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Date:2005-02-25 13:15:00
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Subject:[SLR-Report] No. 4987: Delft QL Report February 25, 2005
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SLR Electronic Report 2005-02-25 13:15:00 UTC Message No. 4987
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Author: Ron Noomen
Subject: Delft QL Report February 25, 2005


WEGENER-2 IERS

REPORT OF THE QUICK-LOOK DATA ANALYSIS CENTER
DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
THE NETHERLANDS


February 25, 2005


This is a daily report, presenting the results of a continuing analysis of the
most recent global LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 quick-look laser ranging data. The
report consists of (A) a pass summary, (B) an overview of the analysis results,
detailed statistics of the analysed measurements, and an accumulative pass
overview and (C) the earth rotation parameter solutions submitted to IERS. The
report is based on all quick-look data as received until Fri, Feb 25, 2005.
Questions and comments should be addressed to:

R. Noomen
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research
Kluyverweg 1
2629 HS Delft
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31-15-2785377
Telefax : +31-15-2785322
E-mail : ron.noomen@deos.tudelft.nl


A. PASS SUMMARY

The table below gives an overview of the ranging data both on LAGEOS-1 and
LAGEOS-2, as received by the Quick-Look Data Analysis Center (QLDAC) on Fri,
Feb 25, 2005. All data were obtained through the NASA Crustal Dynamics Data
Information system (CDDIS) and the Eurolas Data Center (EDC) in Germany.
The data are unscreened and may span more than a week due to late reporting
by the stations.

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Station System/Location Period No. of Passes
ID LAGEOS-1 LAGEOS-2
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1884 Riga, Latvia 050224 - 050225 - 2
7080 McDonald Obs., Fort Davis, TX 050223 - 050223 1 1
7090 Yarragadee, Australia 050223 - 050224 4 2
7237 Changchun, China 050223 - 050223 1 1
7249 Beijing, China 050224 - 050224 1 2
7308 Tokyo, Japan 050223 - 050223 1 1
7824 San Fernando, Spain 050224 - 050224 - 1
7825 Mount Stromlo, Australia 050205 - 050224 44 26
7835 Grasse, France 050224 - 050224 1 1
7838 Simosato Observatory, Japan 050223 - 050223 - 1
7839 Graz, Austria 050224 - 050224 2 1
7941 Matera, Italy (MLRO 532) 050224 - 050224 - 1
8834 Wettzell, Germany 050224 - 050225 5 5
------ ------ --- ---
TOTAL 050205 - 050225 60 45
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B. ANALYSIS RESULTS

The analysis is based on two orbit solutions using global quick-look normal
points that cover a period of 8 days which are computed simultaneously. This
week´s data interval runs from Thu, Feb 17, 2005 to Fri, Feb 25, 2005. The
measurement and dynamic models used in this analysis are close to the IERS
Standard. The overall model is referred to as QLDACMOD11. The details of this
model can be obtained on request. The terrestrial reference frame is provided
by the ITRF2000 station coordinates solution (extended with coordinates
of new stations, where necessary).

The general statistics and results of this week´s analysis are thus:

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Satellite LAGEOS-1 LAGEOS-2
Number of Stations 17 19
Number of Passes 98/ 97 88/ 87
Number of Normal Points 1042/1019 0997/ 983
Weighted RMS of Fit (mm) 15 15
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Residual statistics per station. The header line for each station shows
the station id, its name, whether the position is solved for or not and the
measurement accuracy in mm. Rejected observations are not used for the
calculation of the rms-of-fit, the biases or the scatter. The latter holds
w.r.t. the residual trend line described by the bias estimates. Uncertainties
are 3-sigma values.

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Date Time Sat. Obs. RMS Range Bias Time Bias Scatter
tot/rej (mm) (mm) (us) (mm)
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Station 1884 (Riga) (position fixed, acc. 100 mm)
1884 24 Feb 05 23:43 LAG2 9 0 43 37 +- 225 -4 +- 160 3

Station 7080 (McDonald Obs.) (position fixed, acc. 20 mm)
7080 20 Feb 05 21:53 LAG1 5 0 2 -14 +- 187 7 +- 92 0
7080 23 Feb 05 06:47 LAG2 10 0 20 -17 +- 21 -8 +- 25 2
7080 23 Feb 05 10:42 LAG2 13 0 12 -13 +- 22 -7 +- 22 4
7080 23 Feb 05 11:08 LAG1 10 0 10 5 +- 67 2 +- 31 3

