[IGSREPORT-2260] Wk 0832 GPS Earth Orientation

[Dennis McCarthy]

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IGS Electronic Report    Thu Dec 21 10:51:48 PST 1995      Message Number 2260
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Author: Dennis McCarthy
Subject: Wk 0832 GPS Earth Orientation

From:     Dennis McCarthy
Subject:  Preliminary look at GPS Earth orientation
Date:     21 December 1995


An updated look at Earth orientation data submitted to the IERS
follows.  Data reduced in the ITRF93 have been used where available. 
Means refer to the ITRF93 for all contributors.  Units are
milliseconds of arc for x and y, and milliseconds of time for
UT1-UTC.


Contributor Data Span Points       Mean          Standard Deviation
                                (NEOS-GPS)
                              x     y  UT1-UTC    x     y  UT1-UTC

Scripps      48780.5  1277  -0.51 -0.02          0.99  0.77
             -50060.5

CODE         48792.5  1276   0.46  0.18  -4.09   0.45  0.59  5.26
             -50067.5

JPL          48794.5  1141   0.16 -0.29          0.33  0.39
             -50060.5

             49648.5   407               -0.90               0.69
             -50060.5

ESOC         48794.5  1274   0.27 -0.31          0.79  1.01
             -50067.5

NRCan        48830.5  1192   0.42  0.35          0.44  0.80
             -50067.5
                      1044                2.37               2.31

GFZ          48997.5  1068   0.12  0.06          0.25  0.27
             -50060.5

NOAA         48988.5  1066   0.01  0.16          0.86  0.96
             -50068.5

USNO         49676.5   378   0.39 -0.22          0.31  0.34
             -50060.5

Plots of the residuals are available by FAX to anyone interested.

     Below is the same information as above provided for only the
last thirty data points sent by each contributor.

Contributor Data Span              Mean          Standard Deviation
                                (NEOS-GPS)
                              x     y  UT1-UTC    x     y  UT1-UTC

Scripps      50031.5         0.52  0.02          0.30  0.25
             -50060.5

CODE         50038.5         0.42 -0.34 -15.14   0.23  0.28  0.12
             -50067.5

JPL          50031.5         0.47  0.14  -1.34   0.27  0.23  0.16
             -50060.5

ESOC         50038.5         0.28 -0.53          0.40  0.30
             -50067.5

NRCan        50038.5         0.58 -0.63   6.07   0.43  0.43  0.09
             -50067.5

GFZ          50031.5         0.45 -0.12          0.27  0.24
             -50060.5

NOAA         50039.5         0.14 -0.22          0.39  0.51
             -50068.5

USNO         50031.5         0.30 -0.19          0.38  0.23
             -50060.5
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Dennis D. McCarthy                       dmc @ maia.usno.navy.mil
Head, Earth Orientation Department       phone: (202) 653-0066
U.S. Naval Observatory                   fax: (202) 653-0587
Washington, DC 20392-5420


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