[IGSREPORT-19771] Wk 1634 IGS SINEX Combination

igs-rf at ign.fr igs-rf at ign.fr
Thu May 19 02:43:21 PDT 2011


 Authors: B. Garayt, P. Rebischung
 
 ================================================================================
  Combination of AC solutions for GPS week 1634 - 11/05/01 to 11/05/07
 ================================================================================
 
 1) Contacts:
 ============
 e-mail: igs-rf at ign.fr
 Tel:    0033143988197 (Bruno Garayt)
 Fax:    0033143988450
 
 2) Products:
 ============
 Products are available at:
   CDDIS: ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gps/products
   SOPAC: ftp://garner.ucsd.edu/pub/products
   ENSG:  ftp://igs.ensg.eu/pub/igs/products
   IGN:   ftp://igs.ign.fr/pub/igs/products
 
 igs11P1634.snx  Combined weekly solution
 igs11P1634.erp  Daily Earth Rotation Parameters
 igs11P1634.sum  This file
 igs11P1634.itr  Residuals between AC solutions and IGS08 for the RF stations
 igs11P1634.res  Residuals between AC solutions and combined weekly solution
 
 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 name inconsistencies, etc...
 3-2) Constrained AC solutions are unconstrained according to the information
      given in their SOLUTION/APRIORI blocks and then minimally constrained.
      AC solutions given in the form of a normal matrix are inverted by adding
      minimal constraints.
 3-4) The weekly AC solutions are combined. The 7-parameter singularity is
      avoided by using internal constraints. Iterations are performed until no
      residuals exceed 2 cm or 5 sigma.
 3-5) The combined solution is compared to IGS08 propagated at current week
      (datum). Some outliers may be removed from the datum. Finally, the
      combined solution is aligned to the datum using a 7-parameter
      transformation estimated using the IGS08 core network.
 3-6) The AC solutions NOT used in the combination are compared to the combined
      solution in order to identify and remove outliers.
 
 4) Remarks:
 ===========
 
      mit = mit16347.snx
      mig = mit1634g.snx
 
      ITR = IGS08.snx
      igs = igs11P1634.snx (weekly combined solution)
      IGS = IGS11P18.snx   (cumulative solution)
 
      The following solutions are not used in the combination but only for
      comparison:
      jpl mig ncl
 
      Solutions with manual station deletion:
          grg  NOVM
          mit  VBCA
          sio  FLIN OUSD
 
 5) Results:
 ============
 
 5-1)      AC (Variance Factor)^0.5 estimates:
 =============================================
      At each iteration, the variance factor for solution s is estimated by :
      VF = (vs'*Ps*vs)/fs   with fs = nobss - tr(As*Q*As'*Ps)
                                 vs : residuals of solution s
                                 Ps : weight matrix of solution s
                                 nobss : number of observations of solution s
                                 As : design matrix of solution s
                                 Q : total covariance matrix
      This variance factor is used to rescale the covariance matrix of solution s
      for the next iteration.
 
 Solution       |# sta| #RF |#core|   Final VF    |
 ---------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------|
 cod            | 247 | 107 |  55 |         8.755 |
 emr            |  80 |  54 |  40 |         2.202 |
 esa            | 143 |  63 |  44 |         2.341 |
 gfz            | 193 | 105 |  56 |         6.074 |
 grg            | 134 |  87 |  55 |         4.183 |
 mit            | 253 | 123 |  58 |         0.918 |
 ngs            | 225 | 113 |  57 |        16.732 |
 sio            | 288 | 133 |  55 |         0.944 |
 jpl            | 119 |  63 |  50 |        ------ |
 mig            | 464 | 146 |  59 |        ------ |
 ncl            | 209 | 122 |  58 |        ------ |
 igs            | 424 | 146 |  59 |        ------ |
 ---------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------|
 
 5-2)      Solution Residuals weighted Average & STD:
 ====================================================
 
 5-2-1)    With respect to the IGS08 stations:
 =============================================
 
 Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |          STD (mm)         |
                |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 cod        107 |    -0.5      0.0     -0.3 |     2.4      2.5      7.7 |
 emr         54 |    -0.9      0.0     -0.1 |     2.2      2.3      6.2 |
 esa         63 |    -0.6     -0.1      0.0 |     3.3      2.5      8.4 |
 gfz        105 |    -0.6      0.0      0.0 |     2.5      2.3      7.3 |
 grg         87 |    -0.5      0.0     -0.1 |     3.2      2.7      6.9 |
 mit        123 |    -0.9      0.0     -0.0 |     2.4      2.7      6.8 |
 ngs        113 |    -0.9      0.1      0.2 |     3.0      2.7      7.3 |
 sio        133 |    -1.0      0.1      0.4 |     2.5      2.6      7.1 |
 jpl         63 |    -0.7     -0.0     -0.3 |     2.2      3.3      7.8 |
 mig        146 |    -1.1      0.1     -0.0 |     2.5      2.5      6.5 |
 ncl        122 |    -1.2      0.0     -0.1 |     3.8      4.5      7.0 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 5-2-2)    With respect to the Weekly Combination:
 =================================================
 
 Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |          STD (mm)         |
                |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 cod        241 |     0.2     -0.0     -0.1 |     0.8      0.8      3.0 |
 emr         80 |     0.2     -0.0     -0.1 |     1.7      1.0      3.9 |
 esa        141 |     0.5     -0.0     -0.0 |     2.1      1.4      4.1 |
 gfz        192 |     0.2     -0.0     -0.0 |     0.6      0.7      2.4 |
 grg        129 |     0.6     -0.1      0.0 |     2.2      1.7      4.7 |
 mit        248 |    -0.0      0.0     -0.0 |     0.7      0.7      2.0 |
 ngs        219 |     0.2      0.1     -0.0 |     1.5      1.5      3.9 |
 sio        281 |    -0.6      0.1      0.2 |     1.9      0.9      3.4 |
 jpl        105 |     0.3     -0.0     -0.2 |     1.7      2.8      5.7 |
 mig        414 |    -0.4      0.0     -0.0 |     0.3      0.5      1.4 |
 ncl        208 |    -0.2      0.0     -0.0 |     2.9      3.4      2.8 |
 ITR        146 |     0.6     -0.1     -0.1 |     2.4      2.5      6.1 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 5-2-3)    With respect to the Cumulative Combination:
 =====================================================
 
 Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |          STD (mm)         |
                |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 cod        226 |    -0.0      0.0     -0.3 |     1.9      1.8      6.3 |
 emr         80 |    -0.7      0.1     -0.1 |     2.2      1.7      5.4 |
 esa        132 |     0.1      0.0     -0.1 |     3.1      2.0      7.0 |
 gfz        187 |    -0.3      0.0     -0.1 |     2.0      1.8      5.6 |
 grg        129 |     0.2      0.0      0.0 |     3.3      2.2      6.7 |
 mit        248 |    -0.5      0.0      0.1 |     1.9      2.0      5.9 |
 ngs        218 |    -0.3      0.1     -0.0 |     2.4      1.9      6.5 |
 sio        273 |    -1.2      0.1      0.4 |     2.4      2.1      6.4 |
 jpl        106 |    -0.3      0.1     -0.1 |     2.5      3.3      6.8 |
 mig        393 |    -0.7      0.1      0.0 |     2.1      2.0      5.3 |
 ncl        205 |    -0.7      0.1     -0.1 |     3.7      3.7      6.1 |
 igs        399 |    -0.4      0.0      0.0 |     2.0      1.9      5.1 |
 ITR        181 |     0.1     -0.1      0.0 |     1.9      2.2      3.6 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 5-3)      7-Parameters Transformation: AC ----> IGS08
 =====================================================
      These transformation parameters are estimated using the IGS08 core stations
      available in the AC solutions.
 
