[IGSREPORT-20112] Wk 1650 IGS SINEX Combination

igs-rf at ign.fr igs-rf at ign.fr
Thu Sep 8 01:44:23 PDT 2011


 Authors: B. Garayt, P. Rebischung
 
 ================================================================================
  Combination of AC solutions for GPS week 1650 - 11/08/21 to 11/08/27
 ================================================================================
 
 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
 
 igs11P1650.snx  Combined weekly solution
 igs11P1650.erp  Daily Earth Rotation Parameters
 igs11P1650.sum  This file
 igs11P1650.itr  Residuals between AC solutions and IGS08 for the RF stations
 igs11P1650.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 = mit16507.snx
      mig = mit1650g.snx
 
      ITR = IGS08.snx
      igs = igs11P1650.snx (weekly combined solution)
      IGS = IGS11P34.snx   (cumulative solution)
 
      The following solutions are not used in the combination but only for
      comparison:
      jpl mig ncl
 
      Solutions with manual station deletion:
          esa  OURI SEY1 ZECK ILHA
          grg  SEY1 ZECK
          mit  MTJO OUSD SEY1 ZECK
          sio  OUSD
          mig  ALAC ACOR CASC CRAR KATZ KABR ELAT TELA BOGO
 
 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            | 250 | 102 |  53 |         6.715 |
 emr            |  84 |  58 |  49 |         2.008 |
 esa            | 131 |  58 |  44 |         1.667 |
 gfz            | 193 | 102 |  55 |         5.924 |
 grg            | 130 |  76 |  52 |         4.356 |
 mit            | 261 | 128 |  57 |         0.838 |
 ngs            | 222 | 109 |  55 |        13.641 |
 sio            | 291 | 126 |  55 |         0.824 |
 jpl            | 140 |  79 |  55 |        ------ |
 mig            | 453 | 138 |  57 |        ------ |
 ncl            | 209 | 117 |  57 |        ------ |
 igs            | 412 | 138 |  57 |        ------ |
 ---------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------|
 
 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        102 |     0.9     -0.0     -0.1 |     2.8      2.7      7.2 |
 emr         58 |     1.0     -0.1     -0.2 |     2.6      2.9      7.8 |
 esa         58 |     1.5     -0.1     -0.5 |     2.9      3.3      7.3 |
 gfz        102 |     0.9     -0.1     -0.1 |     2.9      2.9      7.0 |
 grg         76 |     0.2     -0.1      0.0 |     2.9      3.0      7.3 |
 mit        128 |     0.8      0.0     -0.3 |     2.7      3.0      7.0 |
 ngs        109 |     1.0      0.0      0.0 |     2.7      3.0      7.3 |
 sio        126 |     0.7     -0.1     -0.3 |     2.8      2.7      7.0 |
 jpl         79 |     1.0     -0.2      0.0 |     3.0      4.0      8.3 |
 mig        138 |     0.5      0.0     -0.1 |     2.5      2.7      6.7 |
 ncl        117 |     0.8      0.1     -0.1 |     3.4      4.3      7.0 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 5-2-2)    With respect to the Weekly Combination:
 =================================================
 
 Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |          STD (mm)         |
                |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 cod        245 |    -0.2     -0.0      0.0 |     0.9      0.7      2.6 |
 emr         84 |     0.3      0.0     -0.1 |     1.4      1.1      4.0 |
 esa        124 |     0.3      0.0     -0.0 |     1.3      1.3      3.3 |
 gfz        191 |     0.1     -0.0      0.1 |     0.7      0.8      2.2 |
 grg        122 |    -0.2      0.1      0.1 |     2.0      2.0      4.8 |
 mit        254 |     0.0      0.0     -0.0 |     0.7      0.8      2.0 |
 ngs        217 |     0.3     -0.0     -0.0 |     0.9      1.4      3.2 |
 sio        278 |    -0.3     -0.0     -0.0 |     1.4      0.9      3.0 |
 jpl        128 |     0.2      0.1      0.1 |     1.2      3.1      4.4 |
 mig        403 |    -0.3      0.0      0.0 |     0.4      0.5      1.5 |
 ncl        207 |    -0.1      0.0      0.1 |     2.3      3.2      2.2 |
 ITR        138 |    -0.9     -0.0     -0.0 |     2.5      2.7      6.5 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 5-2-3)    With respect to the Cumulative Combination:
 =====================================================
 
