[IGSREPORT-8843] Wk 1143 Earth Orientation

[Dennis McCarthy]

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IGS Electronic Report   06 Dec 12:35:28 PST 2001      Message Number 8843
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Author: IERS Rapid Service/Prediction Center
Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date:  6 Dec 01


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 the ITRF and the ICRF reference frames by removing
a priori mean bias and rate.

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

SPbU Int.    52243.79    15               0.006               0.013

GSFC Int.    52246.79    14               0.001               0.011

IAA VLBI     52234.25     5  -0.04  0.03 -0.001   0.16  0.12  0.005

GSFC VLBI    52234.25     6  -0.15  0.00 -0.002   0.14  0.05  0.004

CSR SLR      52246.94    11   0.08 -0.18 -0.008*  0.35  0.40  0.084*

TUD SLR      52242.00    10  -0.03  0.41          0.21  0.42

IAA SLR      52247.00    30  -0.21  0.03          0.19  0.18

MCC SLR      52242.00    30   0.00 -0.25          0.17  0.11

IGS Final    52230.50    30   0.00  0.00          0.01  0.03

IGS Rapid    52249.50    19   0.01  0.00          0.04  0.07

             52249.50     2              -0.015*              0.022*

USNO GPS     52248.75    32               0.003*              0.020*

EMR GPS      52245.50    19               0.005*              0.020*

* 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          52244.5  30   0.18  0.22 -11.04  0.019   0.12  0.08   0.17  0.021

ESA          52237.5  30  -0.02  0.30        -0.024   0.10  0.08         0.023

EMR          52237.5  30  -0.08  0.11 -13.53 -0.032   0.13  0.11   0.37  0.020

GFZ          52244.5  30  -0.01  0.13  -0.02 -0.013   0.08  0.07   0.02  0.027

JPL          52237.5  30  -0.03  0.25 -16.28 -0.038   0.08  0.08   0.40  0.037

NGS          52244.5  30  -0.19  0.02        -0.057   0.24  0.27         0.070

SIO          52237.5  30  -0.10  0.27         0.005   0.06  0.06         0.024

USN (Rapid)  52245.5  30  -0.08  0.32        -0.024   0.14  0.16         0.020

USNO GPS UT  52248.5  30                0.70                       0.03

IGS Final    52230.5  30   0.01  0.18   0.00  0.007   0.03  0.03   0.02  0.021

IGS Rapid    52247.5  30  -0.01  0.21  -0.02  0.003   0.07  0.09   0.06  0.021

* 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 Earth Orientation Center Series:

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

Bulletin B   52184.   30   0.02  0.01  0.002          0.04  0.04  0.019

97C04        52249.   30  -0.01  0.05  0.018          0.06  0.08  0.033


Plots of the residuals are available at http://maia.usno.navy.mil/plots.html.
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Orientation Department at the U.S. Naval Observatory.
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Dennis D. McCarthy                       dmc at maia.usno.navy.mil
Director, Directorate of Time            phone: (202) 762-1837
U.S. Naval Observatory                   fax: (202) 762-1563
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