 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            |  -0.029   -0.017   -0.001     -1.0      0.4     -0.1     0.32 |
 emr            |   0.004    0.013    0.025     -1.1      3.0     11.5     0.55 |
 esa            |  -0.022    0.014    0.066      0.9     -4.2     17.0     0.32 |
 gfz            |  -0.014    0.039    0.012     -3.4      0.3     -1.0     0.40 |
 grg            |  -0.010    0.023   -0.037      4.3     -4.0     25.5     0.29 |
 mit            |  -0.011    0.003   -0.016      3.5     -6.5     14.4     0.40 |
 ngs            |  -0.039   -0.015    0.016      5.6     -9.1      7.4     0.42 |
 sio            |   0.011   -0.019   -0.034      1.1      1.3      6.8     0.49 |
 jpl            |   0.023   -0.051    0.047     -1.1     -2.0     11.1    -0.63 |
 mig            |  -0.012    0.007   -0.013      0.6     -0.7      1.5     0.35 |
 ncl            |   0.017   -0.029    0.011     -1.4      0.7     -0.6     0.41 |
 igs            |   0.000    0.000    0.000      0.0      0.0      0.0     0.40 |
 ---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 5-3-2)    STD:
 ==============
 
 Solution       |    R X      R Y      R Z      T X      T Y      T Z      SCL  |
                |   (mas)    (mas)    (mas)     (mm)     (mm)     (mm)    (ppb) |
 ---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 cod            |   0.029    0.032    0.033      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 emr            |   0.024    0.026    0.030      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.10 |
 esa            |   0.035    0.037    0.042      0.9      0.9      0.9     0.15 |
 gfz            |   0.026    0.028    0.029      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 grg            |   0.025    0.027    0.029      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 mit            |   0.026    0.028    0.029      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 ngs            |   0.027    0.029    0.031      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 sio            |   0.028    0.029    0.032      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.12 |
 jpl            |   0.031    0.032    0.038      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.13 |
 mig            |   0.025    0.027    0.028      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.10 |
 ncl            |   0.029    0.032    0.034      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 igs            |   0.000    0.000    0.000      0.0      0.0      0.0     0.08 |
 ---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 5-4)      Geocenter:
 ====================
 
                |      X        Y        Z  |    s X      s Y      s Z  |
                |    (mm)     (mm)     (mm) |    (mm)     (mm)     (mm) |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 igs            |     2.4     -2.9     13.0 |     0.4      0.4      0.6 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 5-5)      ERP Residuals Weighted Average & STD:
 ===============================================
 
 5-5-1)    Weighted Average:
 ===========================
 
 Solution       |      UT       LOD       XPO      XPOR       YPO      YPOR  |
                |      us        us    .01mas    .01ma/d   .01mas    .01ma/d |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 cod            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 emr            |     ---      -17.5      -0.8       6.6       3.2       2.2 |
 esa            |     ---        2.8      -0.7      -5.3       1.0      24.3 |
 gfz            |     ---       -4.2      -0.6      10.8      -0.7       1.2 |
 grg            |     ---        ---      -1.3      12.4      -2.7      -7.5 |
 mit            |     ---        1.5       1.1      -9.8      -1.2       0.5 |
 ngs            |     ---        0.5      -1.7       0.2      -1.8       0.1 |
 sio            |     ---       -7.2      -0.9      -3.8       3.8     -14.0 |
 jpl            |     ---       -3.5      -0.6       7.9      -1.0       5.8 |
 mig            |     ---       19.2      -2.0       0.9       1.7     -15.3 |
 ncl            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 BuA            |     ---       -9.7      -2.5       9.7      -0.0      -5.6 |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 5-5-2)    STD:
 ==============
 
 Solution       |      UT       LOD       XPO      XPOR       YPO      YPOR  |
                |      us        us    .01mas    .01ma/d   .01mas    .01ma/d |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 cod            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 emr            |     ---        4.3       2.1      17.2       2.3       6.5 |
 esa            |     ---        4.5       1.6       6.2       1.6       8.8 |
 gfz            |     ---       18.5       1.4       8.4       1.4       4.5 |
 grg            |     ---        ---       4.4      19.2       2.3      11.8 |
 mit            |     ---        2.3       0.9       3.3       1.1       3.9 |
 ngs            |     ---        7.0       3.3      11.2       3.9      13.1 |
 sio            |     ---        4.7       1.3       6.9       1.5       6.8 |
 jpl            |     ---        8.2       2.3      13.5       0.8      12.9 |
 mig            |     ---        3.2       1.1       6.6       1.3       6.3 |
 ncl            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 BuA            |     ---       15.7       4.8       4.9       3.8      10.1 |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 5-6)      Satellite Antenna Offset Residuals weighted Average & STD:
 ====================================================================
      No Satellite phase center ... 
 