Station 7090 (Yarragadee) (position fixed, acc. 10 mm)
7090 17 Feb 05 19:59 LAG1 17 0 11 -10 +- 10 -3 +- 4 3
7090 18 Feb 05 08:39 LAG1 9 0 23 -25 +- 15 -2 +- 10 3
7090 18 Feb 05 10:31 LAG2 11 0 5 -5 +- 20 -4 +- 19 4
7090 18 Feb 05 12:07 LAG1 16 0 13 -3 +- 10 -10 +- 9 2
7090 18 Feb 05 14:35 LAG2 21 0 12 -12 +- 9 2 +- 4 2
7090 18 Feb 05 15:37 LAG1 8 0 5 9 +- 27 -7 +- 28 1
7090 18 Feb 05 18:37 LAG1 17 0 8 -7 +- 10 1 +- 5 4
7090 19 Feb 05 12:39 LAG2 11 0 9 -5 +- 61 -7 +- 32 1
7090 19 Feb 05 14:19 LAG1 5 0 8 -9 +- 20 11 +- 60 1
7090 19 Feb 05 16:53 LAG2 10 0 4 -2 +- 17 0 +- 19 3
7090 19 Feb 05 17:23 LAG1 13 0 19 -19 +- 13 -1 +- 10 4
7090 19 Feb 05 21:02 LAG1 9 0 8 -8 +- 15 1 +- 16 2
7090 20 Feb 05 09:27 LAG1 12 0 10 -2 +- 15 1 +- 10 9
7090 20 Feb 05 10:49 LAG2 10 0 12 3 +- 13 12 +- 13 2
7090 21 Feb 05 08:07 LAG1 14 0 4 -1 +- 11 2 +- 9 2
7090 21 Feb 05 11:35 LAG1 7 0 14 26 +- 41 11 +- 33 1
7090 21 Feb 05 12:55 LAG2 25 0 10 2 +- 8 -5 +- 4 4
7090 21 Feb 05 14:59 LAG1 4 0 5 0 +- 44 13 +- 95 0
7090 21 Feb 05 17:05 LAG2 16 0 6 5 +- 10 -1 +- 11 2
7090 21 Feb 05 18:15 LAG1 11 0 25 -5 +- 12 17 +- 8 2
7090 22 Feb 05 16:55 LAG1 7 0 15 2 +- 30 -12 +- 30 3
7090 23 Feb 05 08:53 LAG1 10 0 16 0 +- 13 -8 +- 7 7
7090 23 Feb 05 09:26 LAG2 8 1 17 45 +- 63 -26 +- 52 4
7090 23 Feb 05 12:35 LAG1 4 0 6 -12 +- 46 13 +- 84 0
7090 23 Feb 05 13:14 LAG2 25 0 5 3 +- 8 1 +- 5 1
7090 23 Feb 05 15:37 LAG1 12 0 5 1 +- 12 5 +- 12 1
7090 23 Feb 05 17:25 LAG2 11 0 12 12 +- 12 -5 +- 21 3
7090 23 Feb 05 18:55 LAG1 22 0 14 -4 +- 9 7 +- 4 3
7090 24 Feb 05 07:50 LAG1 3 0 24 -38 +- 99 17 +- 118 2

Station 7105 (Greenbelt) (position fixed, acc. 10 mm)
7105 18 Feb 05 04:15 LAG2 5 0 8 4 +- 47 9 +- 35 2
7105 18 Feb 05 06:50 LAG1 8 0 10 -6 +- 17 2 +- 25 7
7105 19 Feb 05 06:23 LAG2 22 0 12 -5 +- 9 -6 +- 5 1

Station 7110 (Monument Peak) (position fixed, acc. 10 mm)
7110 17 Feb 05 10:17 LAG2 3 0 16 -8 +- 136 21 +- 117 1
7110 18 Feb 05 08:27 LAG2 3 0 20 5 +- 192 9 +- 125 0

Station 7237 (Changchun) (position fixed, acc. 50 mm)
7237 19 Feb 05 20:19 LAG1 8 0 32 -16 +- 54 -14 +- 39 19
7237 20 Feb 05 16:07 LAG2 5 0 22 57 +- 351 -48 +- 255 16
7237 20 Feb 05 18:54 LAG1 12 0 21 -13 +- 44 -13 +- 44 9
7237 22 Feb 05 19:55 LAG1 3 0 19 -5 +- 167 -29 +- 341 3
7237 23 Feb 05 18:14 LAG2 3 0 35 -69 +- 186 -88 +- 322 6
7237 23 Feb 05 18:28 LAG1 4 0 24 7 +- 107 -40 +- 189 16

