[IGSREPORT-6494] Wk 1022 Preliminary IGS SINEX Combination

R. R.
Wed Sep 29 12:54:30 PDT 1999


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IGS Electronic Report    Wed Sep 29 12:54:30 PDT 1999      Message Number 6494
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Author: R. Ferland , D. Hutchison
Subject: Wk 1022 Preliminary IGS SINEX Combination

===================================================================
 Combined AC  solution for GPS week 1022 -  99/08/08 to 99/08/14
===================================================================

1) Contacts:
============
e-mail: ferland at geod.nrcan.gc.ca
Tel:    (613)995-4002 (Remi Ferland)
Fax:    (613)995-3215

2) Products:
============
All products are available at cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov

igs99P1022.snx  Combined weekly solution. 
igs99P1022.erp  Daily Earth Rotation Parameters.
IGS99P32.snx    Cumulative Combined solution. 
igs99P1022.sum  This file.
igs99P1022.itr  Residuals between the AC and the ITRF97 for the RF stations.
igs99P1022.res  Residuals between the AC and the Combined Weekly solution.
IGS99P32.res    Residuals between the AC and the Cumulative Combined solution.
 
Where IGSyyPww & igsyyPwwww represent:
      yy      Last 2 digits of the year
      ww      week in year yy
      wwww    GPS week
      P       GPS technique used
 

3) Combination Strategy:
========================

       The AC solutions are processed using the following procedure:

3-1) The AC solutions are checked/corrected for possible format problems,
     station names inconsistencies, etc...
3-2) The AC solutions are unconstrained according to the information provided
     in the SOLUTION/APRIORI Block.
3-3) The AC solutions are aligned (using a 7-parameters) and compared to the
     ITRF97 Reference Frame (RF) stations at the current epoch.
     ftp://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/igscb/station/coord/ITRF97_IGS_RS51.SNX.Z
3-4) The AC are compared to ITRF, to each other, to the previous week
     solution and to the cumulative solution in order to identify and remove
     outliers.
3-5) The weekly AC solutions are combined and added to the cumulative
     combined solution. The cumulative combination is done to ensures 14
     parameters singularity.

     The weekly combined solution is aligned to the ITRF97 of the current
     epoch using a 7-parameters transformation. The singular cumulative
     combined solution is aligned to the ITRF97 of the reference epoch
     using a 14-parameters transformation and the 51 ITRF station positions
     and velocities.

     For more details, see:
     Blewitt, G., C. Boucher and J. Kouba, 1997, Procedure for ITRF continuous
       realization, the report of the IGS GB, presented to the IGS Governing 
       Board Meeting held in San Francisco, Dec. 11.
     Kouba, J., J. Ray and M.M. Watkins, IGS Reference Frame Realization, 1998
       IGS Analysis Center Workshop Proceedings, European Space Operations
       Centre, Darmstadt, Germany.

The combination software was developed at NRCan.

4) Remarks:
===========

     igs = igs99P1022.snx
     IGS = IGS99P32.snx

     JPL = jpl1022g.snx
     jpl = jpl10227.snx

     JPL mit ncl are used to quality control the weekly combination.
     emr gfz ngs sio excluded from the geocenter estimation (Sec. 5-4).

     Starting with week 1021 the solutions are aligned to ITRF97.
     A combined weekly and cumulative solutions were also aligned to
ITEF96 using 47 stations.  The transformation parameters were determined
between the ITRF96 and ITRF97 aligned solutions. All the common stations
were used without the covarinace information. The results were compared
to the official IGS(ITRF96) to IGS(ITRF97) transformations (See: ITRF96/97
IGS product changes, Message 2432).

igs99P1022.snx(ITRF96) to igs99P1022.snx(ITRF97) (epoch 1999/08/11) :
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Parameter   Estimated  Official    Difference
Rx (mas)      0.146      0.159      -0.013
Ry (mas)     -0.268     -0.263      -0.005
Rz (mas)     -0.053     -0.060       0.007
Tx (m)        0.0002     0.0003     -0.0001
Ty (m)        0.0002     0.0005     -0.0003
Tz (m)       -0.0149    -0.0148     -0.0002
Scl (ppb)     1.51       1.44        0.07

