.0        4.8        4.9        5.1 
Lon        0.8       1.2       0.9        6.6        6.9        6.4 
Hgt        3.3       3.4       2.3       10.8       10.1       10.1 
3D         3.6       3.8       2.6       13.6       13.1       13.0


VARIANCE FACTORS WITH ITRF96 (CHI-SQUARE / (DEGREES OF FREEDOM)):

        65    GLOBAL  STATIONS         41   FIDUCIAL   STATIONS
   JPL-NCL   MIT-JPL   MIT-NCL MIT-ITRF96 JPL-ITRF96 NCL-ITRF96
   -------   -------   ------- ---------- ---------- ----------
     0.087     0.555     0.396      3.628      4.008      2.480

OFFSETS AND SCALE FACTOR WRT ITRF96 (FIDUCIAL STATIONS):
(TRANSFORMATION FROM ITRF96 TO GNAAC SINEX FILES)

      Tx (mm) STD(mm) Ty (mm) STD(mm) Tz (mm) STD(mm) Scale (ppb) STD(ppb)
      ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----------- --------
JPL      -4.5     2.9    23.9     3.0   -35.8     4.7        -0.4      0.1
MIT      -7.9     2.1    17.0     2.2   -40.0     3.5        -0.6      0.1
NCL      -2.8     3.0    19.2     3.2   -18.8     4.6        -0.3      0.2

REMARKS:

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

STATION / GNAAC / HEIGHT DIFFERENCE (mm.):
   TROM JPL -122.4

THE FOLLOWING ITRF96 FIDUCIAL STATIONS ARE MISSING FROM mit0956g.snx :
   Stations: BRAZ MASP

THE FOLLOWING ITRF96 FIDUCIAL STATIONS ARE MISSING FROM jpl0956g.snx :
   Stations: BRAZ

THE FOLLOWING ITRF96 FIDUCIAL STATIONS ARE MISSING FROM ncl0956g.snx :
   Stations: BRAZ HART MASP


IERS DOMES NO    JPL    MIT    NCL
============= ====== ====== ======
    42202M005 AREQ A AREQ A AREQ A
              ARE1 A              
    42005M001 GALA A GALA A GALA A
              GAL1 A GALA B       
    40451M123 GODE A GODE A GODE A
    40451S003 USNO A        USNO A
    40405S031 GOL2 A GOLD A GOLD A
              GOLD A GOL2 A       
              GOL1 A              
    30302M007 HARK A HART B HARK A
              HART A              
              HAR1 A              
    30302M004 HRAO A        HRAO A
    13407S012 MAD2 A MADR A MADR A
              MADR A              
    31303M002 MAS1 A              
              MASP A              
    31303M001        MAS1 A       
    12309M002 MDVO A        MDVO A
    12309M001        MDVO A       
    10317M003 NYA1 A NYA1 A NYA1 A
    10317M001 NYAL A NYAL A NYAL A
    40499S020 RCM6 A RICH A RCM6 A
              RICH A              
    50103M108 TID2 A TIDB A TIDB A
              TIDB A TID2 A       
    10302M006 TRO1 A TRO1 A       
    10302M003 TROM A TROM A TROM A
    12353M001 YAKA A              
              YAKZ A              
    50107M004 YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A
              YAR2 A              
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT JPL:
-----------------------------
  BAKO A  BISH A  ELAT A  INEG A  KATZ A  RIOG A  TELA A
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT MIT:
-----------------------------
  MAD2 A  SFER A  ASC1 A  HOFN A  LPGS A  CRO1 A  SCH2 A  RIOG A  NRC1 A  SOL1 A
  USNA A  USNO A  AOML A  RCM6 A  CHUR A  DUBO A  FLIN A  INEG A  PRDS A  CASA A
  WILL A  WSLR A  NANO A  UCLU A  HOLB A  WHIT A  MKEA A  KWJ1 A  NOUM A  PETR A
  MAG0 A  YAKA A  YAKZ A  SUWN A  WUHN A  BAKO A  NTUS A  COCO A  KSTU A  SELE A
  BISH A  DGAR A  BAHR A  NSSP A  ZECK A  KATZ A  ELAT A  TELA A  NICO A  HARK A
  HRAO A  SOFI A  NOTO A  MEDI A  HFLK A  OBER A  CAGL A  WSRT A  TOUL A  EBRE A



IERS DOMES NO    COD    NRC    ESA    GFZ    JPL    NOA    SIO
============= ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======
    12309M002 MDVO A                      MDVO A              
    12309M001                                           MDVO A
    31303M002 MASP A MASP B MASP B MAS1 A MAS1 A MASP B       
    31303M001                                           MASP A
    42005M001 GALA A               GALA A        GALA B       
    10302M006 TROM A               TRO1 A                     
    10302M003               TROM A               TROM A TROM A
    10317M003 NYAL A               NYA1 A                     
    10317M001        NYAL A NYAL A        NYA1 A NYAL A NYAL A
    40405S031 GOLD A GOLD A GOLD A GOL2 A GOL2 A GOLD B GOLD A
    40451S003 USNO A USNO A USNO A                            
    40451M123 GODE A                             GODE A GODE A
    40499S020 RICH A RCM6 A        RCM6 A        RCM6 A       
    42202M005 AREQ A AREQ B AREQ B AREQ A AREQ A AREQ B AREQ A
    50103M108 TIDB A TIDB A TIDB A TID2 A TID2 A TIDB A TIDB A
    50107M004 YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR2 A YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A
    30302M004 HRAO A        HRAO A                            
    30302M007 HART A HART B HART B HARK A        HART B       
    30302M002        HART B               HARK A              
                                          HRAO A              
    13407S012               MADR A        MAD2 A MADR A MADR A
    22601M001               NTUS A NTUS A NTUS A              
    22601M002                                    NTUS A       
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT GFZ:
-----------------------------
  BISH A  RIOG A
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT JPL:
-----------------------------
  ASC1 A  BAHR A  CASA A  COCO A  DGAR A  SUTH A  KWJ1 A  MAG0 A  MEDI A  MKEA A
  NOTO A  NOUM A  PETR A  LPGS A  GALA A  ZECK A  USNO A  YAKA A
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT SIO:
-----------------------------
  MAD2 A  SFER A  ASC1 A  HOFN A  LPGS A  CRO1 A  SCH2 A  NRC1 A  SOL1 A  USNA A
  USNO A  AOML A  RCM6 A  CHUR A  DUBO A  FLIN A  INEG A  PRDS A  WILL A  WSLR A
  NANO A  UCLU A  HOLB A  WHIT A  MKEA A  KWJ1 A  NOUM A  PETR A  MAG0 A  YAKA A
  YAKZ A  SUWN A  WUHN A  BAKO A  NTUS A  COCO A  KSTU A  SELE A  DGAR A  BAHR A
  NSSP A  ZECK A  KATZ A  ELAT A  TELA A  NICO A  HARK A  HRAO A  SOFI A  NOTO A
  MEDI A  HFLK A  OBER A  CAGL A  WSRT A  TOUL A  EBRE A

-- 
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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