Station 7249 (Beijing) (position solved, acc. 50 mm)
7249 18 Feb 05 15:51 LAG2 5 0 64 137 +- 347 -60 +- 264 18
7249 18 Feb 05 19:33 LAG2 15 0 24 25 +- 44 -7 +- 35 8
7249 18 Feb 05 21:45 LAG1 12 0 26 23 +- 44 6 +- 35 8
7249 19 Feb 05 17:47 LAG2 13 0 22 -34 +- 85 15 +- 51 14
7249 19 Feb 05 20:17 LAG1 17 0 23 -11 +- 37 2 +- 24 20
7249 19 Feb 05 21:39 LAG2 3 0 8 154 +-1610 93 +- 984 2
7249 20 Feb 05 19:59 LAG2 6 0 9 0 +- 168 -2 +- 156 9
7249 24 Feb 05 16:33 LAG2 5 0 14 -76 +- 461 39 +- 234 9
7249 24 Feb 05 20:17 LAG2 9 0 20 -19 +- 51 -5 +- 79 7
7249 24 Feb 05 20:33 LAG1 9 0 22 -23 +- 61 -3 +- 44 7

Station 7308 (Tokyo) (position fixed, acc. 50 mm)
7308 21 Feb 05 05:09 LAG1 5 0 23 -48 +- 177 -27 +- 155 4
7308 23 Feb 05 06:11 LAG1 9 0 32 -19 +- 165 -5 +- 85 11
7308 23 Feb 05 14:11 LAG2 11 0 12 8 +- 46 -9 +- 55 5

Station 7501 (Hartebeesthoek) (position fixed, acc. 10 mm)
7501 17 Feb 05 01:23 LAG1 6 0 30 22 +- 42 -5 +- 31 0
7501 22 Feb 05 23:11 LAG2 6 0 5 1 +- 90 -5 +- 70 2
7501 23 Feb 05 00:21 LAG1 14 0 14 15 +- 14 -2 +- 9 3
7501 23 Feb 05 03:57 LAG1 5 0 7 8 +- 20 -13 +- 60 2

Station 7824 (San Fernando) (position fixed, acc. 40 mm)
7824 17 Feb 05 04:51 LAG1 5 0 59 93 +- 407 -16 +- 199 2
7824 17 Feb 05 18:25 LAG1 7 0 35 40 +- 80 -7 +- 87 4
7824 18 Feb 05 04:47 LAG2 7 0 27 39 +- 85 17 +- 96 3
7824 18 Feb 05 23:09 LAG2 5 0 38 52 +- 150 -15 +- 142 0
7824 20 Feb 05 03:53 LAG1 13 0 49 49 +- 34 -1 +- 23 5
7824 21 Feb 05 02:36 LAG1 1 0 44 0 +- 0 0 +- 0 0
7824 21 Feb 05 03:29 LAG2 5 0 63 118 +- 619 -27 +- 298 3
7824 22 Feb 05 01:07 LAG2 12 0 49 48 +- 37 -2 +- 32 3
7824 22 Feb 05 05:27 LAG2 2 0 39 46 +- 151 94 +-1630 0
7824 24 Feb 05 01:15 LAG2 4 0 80 -140 +- 602 -101 +- 283 20