 Solution       |  Weighted Average (mm)    |          STD (mm)         |
                |      N        E        U  |      N        E        U  |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 cod        228 |     0.9     -0.1     -0.2 |     2.0      2.3      5.5 |
 emr         84 |     1.1      0.0     -0.2 |     2.3      2.2      5.9 |
 esa        118 |     1.2     -0.1     -0.4 |     2.4      2.6      5.8 |
 gfz        187 |     0.9     -0.1     -0.1 |     2.1      2.4      5.2 |
 grg        122 |     0.8      0.0      0.0 |     2.6      3.0      6.3 |
 mit        253 |     1.1     -0.0     -0.2 |     2.3      2.8      5.7 |
 ngs        215 |     1.3     -0.0     -0.1 |     2.1      2.7      6.2 |
 sio        265 |     0.4     -0.1     -0.2 |     2.1      2.2      5.7 |
 jpl        126 |     1.2      0.0      0.1 |     2.2      3.8      7.1 |
 mig        375 |     0.7     -0.0      0.0 |     2.0      2.5      5.4 |
 ncl        204 |     0.8     -0.0     -0.1 |     2.8      4.1      5.5 |
 igs        381 |     1.0     -0.1     -0.1 |     2.0      2.5      5.3 |
 ITR        178 |     0.0     -0.1      0.0 |     2.0      2.4      3.8 |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 
 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            |  -0.018   -0.019    0.025      0.6      0.2      0.5    -0.02 |
 emr            |   0.004   -0.014    0.004     -0.2      3.3      2.0     0.13 |
 esa            |   0.027   -0.012    0.069      1.1      0.9     15.7     0.02 |
 gfz            |  -0.026   -0.005    0.004     -0.5      1.1      0.9    -0.24 |
 grg            |   0.002   -0.010    0.001     -1.1      1.4     11.3    -0.21 |
 mit            |  -0.014    0.008   -0.018      3.6     -2.1     15.2    -0.09 |
 ngs            |  -0.032    0.009    0.002      3.2      1.6     14.5    -0.00 |
 sio            |  -0.031   -0.003    0.003     -2.0     -0.9      0.5    -0.30 |
 jpl            |   0.031    0.042    0.065     -0.5      2.6     -1.1    -0.23 |
 mig            |  -0.007    0.004    0.001     -0.0      0.8      0.1    -0.08 |
 ncl            |  -0.007   -0.011    0.032     -0.9     -0.2      0.2     0.01 |
 igs            |   0.000    0.000    0.000      0.0      0.0      0.0    -0.09 |
 ---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 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            |   0.028    0.030    0.031      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.12 |
 emr            |   0.029    0.030    0.033      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 esa            |   0.030    0.031    0.033      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 gfz            |   0.026    0.028    0.029      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 grg            |   0.027    0.030    0.031      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.12 |
 mit            |   0.027    0.029    0.030      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 ngs            |   0.029    0.031    0.032      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 sio            |   0.029    0.031    0.033      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 jpl            |   0.032    0.034    0.037      0.9      0.9      0.9     0.13 |
 mig            |   0.025    0.028    0.028      0.7      0.7      0.7     0.11 |
 ncl            |   0.029    0.031    0.032      0.8      0.8      0.8     0.12 |
 igs            |   0.000    0.000    0.000      0.0      0.0      0.0     0.14 |
 ---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 5-4)      Geocenter:
 ====================
 
