[IGSREPORT-6794] Wk 1043 GPS Earth Orientation

[Dennis McCarthy]

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IGS Electronic Report   06 Jan 12:08:59 PST 2000      Message Number 6794
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Author: IERS Sub-bureau for Rapid Service and Predictions

Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date:  6 Jan 00


In this report, individual Earth orientation time series are compared
to the IERS Bulletin A combination.  For further information, including
the raw time series, refer to http://maia.usno.navy.mil/bulletin-a.html.

The first table below shows some comparison results for those series
included in Bulletin A during the last 30 days.  All data are aligned to
the system defined by ITRF94 and the current ICRF by removing a priori mean
bias, rate, annual and semiannual terms.  (No corrections are applied to 
the NEOS VLBI and the NEOS Intensives series for UT1-UTC.)

Units: milliseconds of arc for x, y; milliseconds of time for UT1-UTC

Contributor   Latest      #         Mean          Standard Deviation
Series         Day               (series-BullA)
                                x     y  UT1-UTC    x     y  UT1-UTC

NEOS Int.    51543.61    18               -.007                .026

SPbU Int.    51535.63    20                .004                .029

NEOS VLBI    51534.25     5   -.04   .04  -.003    .05   .15   .007

IAA VLBI     51534.25     5   -.04   .06   .006    .09   .15   .003

CSR SLR      51534.38    10   -.27  -.07   .012*   .34   .34   .098*

TUD SLR      51543.00    10   -.85  -.54           .40   .52

IAA SLR      51534.00    30   -.18  -.07           .21   .16

MCC SLR      51534.00    30   -.06   .01           .22   .12

UTX LLR      51515.28     2                .269                .271

IGS Final    51530.50    30    .01   .00           .04   .02

IGS Rapid    51548.50    18    .00  -.01           .06   .06

             51548.50     5                .009*               .013*

USNO GPS     51548.50    30               -.004*               .013*

EMR GPS      51532.50     6                .001*               .024*

* All satellite techniques provide information on the rate of change of
  Universal Time contaminated by effects due to unmodelled orbit node
  motion.  VLBI-based results have been used to minimize drifts in UT
  estimates.


The following tables show comparisons for other related time series during
the last 30 days.  All IGS series are final solutions except for the USNO
series.  No a priori systematic corrections have been applied.

Units: milliseconds of arc for x, y; milliseconds of time for UT, LOD 

IGS           Latest   #              Mean                Standard Deviation
Series         Day               (series-BullA)
                             x     y     UT*    LOD*    x     y      UT*   LOD*

COD          51543.5  30    .12   .06  -4.38   .009    .06   .07    .11   .019

ESA          51537.5  30    .09   .33         -.011    .15   .13          .025

EMR          51537.5  30   -.13   .34 -17.82  -.014    .16   .10    .11   .033

GFZ          51537.5  30    .04   .21   -.02  -.012    .09   .09    .15   .026

JPL          51530.5  30    .02   .26 -17.56   .017    .10   .06    .18   .027

NGS          51537.5  30   -.17   .34          .095    .27   .28          .058

SIO          51537.5  30    .03   .23          .015    .08   .09          .022

USN (Rapid)  51548.5  29    .03   .20         -.001    .13   .12          .030

USNO GPS UT  51548.5  30                1.57                        .03

IGS Final    51530.5  30    .05   .23    .00   .002    .07   .04    .01   .019

IGS Rapid    51548.5  30    .04   .21   -.01   .000    .12   .08    .05   .023

* All satellite techniques provide information on the rate of change of
  Universal Time contaminated by effects due to unmodelled orbit node
  motion.  The UT results for COD and JPL are integrations of LOD estimates.
  EMR estimates UT and LOD separately by applying a priori orbit constraints.
  GFZ and IGS use VLBI-based results to minimize drifts in their UT estimates
  and thus the standard deviations are not representative of the intrinsic
  capabilities of GPS alone for monitoring UT variations.  USNO estimates
  UT using long-term models for orbit plane rotations.


IERS Central Bureau Series:

Series       Latest    #          Mean                Standard Deviation
              Day            (series-BullA)
                             x     y  UT1-UTC           x     y  UT1-UTC

Bulletin B   51514.   30    .02   .01   .001           .04   .05   .015

97C04        51546.   30    .00   .02   .054           .08   .08   .090


Plots of the residuals are available at http://maia.usno.navy.mil/plots.html.
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Dennis D. McCarthy                       dmc at maia.usno.navy.mil
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