IGS99P32.snx(ITRF96) to IGS99P32.snx(ITRF97) (epoch 1998/01/01) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Parameter   Estimated  Official    Difference
Rx (mas)      0.128      0.138      -0.010
Ry (mas)     -0.244     -0.239      -0.004
Rz (mas)     -0.056     -0.065       0.009
Tx (m)        0.0012     0.0014     -0.0002
Ty (m)        0.0001     0.0003     -0.0003
Tz (m)       -0.0118    -0.0117     -0.0001
Scl (ppb)     1.04       1.13       -0.08
dRx (mas/y)   0.007      0.013      -0.006
dRy (mas/y)  -0.015     -0.015       0.000
dRz (mas/y)   0.005      0.003       0.002
dTx (m/y)    -0.0009    -0.0007     -0.0002
dTy (m/y)     0.0001     0.0001      0.0000
dTz (m/y)    -0.0020    -0.0019     -0.0001
dScl (ppb/y)  0.19       0.19       -0.01
                     
	Note, the differences are all well within the transformation 
parameters standard deviation (IGS Message 2432).

5) Results:
===========

5-1)      AC (Variance Factor)^0.5 estimates:
==================================================
           The residuals used in the estimation of the Variance Factor
           are the differences between the cumulative combined solution
           and each AC weekly solution.
           SF = (Variance Factor)^0.5 = (Chi^2/dof)^0.5
           Final(SF) = Apriori(SF) * Aposteriori(SF)

Solution       |# sta| #RF |    Apriori(SF)|Aposteriori(SF)|      Final(SF)|
---------------|-----|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
cod            | 115 |  43 |        33.401 |         1.000 |        33.412 |
emr            |  44 |  31 |         8.293 |         1.002 |         8.313 |
esa            |  55 |  38 |        19.118 |         1.000 |        19.118 |
gfz            |  72 |  41 |        17.912 |         1.000 |        17.921 |
jpl            |  58 |  28 |         4.352 |         1.001 |         4.354 |
ngs            |  75 |  48 |        36.888 |         1.000 |        36.892 |
sio            | 128 |  44 |         2.468 |         1.000 |         2.468 |
JPL            | 141 |  49 |         2.152 |         1.001 |         2.153 |
mit            | 152 |  46 |         4.854 |         0.945 |         4.588 |
ncl            |  90 |  47 |         2.591 |         1.000 |         2.592 |
---------------|-----|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|

5-2)      Solution Residuals weighted Average & R.M.S. :
========================================================

5-2-1)    With respect to ITRF97 Reference Frame stations:
=========================================================

Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |        R.M.S. (mm)        |
               |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
cod            |     1.7      0.6      1.6 |     3.0      3.4     11.6 |
emr            |    -2.6      2.1     -0.3 |    15.6     11.6     23.1 |
esa            |    -6.2     -0.4      1.5 |     9.4     13.0     23.8 |
gfz            |     1.9     -0.3      0.6 |     3.9      4.4     12.1 |
jpl            |     0.7     -0.1      0.5 |     4.3      4.8     11.3 |
ngs            |    -1.7      0.7      1.5 |     5.3      5.1     12.8 |
sio            |    -2.2     -0.9     -0.5 |     4.7      6.9     13.6 |
JPL            |     1.0     -0.1      1.1 |     3.2      3.9     10.5 |
mit            |     0.8     -0.1      0.4 |     2.8      3.5      7.5 |
ncl            |     0.5      0.0      0.0 |     2.5      3.0      4.9 |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

5-2-2)    With respect to Weekly Combination:
============================================

Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |        R.M.S. (mm)        |
               |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
cod            |     0.4      0.9      0.3 |     2.0      2.9     11.4 |
emr            |    -4.1      0.5     -1.0 |    13.4     12.8     18.5 |
esa            |    -7.6     -0.4      1.7 |    12.7     17.9     19.6 |
gfz            |     0.6     -0.1     -1.0 |     1.6      1.3      5.0 |
jpl            |    -0.4     -0.4     -0.6 |     2.4      3.5      6.0 |
ngs            |    -2.8      0.7      1.5 |     5.8      5.8     13.1 |
sio            |    -4.1     -0.9     -1.1 |     4.9      5.4      9.1 |
JPL            |     0.0      0.1      1.6 |     1.2      0.9      6.9 |
mit            |    -0.5      0.1      1.2 |     1.6      1.1      6.3 |
ncl            |    -0.9      0.1      0.7 |     1.8      1.3      6.8 |
ITR            |    -1.2      0.3     -0.5 |     3.4      4.1     10.6 |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