                |      X        Y        Z  |    s X      s Y      s Z  |
                |    (mm)     (mm)     (mm) |    (mm)     (mm)     (mm) |
 ---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
 igs            |     1.3      1.6      9.3 |     0.4      0.3      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            |     ---        5.4      -1.6      16.6       2.8       6.6 |
 esa            |     ---        6.2       0.8       7.6      -1.4      17.2 |
 gfz            |     ---       -0.4      -1.5      -7.7       0.9      -8.2 |
 grg            |     ---        ---      -3.0      -6.1      -1.1     -18.9 |
 mit            |     ---       -2.5      -0.3      -5.5      -0.7      -7.4 |
 ngs            |     ---       -1.9      -3.2       9.4       1.8       1.1 |
 sio            |     ---        2.5       4.7       2.1       1.9      20.3 |
 jpl            |     ---        8.4      -1.5      11.5      -1.2      -4.0 |
 mig            |     ---       28.0       4.5       0.5       0.9      19.3 |
 ncl            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 BuA            |     ---       -2.0      -4.7       2.6       0.2     -10.4 |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 5-5-2)    STD:
 ==============
 
 Solution       |      UT       LOD       XPO      XPOR       YPO      YPOR  |
                |      us        us    .01mas    .01ma/d   .01mas    .01ma/d |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 cod            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 emr            |     ---        4.1       1.4       6.7       1.7       9.4 |
 esa            |     ---        6.5       1.4       4.2       1.2       4.8 |
 gfz            |     ---        4.9       0.7      10.7       2.4       9.0 |
 grg            |     ---        ---       3.1       4.2       1.9       9.7 |
 mit            |     ---        2.1       0.6       2.4       0.6       1.6 |
 ngs            |     ---        6.7       2.8      13.8       2.1       7.7 |
 sio            |     ---        3.7       0.8       4.4       1.3       2.6 |
 jpl            |     ---       15.2       0.9       9.6       1.4      10.7 |
 mig            |     ---        2.4       0.8       3.7       1.3       2.7 |
 ncl            |     ---        ---       ---       ---       ---       --- |
 BuA            |     ---       17.3       4.5       7.6       4.3      12.1 |
 ---------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 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)|
 -----------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
                                          |            |                       |
 esa16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |NOVM  A    1|  -10.6     0.1    -2.0|
 gfz16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |NOVM  A    1|  -10.4     0.2    -6.2|
 grg16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |NOVM  A    1|   41.3    -2.8    32.0|
 grg16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |POTS  A    3|   10.4     1.6    -2.8|
 grg16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |URUM  A    5|    6.6    -2.7    -0.5|
 grg16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |WIND  A    2|   10.9    -1.3     4.4|
 sio16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |TNML  A    1|    2.2    -6.1    31.6|
 sio16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 1    |NOVM  A    1|  -10.8     0.0    -6.4|
 grg16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 2    |POL2  A    3|    5.3    -1.4     9.6|
 grg16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 2    |KERG  A    3|   -5.7    -6.8    -7.5|
 sio16507.snx     Combination: Iter. 2    |CEDU  A    1|    4.7    -0.7     4.1|
                                          |            |                       |
 jpl16507.snx     Comp. to igs11P1650.snx |GUAT  A    1|   10.5     0.9    -8.8|
 jpl16507.snx     Comp. to igs11P1650.snx |JOGJ  A    1|    7.7   -12.7    45.9|
 jpl16507.snx     Comp. to igs11P1650.snx |OUS2  A    6|   22.4     1.9    -1.1|
 ncl1650g.snx     Comp. to igs11P1650.snx |ALGO  A    5|   11.4    -2.8    -0.8|
 ncl1650g.snx     Comp. to igs11P1650.snx |AMC2  A    4|   10.1    -1.2    -6.0|
                                          |            |                       |
 igs11P1650.snx   Stacking:    Iter. 1    |BRFT  A    5|   -8.3     2.0     0.9|
 igs11P1650.snx   Stacking:    Iter. 1    |HNPT  A    3|   -0.3    -9.6     4.2|
 igs11P1650.snx   Stacking:    Iter. 1    |NETT  A    3|    3.5   -18.4    -3.8|
 igs11P1650.snx   Stacking:    Iter. 1    |OHI3  A    2|    0.1    12.3    -3.4|
                                          |            |                       |
 -----------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
 