Station 7825 (Mount Stromlo) (position solved, acc. 10 mm)
7825 17 Feb 05 06:19 LAG1 21 0 52 23 +- 9 19 +- 5 20
7825 17 Feb 05 08:35 LAG2 24 0 35 21 +- 8 9 +- 6 24
7825 17 Feb 05 09:45 LAG1 18 0 30 19 +- 9 -8 +- 7 20
7825 18 Feb 05 04:53 LAG1 12 0 20 11 +- 13 -6 +- 10 11
7825 18 Feb 05 10:43 LAG2 15 0 40 31 +- 11 -1 +- 6 26
7825 18 Feb 05 12:15 LAG1 2 0 48 3 +- 724 30 +- 499 0
7825 18 Feb 05 14:51 LAG2 13 0 14 13 +- 14 0 +- 15 6
7825 18 Feb 05 15:23 LAG1 7 0 5 2 +- 24 -4 +- 23 3
7825 21 Feb 05 14:38 LAG1 9 0 40 41 +- 18 3 +- 17 7
7825 21 Feb 05 17:59 LAG1 15 0 48 44 +- 10 0 +- 5 18
7825 22 Feb 05 06:39 LAG1 10 0 10 -11 +- 18 9 +- 11 1
7825 22 Feb 05 10:05 LAG1 8 0 10 -5 +- 15 -4 +- 16 8
7825 22 Feb 05 11:09 LAG2 23 0 13 1 +- 8 5 +- 4 7
7825 22 Feb 05 13:27 LAG1 12 0 17 -14 +- 14 -3 +- 13 2
7825 23 Feb 05 05:03 LAG1 15 0 22 -17 +- 10 -7 +- 6 8
7825 23 Feb 05 08:38 LAG1 13 0 4 -2 +- 11 -1 +- 6 2
7825 23 Feb 05 09:15 LAG2 22 0 17 -1 +- 9 -10 +- 5 5
7825 23 Feb 05 12:11 LAG1 7 0 8 -5 +- 16 -3 +- 23 5
7825 23 Feb 05 13:23 LAG2 22 0 5 -5 +- 8 0 +- 6 1
7825 24 Feb 05 11:09 LAG1 3 0 4 -4 +- 291 0 +- 197 0
7825 24 Feb 05 11:27 LAG2 16 0 23 -23 +- 10 0 +- 5 3
7825 24 Feb 05 14:05 LAG1 14 0 6 -4 +- 11 2 +- 9 3
7825 24 Feb 05 17:25 LAG1 22 0 19 -16 +- 9 -2 +- 4 7

Station 7832 (Riyad) (position solved, acc. 20 mm)
7832 17 Feb 05 14:25 LAG1 8 0 12 8 +- 30 -3 +- 43 7
7832 18 Feb 05 22:55 LAG2 13 0 12 -13 +- 22 -11 +- 18 3
7832 19 Feb 05 01:29 LAG1 10 0 8 -5 +- 71 -4 +- 32 6
7832 19 Feb 05 03:11 LAG2 7 0 22 -32 +- 58 -10 +- 51 3
7832 19 Feb 05 07:37 LAG2 9 0 10 9 +- 22 -1 +- 27 3
7832 19 Feb 05 11:56 LAG1 9 0 12 -5 +- 77 8 +- 36 4
7832 19 Feb 05 21:01 LAG2 15 0 11 -8 +- 18 -4 +- 14 8
7832 20 Feb 05 00:09 LAG1 9 0 9 -6 +- 24 -6 +- 14 2
7832 20 Feb 05 01:09 LAG2 12 0 11 -10 +- 26 1 +- 29 2
7832 20 Feb 05 03:57 LAG1 9 0 17 8 +- 36 6 +- 32 7
7832 20 Feb 05 05:37 LAG2 12 0 13 -9 +- 19 11 +- 20 4
7832 20 Feb 05 13:51 LAG1 7 0 5 -1 +- 39 -2 +- 46 5
7832 20 Feb 05 19:09 LAG2 6 0 20 -20 +- 29 -14 +- 26 2
7832 20 Feb 05 22:53 LAG1 10 0 8 0 +- 27 9 +- 33 3
7832 20 Feb 05 23:15 LAG2 16 0 3 0 +- 17 -1 +- 14 3
7832 21 Feb 05 02:19 LAG1 8 0 18 -41 +- 96 -11 +- 46 1
7832 21 Feb 05 07:43 LAG2 10 0 9 10 +- 32 1 +- 30 3
7832 21 Feb 05 12:27 LAG1 12 0 11 0 +- 19 9 +- 16 3
7832 21 Feb 05 21:25 LAG2 14 0 9 -1 +- 22 -5 +- 16 4
7832 22 Feb 05 01:03 LAG1 9 0 3 -2 +- 37 -1 +- 26 2
7832 22 Feb 05 01:25 LAG2 9 0 4 -2 +- 22 -5 +- 33 2
7832 22 Feb 05 11:03 LAG1 18 0 23 23 +- 15 -6 +- 9 3
7832 22 Feb 05 14:43 LAG1 12 0 5 -5 +- 22 2 +- 26 2
7832 22 Feb 05 19:19 LAG2 16 0 11 -6 +- 18 -10 +- 16 4
7832 22 Feb 05 23:25 LAG2 7 0 10 -19 +- 78 -21 +- 61 2
7832 22 Feb 05 23:41 LAG1 8 0 18 10 +- 45 -6 +- 37 5
7832 23 Feb 05 03:07 LAG1 10 0 18 -1 +- 44 -12 +- 28 3
7832 23 Feb 05 03:57 LAG2 8 0 9 6 +- 23 -1 +- 53 6
7832 23 Feb 05 13:19 LAG1 13 0 21 -20 +- 20 14 +- 17 6