5-2-3)    With respect to Cumulative Combination:
================================================

Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |        R.M.S. (mm)        |
               |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
cod            |     0.8      1.2     -2.3 |     3.3      3.2     14.2 |
emr            |    -3.0      0.4     -3.0 |    13.8     13.3     18.5 |
esa            |    -6.3     -0.6      0.1 |    12.3     17.8     21.6 |
gfz            |     2.0     -0.4     -2.0 |     3.2      2.6      9.2 |
jpl            |     0.9     -0.8     -2.7 |     4.3      4.2     11.4 |
ngs            |    -1.7      0.5     -0.9 |     6.8      6.6     14.3 |
sio            |    -3.4     -1.1     -3.5 |     5.5      6.8     12.9 |
JPL            |     0.8      0.1     -0.3 |     3.3      2.9     11.0 |
mit            |     0.1      0.1     -0.9 |     3.7      3.1     10.8 |
ncl            |     0.2      0.0     -1.1 |     2.6      2.2      8.6 |
igs            |     0.9     -0.1     -2.0 |     3.3      2.8      9.5 |
ITR            |     0.5      0.2     -1.1 |     2.7      3.1      9.7 |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

5-3)      7-Parameters Transformation: AC ----> ITRF97_IGS_RS51.snx
======================================================================

5-3-1)    Estimates : 
=====================

Solution       |    R X      R Y      R Z      T X      T Y      T Z      SCL  |
               |   (mas)    (mas)    (mas)     (mm)     (mm)     (mm)    (ppb) |
---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
cod            |   0.000    0.017   -0.043      5.7     -8.0     22.1     2.26 |
emr            |  -0.256    0.014   -0.070      2.1    -47.8    131.7    -0.64 |
esa            |   0.326   -0.315   -0.152     -5.0      7.2      1.9     0.40 |
gfz            |   0.004    0.011   -0.006     -0.2      0.4     -0.7     0.56 |
jpl            |   0.033   -0.042   -0.021      3.4     -0.3    -19.3     2.04 |
ngs            |  -0.009    0.190    0.062     -9.8      4.3     42.6     1.37 |
sio            |  -0.536    0.173    0.310     -3.9    -22.5    109.8     1.28 |
JPL            |  -0.006   -0.036    0.093     -0.0      0.1     -2.7     1.16 |
mit            |  -0.022   -0.036    0.004      0.0     -0.6     -2.7     1.02 |
ncl            |  -0.010   -0.004    0.016     -0.5     -0.4     -1.1     0.41 |
---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|

5-3-2)    Sigmas : 
==================

Solution       |    R X      R Y      R Z      T X      T Y      T Z      SCL  |
               |   (mas)    (mas)    (mas)     (mm)     (mm)     (mm)    (ppb) |
---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
cod            |   0.061    0.063    0.069      1.6      1.6      1.6     0.25 |
emr            |   0.070    0.072    0.083      1.9      1.9      1.9     0.29 |
esa            |   0.066    0.064    0.072      1.7      1.7      1.7     0.26 |
gfz            |   0.062    0.063    0.069      1.6      1.6      1.6     0.25 |
jpl            |   0.077    0.075    0.082      2.0      2.0      2.0     0.31 |
ngs            |   0.058    0.059    0.065      1.5      1.5      1.5     0.24 |
sio            |   0.061    0.062    0.067      1.6      1.6      1.6     0.25 |
JPL            |   0.057    0.059    0.064      1.5      1.5      1.5     0.23 |
mit            |   0.060    0.060    0.068      1.6      1.6      1.5     0.24 |
ncl            |   0.058    0.060    0.064      1.5      1.5      1.5     0.24 |
---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|

5-4)      Geocenter:
====================

               |      X        Y        Z  |    s X      s Y      s Z  |
               |    (mm)     (mm)     (mm) |    (mm)     (mm)     (mm) |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
igs            |     1.1     -4.3    -11.0 |     5.9      5.9      7.5 |
---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|

5-5)      ERP Residuals Weighted Average & R.M.S. :
===================================================

