[IGSREPORT-7722] Wk 1087 GPS Earth Orientation

[Dennis McCarthy]

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IGS Electronic Report   09 Nov 11:23:34 PST 2000      Message Number 7722
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Author: IERS Sub-bureau for Rapid Service and Predictions

Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date:  9 Nov 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.    51854.80    17               -.006                .044

SPbU Int.    51850.80    22               -.004                .038

NEOS VLBI    51835.25     5   -.25   .01   .000    .15   .12   .003

IAA VLBI     51835.25     5    .09   .04   .003    .06   .19   .004

CSR SLR      51854.48    11   -.07   .10  -.019*   .47   .45   .150*

TUD SLR      51849.00    10    .29   .12           .36   .42

IAA SLR      51855.00    30   -.11  -.14           .19   .21

MCC SLR      51850.00    30    .10  -.40           .11   .13

UTX LLR      51840.21     6               -.001                .098

IGS Final    51838.50    30    .01   .00           .05   .03

IGS Rapid    51857.50    19   -.01   .00           .06   .04

             51857.50     2               -.014*               .005*

USNO GPS     51856.75    32               -.002*               .015*

* 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          51851.5  30    .16   .20  -8.10  -.004    .05   .08    .06   .013

ESA          51845.5  30    .01   .34         -.036    .11   .12          .019

EMR          51845.5  30    .03   .13 -25.30  -.023    .13   .10    .22   .017

GFZ          51852.5  30   -.06   .28   -.02  -.009    .10   .08    .09   .020

JPL          51845.5  30   -.01   .20 -20.33   .003    .09   .08    .03   .019

NGS          51849.5  30    .00   .19         -.053    .18   .16          .052

SIO          51845.5  30    .00   .19         -.019    .09   .08          .016

USN (Rapid)  51856.5  29    .12   .37         -.035    .13   .17          .022

USNO GPS UT  51856.5  30                1.70                        .03

IGS Final    51838.5  30    .02   .24    .00  -.007    .07   .05    .01   .018

IGS Rapid    51856.5  30    .02   .20    .02  -.004    .09   .08    .09   .024

* 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   51683.   30    .03  -.03  -.012           .03   .05   .038

97C04        51683.   30    .03  -.03  -.008           .03   .05   .037


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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