Station 7835 (Grasse) (position fixed, acc. 30 mm)
7835 17 Feb 05 04:17 LAG1 21 0 28 26 +- 21 3 +- 11 6
7835 18 Feb 05 00:47 LAG2 16 0 25 13 +- 24 13 +- 16 1
7835 22 Feb 05 23:17 LAG2 19 0 11 5 +- 22 -5 +- 15 5
7835 24 Feb 05 05:11 LAG1 12 0 6 8 +- 43 2 +- 18 2
7835 24 Feb 05 05:47 LAG2 3 0 3 -4 +- 91 -18 +- 300 1

Station 7837 (Shanghai Observatory) (position fixed, acc. 50 mm)
7837 19 Feb 05 17:29 LAG2 7 0 7 -6 +- 58 0 +- 38 3
7837 19 Feb 05 20:31 LAG1 2 0 10 -87 +- 988 -103 +-1108 0
7837 22 Feb 05 16:12 LAG2 6 0 6 -16 +- 299 7 +- 161 4
7837 22 Feb 05 19:55 LAG1 2 0 3 44 +-1578 40 +-1397 0
7837 22 Feb 05 20:09 LAG2 8 0 16 6 +- 74 14 +- 110 6

Station 7838 (Simosato Observatory) (position fixed, acc. 30 mm)
7838 20 Feb 05 15:35 LAG2 25 0 38 32 +- 19 10 +- 10 4
7838 20 Feb 05 18:47 LAG1 24 0 18 17 +- 19 -1 +- 10 3
7838 20 Feb 05 19:45 LAG2 9 0 33 32 +- 37 2 +- 30 11
7838 21 Feb 05 00:01 LAG2 9 0 22 43 +- 87 16 +- 58 3
7838 21 Feb 05 04:59 LAG1 17 0 28 23 +- 24 -6 +- 15 2
7838 21 Feb 05 08:55 LAG1 6 0 8 4 +- 102 3 +- 126 4
7838 21 Feb 05 13:45 LAG2 22 0 23 19 +- 20 8 +- 15 2
7838 21 Feb 05 17:40 LAG2 28 0 36 34 +- 18 2 +- 10 8
7838 22 Feb 05 03:38 LAG1 20 0 48 46 +- 21 -4 +- 13 8
7838 22 Feb 05 07:07 LAG1 24 0 24 21 +- 19 2 +- 11 9
7838 22 Feb 05 15:45 LAG2 25 0 40 30 +- 19 16 +- 10 2
7838 23 Feb 05 05:53 LAG1 14 0 16 15 +- 25 -1 +- 14 6
7838 23 Feb 05 13:57 LAG2 20 0 52 52 +- 21 17 +- 16 4

Station 7839 (Graz) (position fixed, acc. 10 mm)
7839 17 Feb 05 00:41 LAG1 8 0 6 5 +- 20 16 +- 37 1
7839 17 Feb 05 02:35 LAG2 13 0 5 -1 +- 11 -2 +- 5 1
7839 17 Feb 05 06:59 LAG2 10 0 12 11 +- 13 1 +- 12 2
7839 17 Feb 05 07:55 LAG1 3 0 17 -18 +- 34 -2 +- 62 1
7839 18 Feb 05 08:50 LAG2 12 0 4 2 +- 12 0 +- 8 3
7839 18 Feb 05 09:51 LAG1 11 0 8 1 +- 14 8 +- 12 1
7839 18 Feb 05 13:13 LAG1 20 0 10 -8 +- 9 -3 +- 5 1
7839 18 Feb 05 23:11 LAG2 2 0 15 1 +- 348 -34 +- 831 0
7839 23 Feb 05 10:01 LAG1 13 0 7 -7 +- 12 0 +- 6 1
7839 24 Feb 05 09:35 LAG2 12 0 13 12 +- 12 1 +- 11 0
7839 24 Feb 05 12:03 LAG1 15 0 2 -1 +- 10 0 +- 6 1
7839 24 Feb 05 15:54 LAG1 11 0 4 5 +- 17 0 +- 14 0