5-5-1)    Weighted Average :
============================

Solution       |      UT       LOD       XPO      XPOR       YPO      YPOR  |
               |      us        us    .01mas    .01ma/d   .01mas    .01ma/d |
---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
cod            |     ---       -5.5      -8.0      -1.1     -11.3       -.4 |
emr            |     ---       16.7      -4.8      81.9      21.9     -12.8 |
esa            |     ---        3.0      16.1      -3.2     -55.4       -.6 |
gfz            |     ---        2.7       3.5       2.8       3.4        .7 |
jpl            |     ---       18.5      -2.8      21.6      -1.5     -22.5 |
ngs            |     ---      -60.5     -30.8     -60.6      16.4    -109.9 |
sio            |     ---      -18.8      -3.2       -.9      11.0      -4.2 |
JPL            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
mit            |     ---       -2.0     -25.5       -.1     -27.1        .8 |
ncl            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
ITR            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|

5-5-2)    R.M.S. :
==================

Solution       |      UT       LOD       XPO      XPOR       YPO      YPOR  |
               |      us        us    .01mas    .01ma/d   .01mas    .01ma/d |
---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
cod            |     ---        6.8      10.2       8.9      11.7       9.5 |
emr            |     ---       29.9      15.1      90.6      24.6      39.7 |
esa            |     ---       43.2      20.8      33.2      57.9      66.5 |
gfz            |     ---       10.4       3.8       5.9       4.1       8.3 |
jpl            |     ---       24.9       7.3      33.5       4.1      23.9 |
ngs            |     ---      120.8      31.1      89.9      18.5     131.9 |
sio            |     ---       22.4       6.4      18.0      11.6       9.2 |
JPL            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
mit            |     ---        6.0      25.4       3.8      27.2       3.7 |
ncl            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
ITR            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|

5-6)      Outliers:
===================

Threshold set at 5 sigmas

 Solution             Solution           |  Station   |    N       E       U  |
              Minus                      |code id soln|   (mm)    (mm)    (mm)|
-----------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
                                         |            |                       |
esa10227.snx         jpl10227.snx        |MADR  A ----|   50.6   -45.5     1.1|
                                         |            |                       |
esa10227.snx         JPL1022g.snx        |MADR  A ----|   42.3   -39.8    10.0|
                                         |            |                       |
IGS99P31.snx         sio10227.snx        |MADR  A ----|   17.8   -22.3     7.5|
                                         |            |                       |
IGS99P31.snx         JPL1022g.snx        |YAKA  A ----|  -17.7    10.1   -26.6|
                                         |            |                       |
IGS99P31.snx         mit1022g.snx        |MADR  A ----|   18.0   -22.8     0.3|
                                         |            |                       |
IGS99P31.snx         ncl1022g.snx        |YAKA  A ----|  -19.9    10.3   -22.3|
                                         |            |                       |
IGS99P31.snx         igs99P1022.snx      |MADR  A ----|   23.0   -25.6     6.6|
IGS99P31.snx         igs99P1022.snx      |YAKA  A ----|  -16.3    10.7   -23.4|
-----------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|

5-7)      Conflicts:
====================

IERS DOMES NO    COD    NRC    ESA    GFZ    JPL    NOA    SIO
============= ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======
    50107M004 YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A
                                   YAR2 A 
    12309M002 MDVO A        MDVO B                      MDVO A
    40405S031 GOL2 A GOLD A GOL2 A GOL2 A GOL2 A GOLD B GOL2 A
    50103M108 TID2 A TIDB A TIDB A TID2 A TID2 A TIDB A TID2 A
    30302M007 HARK A        HARK B HARK A        HART B 
    42202M005 AREQ A AREQ B AREQ A AREQ A        AREQ B AREQ A
    22306M002               IISC B IISC A IISC A IISC B IISC A
    13407S012               MADR A        MAD2 A MADR A MAD2 A
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT GFZ:
-----------------------------
  BISH A
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT SIO:
-----------------------------
  GILB A  KABR A

IERS DOMES NO    JPL    MIT    NCL
============= ====== ====== ======
    40405S031 GOL2 A GOLD A GOL2 A
              GOLD A GOL2 A 
    30302M007        HARK A 
                     HARK B 
    13407S012 MAD2 A MAD2 A 
              MADR A MADR A 
    12309M002 MDVO A
    12309M001        MDVO A 
    50103M108 TID2 A TIDB A TID2 A
              TIDB A TID2 A TIDB A
    50107M004 YAR1 A YAR1 A YAR1 A
                     YAR2 A 
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT JPL:
-----------------------------
  INEG A
 
MISSING IERS DOMES NOS AT MIT:
-----------------------------
  BISH A  GILB A  KABR A

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