[IGSREPORT-8103] Wk 1106 GPS Earth Orientation

[Dennis McCarthy]

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IGS Electronic Report   22 Mar 10:34:24 PST 2001      Message Number 8103
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Author: IERS Rapid Service/Prediction Center
Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date: 22 Mar 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 by ITRF94 and the current ICRF by removing a priori mean
bias, rate, annual and semiannual terms.

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.    51882.80    12               -.009                .014

SPbU Int.    51984.80    17                .000                .025

GSFC Int.    51984.80    14                .009                .020

NEOS VLBI    51863.25     4   -.23   .11   .006    .10   .13   .008

IAA VLBI     51968.25     5   -.05   .15  -.003    .06   .08   .002

GSFC VLBI    51954.25     5    .03   .09   .000    .13   .06   .004

CSR SLR      51980.67    11   -.13   .15  -.163*   .56   .77   .123*

TUD SLR      51984.00    10    .17   .42           .31   .42

IAA SLR      51988.00    30   -.07  -.05           .20   .19

MCC SLR      51983.00    30    .06   .02           .18   .22

UTX LLR      51867.16     5                .010                .225

IGS Final    51971.50    30    .00  -.02           .05   .04

IGS Rapid    51990.50    19    .01  -.01           .06   .04

             51990.50     5               -.002*               .005*

USNO GPS     51989.75    32               -.003*               .015*

EMR GPS      51989.50    22               -.010*               .045*

* 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          51985.5  30   -.03   .26  -8.50   .013    .12   .11    .13   .013

ESA          51978.5  30   -.01   .30         -.050    .11   .09          .023

EMR          51978.5  30    .06   .14 -20.07  -.030    .09   .13    .38   .026

GFZ          51978.5  30    .00   .30   3.08  -.022    .09   .08   3.22   .028

JPL          51985.5  30    .07   .31 -18.61  -.028    .10   .07    .32   .032

NGS          51985.5  30   -.15   .15         -.020    .16   .20          .049

SIO          51978.5  30   -.01   .31          .019    .08   .07          .025

USN (Rapid)  51988.5  30    .09   .28         -.053    .15   .15          .028

USNO GPS UT  51989.5  30                -.04                        .04

IGS Final    51971.5  30    .01   .23    .00  -.003    .06   .05    .02   .021

IGS Rapid    51988.5  30    .03   .21   -.01   .000    .11   .08    .07   .026

* 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   51944.   30    .01   .03   .002           .04   .04   .024

97C04        51990.   30    .04   .09  -.004           .07   .05   .019


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