Station 7840 (Herstmonceux) (position fixed, acc. 20 mm)
7840 18 Feb 05 23:09 LAG2 8 0 19 18 +- 25 0 +- 43 3
7840 19 Feb 05 06:57 LAG2 9 0 7 8 +- 54 0 +- 38 2
7840 19 Feb 05 08:37 LAG1 13 0 7 2 +- 18 -3 +- 12 5
7840 19 Feb 05 11:01 LAG2 12 0 9 -3 +- 20 -10 +- 23 2
7840 19 Feb 05 11:59 LAG1 16 0 4 2 +- 16 0 +- 9 3
7840 20 Feb 05 01:09 LAG2 16 0 14 -7 +- 20 13 +- 14 1
7840 20 Feb 05 03:41 LAG1 8 0 7 2 +- 63 -2 +- 42 2
7840 20 Feb 05 05:05 LAG2 12 0 16 -8 +- 20 10 +- 12 3
7840 20 Feb 05 07:15 LAG1 16 0 5 -5 +- 16 0 +- 10 2
7840 20 Feb 05 09:09 LAG2 16 0 7 0 +- 16 5 +- 13 2
7840 20 Feb 05 10:41 LAG1 12 0 5 -3 +- 19 -1 +- 12 3
7840 21 Feb 05 09:35 LAG1 10 0 2 2 +- 32 -1 +- 24 2
7840 21 Feb 05 13:05 LAG1 5 0 8 7 +- 66 1 +- 63 1
7840 21 Feb 05 16:27 LAG1 10 0 8 6 +- 21 2 +- 20 3
7840 22 Feb 05 11:38 LAG1 8 0 13 12 +- 30 -12 +- 22 4

Station 7941 (Matera) (position solved, acc. 10 mm)
7941 19 Feb 05 11:55 LAG1 13 0 5 3 +- 11 -1 +- 9 3
7941 20 Feb 05 23:33 LAG2 7 0 3 -14 +- 86 8 +- 46 1
7941 22 Feb 05 23:33 LAG2 13 0 6 0 +- 16 -4 +- 12 3
7941 24 Feb 05 01:19 LAG2 12 0 1 0 +- 30 0 +- 16 1