 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
      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
      ign         ftp://igs.ign.fr/pub/igs/igscb/station/log
 
 6-1)      Receivers:
 ====================
 
  AC | Station |    Used Receiver     |  Receiver from log   | Source |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 gfz | BIS2  A | AOA BENCHMARK ACT    | ASHTECH Z-XII3       | cors   |
 mit | MAJU  A | TRIMBLE R7           | ASHTECH UZ-12        | argn   |
 mit | NETT  A | TRIMBLE NETRS        | TRIMBLE 4000SSI      | ucsd   |
 esa | NKLG  A | TRIMBLE NETR5        | TRIMBLE NETR9        | igs    |
 esa | RAMO  A | LEICA RS500          | JAVAD TRE_G3T DELTA  | igs    |
 esa | REUN  A | TRIMBLE NETR5        | TRIMBLE NETR9        | igs    |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 
 6-2)      Antennas:
 ===================
 
  AC | Station |     Used Antenna     |   Antenna from log   | Source |
 ----|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|
 esa | AREQ  A | AOAD/M_T        JPLA | AOAD/M_T        NONE | igs    |
 mit | AREQ  A | AOAD/M_T        JPLA | AOAD/M_T        NONE | igs    |
 grg | ARTU  A | ASH700936D_M    NONE | ASH700936D_M    DOME | igs    |
 gfz | BIS2  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | ASH700829.3     SNOW | cors   |
 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    |
 emr | CONZ  A | LEIAR25.R3      DOME | LEIAR25.R3      LEIT | igs    |
 grg | CRO1  A | ASH701945G_M    NONE | ASH701945G_M    JPLA | igs    |
 grg | EPRT  A | TRM29659.00     NONE | TRM29659.00     LEIS | igs    |
 grg | FAIR  A | ASH701945G_M    NONE | ASH701945G_M    JPLA | igs    |
 emr | HOFN  A | TPSCR3_GGD      DOME | TPSCR3_GGD      CONE | igs    |
 cod | ILHA  A | LEIAX1203+GNSS  NONE | LEIAX1202GG     NONE | sirgas |
 grg | KIR0  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        OSOD | igs    |
 emr | KOUC  A | TRM57971.00     DOME | TRM57971.00     TZGD | igs    |
 grg | KOUC  A | TRM57971.00     NONE | TRM57971.00     TZGD | igs    |
 grg | LHAZ  A | ASH701941.B     NONE | ASH701941.B     SNOW | igs    |
 emr | MAC1  A | AOAD/M_T        DOME | AOAD/M_T        AUST | igs    |
 grg | MAR6  A | AOAD/M_T        NONE | AOAD/M_T        OSOD | igs    |
 emr | MAW1  A | AOAD/M_T        DOME | AOAD/M_T        AUST | 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    |
 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    |
 grg | ONSA  A | AOAD/M_B        NONE | AOAD/M_B        OSOD | igs    |
 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    |
 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    |
 mit | VBCA  A | LEIAT303        UNKN | LEIAT303        NONE | sirgas |
 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 |
 ----|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------|
 mit | VBCA  A |  1.0707  0.0000  0.0000 |  0.0000  0.0000  0.0000 | sirgas |
 ----|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------|
 
 6-4)      No station logs found for:
 ====================================
 
 CRAR  A 66001M004
 CTWN  A      M   
 FAIV  A 40408M005
 JOGJ  A 23109M001
 JPLV  A 40400M008
 MCCJ  A      M   
 OBE3  A 14208M005
 PALV  A 66005M002
 RCMV  A      M   
 TABV  A 40499M001
 TIXG  A 12360M001
 UNB3  A 40146M002
 



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