 5-7)      Outliers:
 ===================
      Outliers may be rejected at different stages of the processing:
        - During the combination (stage 3-4)), outliers may be removed from the
          weekly AC solutions. Thresholds are set to 2 cm and 5 sigma.
        - During stage 3-6), outliers may be removed from the AC solutions NOT
          included in the combination. Thresholds are set to 2 cm and 5 sigma.
        - During the stacking of the weekly combined solution on the cumulative
          solution (stage 3-7)), outliers may be removed from the weekly
          solution. Thresholds are set to 3 cm and 8 sigma.
 
 Solution         Stage of rejection      |  Station   |    N       E       U  |
                                          |code id soln|   (mm)    (mm)    (mm)|
 -----------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
                                          |            |                       |
 grg16347.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |POTS  A    3|    9.8     3.6     0.6|
 grg16347.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |WIND  A    2|    7.2    -0.5     3.2|
 grg16347.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |KOUC  A    3|   -6.3    -1.4    -3.3|
 grg16347.snx     Combination: Iter. 2    |GOPE  A    5|   -0.6     4.4     0.1|
                                          |            |                       |
 jpl16347.snx     Comp. to igs11P1634.snx |JOGJ  A    1|   11.3   -12.2    24.9|
 jpl16347.snx     Comp. to igs11P1634.snx |NURK  A    2|   21.5    -1.0    -2.0|
 jpl16347.snx     Comp. to igs11P1634.snx |OHI3  A    2|    5.0     1.5    23.8|
 jpl16347.snx     Comp. to igs11P1634.snx |PARC  A    2|   -6.5     3.5   -20.9|
 ncl1634g.snx     Comp. to igs11P1634.snx |NOVM  A    1|    0.1    11.4     1.8|
                                          |            |                       |
 igs11P1634.snx   Stacking:    Iter. 1    |BRFT  A    4|   -9.6     0.6    -4.6|
                                          |            |                       |
 -----------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
 
 6) Check of metadata in AC solutions:
 =====================================
 
      Starting with week 1585, receivers, antennas and eccentricities reported in
      AC solutions are checked versus station logs. Station logs are gathered
      from the following sources:
 
      igs         ftp://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/station/log
      igsf        ftp://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/station/oldlog
      igsp        ftp://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/station/pendinglogs
      epn         ftp://epncb.oma.be/pub/station/log
      rgp         ftp://rgpdata.ign.fr/pub/logsheet
      cors        ftp://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cors/station_log
      argn        ftp://ftp.ga.gov.au/geodesy-outgoing/gnss/logs
      nrcan       ftp://rtopsdata.geod.nrcan.gc.ca/pub/gps/stations_log
      sirgas      ftp://ftp.sirgas.org/pub/gps/DGF/station/log
      rbmc        ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/RBMC/dados/log
      unavco      ftp://data-out.unavco.org/pub/logs
      ucsd        ftp://garner.ucsd.edu/pub/docs/site_logs
 
 6-1)      Receivers:
 ====================
 
  AC | Station |    Used Receiver     |  Receiver from log   | Source |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 mit | BRAZ  A | NOV OEMV3            | TRIMBLE NETRS        | igs    |
 cod | FRDN  A | TPS NETG3            | AOA BENCHMARK ACT    | igsp   |
 mit | KARR  A | ASHTECH UZ-12        | TRIMBLE NETR8        | igs    |
 mit | MAC1  A | TRIMBLE NETR5        | LEICA GRX1200+GNSS   | igs    |
 sio | MAC1  A | ASHTECH UZ-12        | LEICA GRX1200+GNSS   | igs    |
 mit | MAD2  A | ASHTECH Z-XII3       | ASHTECH Z-XII3T      | igs    |
 mit | MAJU  A | TRIMBLE R7           | ASHTECH UZ-12        | argn   |
 mit | MTJO  A | TRIMBLE NETRS        | TRIMBLE NETR9        | argn   |
 mit | NETT  A | TRIMBLE NETRS        | TRIMBLE 4000SSI      | ucsd   |
 esa | TASH  A | JAVAD TRE_G3TH DELTA | AOA BENCHMARK ACT    | igsp   |
 grg | TLSE  A | TRIMBLE NETR5        | TRIMBLE NETR9        | igs    |
 esa | WTZR  A | LEICA GRX1200GGPRO   | LEICA GRX1200+GNSS   | igs    |
 grg | WTZR  A | LEICA GRX1200GGPRO   | LEICA GRX1200+GNSS   | igs    |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 
 6-2)      Antennas:
 ===================
 
  AC | Station |     Used Antenna     |   Antenna from log   | Source |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 grg | AREQ  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        JPLA | igs    |
 emr | CAS1  A | AOAD/M_T        DOME | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 grg | CAS1  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 emr | CEDU  A | AOAD/M_T        DOME | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 grg | CEDU  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 mit | COT1  A | ASH700936E      UNKN | ASH700936E      NONE | cors   |
 emr | DAV1  A | LEIAR25.R3      DOME | LEIAR25.R3      LEIT | igs    |
 grg | EPRT  A | TRM29659.00     NONE | TRM29659.00     LEIS | igs    |
 grg | FAIR  A | ASH701945G_M    NONE | ASH701945G_M    JPLA | igs    |
 cod | FRDN  A | TPSCR.G3        NONE | AOAD/M_T        NONE | igsp   |
 emr | HOFN  A | TPSCR3_GGD      DOME | TPSCR3_GGD      CONE | igs    |
 grg | KIR0  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        OSOD | igs    |
 grg | KOUC  A | TRM57971.00     NONE | TRM57971.00     TZGD | igs    |
 grg | LHAZ  A | ASH701941.B     NONE | ASH701941.B     SNOW | igs    |
 mit | MAC1  A | AOAD/M_T        DOME | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 grg | MAR6  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        OSOD | igs    |
 grg | MAW1  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 grg | MCIL  A | TRM29659.00     NONE | TRM29659.00     DOME | igs    |
 grg | MCM4  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        JPLA | igs    |
 grg | MDO1  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        JPLA | igs    |
 mit | MTJO  A | TRM29659.00     SCIS | TRM55971.00     NONE | argn   |
 grg | MTKA  A | ASH701073.1     NONE | ASH701073.1     SNOW | igs    |
 mit | NETP  A | TRM55971.00     NONE | TRM57971.00     NONE | cors   |
 mit | NETT  A | TRM55971.00     NONE | TRM29659.00     SCIS | ucsd   |
 grg | NRMD  A | TRM57971.00     NONE | TRM57971.00     TZGD | igs    |
 grg | NYAL  A | AOAD/M_B        NONE | AOAD/M_B        DOME | igs    |
 emr | OHI2  A | TPSCR.G3        DOME | TPSCR.G3        TPSH | igs    |
 grg | ONSA  A | AOAD/M_B        NONE | AOAD/M_B        OSOD | igs    |
 sio | REDU  A | ASH701945C_M    UNKN | ASH701945C_M    NONE | igsp   |
 grg | SANT  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        JPLA | igs    |
 grg | SPT0  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        OSOD | igs    |
 grg | SYOG  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        DOME | igs    |
 esa | TASH  A | JAV_RINGANT_G3T NONE | AOAD/M_T        NONE | igsp   |
 grg | THU3  A | ASH701073.1     NONE | ASH701073.1     SCIS | igs    |
 emr | TOW2  A | AOAD/M_T        DOME | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 grg | TOW2  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 emr | VESL  A | TRM29659.00     DOME | TRM29659.00     TCWD | igs    |
 grg | VIS0  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        OSOD | igs    |
 grg | WSRT  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        DUTD | igs    |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 
 6-3)      Eccentricities:
 =========================
 
  AC | Station |    Used Eccentricity    |  Eccentricity from log  | Source |
 ----|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------|
 ----|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------|



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