Station 8834 (Wettzell) (position fixed, acc. 10 mm)
8834 23 Feb 05 07:39 LAG2 8 0 18 -17 +- 16 2 +- 22 2
8834 24 Feb 05 00:11 LAG2 6 3 17 -10 +- 260 4 +- 176 1
8834 24 Feb 05 01:53 LAG1 6 0 10 -10 +- 17 0 +- 41 1
8834 24 Feb 05 05:13 LAG1 9 0 14 -12 +- 14 1 +- 7 4
8834 24 Feb 05 05:25 LAG2 7 0 24 -22 +- 15 -3 +- 8 3
8834 24 Feb 05 09:48 LAG2 7 0 7 -6 +- 21 1 +- 23 4
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Distribution of daytime, nighttime and twilight passes since Jan 1, 2003:
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Station System Period Number of Passes
LAGEOS-1 LAGEOS-2
Day/Night/Twil. Day/Night/Twil. Total
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1824 KIEVLA 040701 - 050211 0/ 19/ 0 0/ 22/ 0 41
1831 LVIL 040815 - 050210 0/ 24/ 0 0/ 30/ 0 54
1864 MD2LAS 040701 - 050213 0/ 87/ 0 0/ 76/ 0 163
1873 SIMLAS 040703 - 040813 0/ 25/ 0 0/ 15/ 0 40
1884 RIGLAS 040712 - 050225 0/ 43/ 1 0/ 20/ 2 66
1893 CRMLAS 040705 - 041012 0/ 45/ 0 0/ 35/ 0 80
6405 TIGO 040710 - 050209 10/ 13/ 1 6/ 18/ 1 49
6810 ZIMLAT 040805 - 050209 188/116/ 21 111/108/ 19 563
7080 MLRS25 040701 - 050223 48/ 58/ 2 46/ 69/ 5 228
7090 ML0514 040716 - 050224 128/356/ 35 115/239/ 26 899
7105 ML0725 040701 - 050219 0/ 80/ 4 2/ 90/ 7 183
7110 ML0414 040701 - 050218 72/122/ 16 72/121/ 17 420
7124 ML0819 040705 - 050126 0/ 31/ 0 0/ 14/ 0 45
7231 WUHA01 040701 - 041208 0/ 8/ 0 0/ 20/ 0 28
7237 CHALAS 040702 - 050223 0/141/ 1 0/149/ 1 292
7249 BEJLAS 040701 - 050224 0/ 90/ 0 0/106/ 0 196
7308 CRLLAS 041201 - 050223 5/ 11/ 2 3/ 14/ 0 35
7355 TROS02 040702 - 040829 0/ 37/ 0 0/ 29/ 0 66
7405 TIGO 040710 - 050209 5/ 28/ 0 3/ 10/ 0 46
7501 ML0616 040701 - 050223 20/ 34/ 3 58/ 73/ 6 194
7604 BREF 041017 - 041021 0/ 1/ 0 0/ 2/ 0 3
7806 METLAS 040720 - 041203 0/ 16/ 0 0/ 10/ 0 26
7810 ZIMLAT 040701 - 050209 242/142/ 27 136/127/ 23 697
7811 POLLAS 040706 - 050209 0/ 51/ 0 0/ 59/ 0 110
7824 SPNLAS 040701 - 050224 0/102/ 0 0/ 97/ 0 199
7825 STL3 040807 - 050224 120/178/ 30 112/132/ 23 595
7832 SALRO 040702 - 050223 138/207/ 19 178/241/ 23 806
7835 GRASSE 040702 - 050224 0/ 46/ 2 0/ 33/ 2 83
7836 GFZLAS 040701 - 040701 0/ 1/ 0 0/ 0/ 0 1
7837 CHILAS 040704 - 050222 0/ 88/ 0 0/119/ 1 208
7838 SHOLAS 040701 - 050223 51/119/ 4 77/139/ 7 397
7839 AUSLAS 040701 - 050224 171/160/ 29 87/144/ 22 613
7840 RGOLAS 040701 - 050222 120/ 98/ 24 76/ 83/ 13 414
7841 GFZLA3 040702 - 050211 38/ 59/ 15 23/ 60/ 8 203
7845 GRASLL 040705 - 040920 11/ 14/ 0 3/ 12/ 1 41
7941 MLROnn 040701 - 050224 89/ 59/ 9 73/ 57/ 5 292
8834 WLRS01 040701 - 050225 196/130/ 25 121/135/ 19 626
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C. EARTH ROTATION PARAMETER SOLUTIONS FOR IERS

The following solutions for the polar motion and the UT1-UTC time difference
were also obtained in the 10-day data arc analysis described in the previous
section. Only solutions submitted to IERS are presented here.

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DATE X Y UT1-UTC
(YYMMDD.D) (MAS) (MAS) (MS)
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050218.0 45.2 +/- 0.2 204.0 +/- 0.2 -32592.04 +/- 0.02
050219.0 42.3 +/- 0.2 204.5 +/- 0.1 -32592.45 +/- 0.03
050220.0 39.8 +/- 0.1 204.4 +/- 0.1 -32593.00 +/- 0.05
050221.0 38.2 +/- 0.2 206.0 +/- 0.2 -32593.66 +/- 0.06
050222.0 35.0 +/- 0.1 206.0 +/- 0.1 -32594.51 +/- 0.06
050223.0 33.4 +/- 0.1 206.4 +/- 0.1 -32595.54 +/- 0.07
050224.0 31.7 +/- 0.1 205.6 +/- 0.2 -32596.81 +/- 0.07
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D. COMMENTS

1. The analysis covered in this report is based on a new set of station
coordinates: instead of the solution SSC(DUT)93L05, which was extrapolated
over some 10 years beyond the epoch of the latest observations, the current
analysis relies on the ITRF2000 solution.
Tests performed during the last year show that the rms-of-fit that can be
obtained when using ITRF2000 can be reduced to about 2 cm (instead of the
3+ cm which was achieved with the old model, for present-day epochs). Other
model modifications are to be expected. We hope to serve the community with
this development.

2. As of July 1, 2003, a new computation model and analysis strategy are in use:
in terms of geometric modeling, models for ocean loading and
atmospheric pressure loading have been turned on. The frequency of the
solutions for the Earth Orientation Parameters has been increased to
once per day (rather than once per 3 days). As a consequence, the arc
length has been changed from 10 days to 8 days. Also, the empirical
accelerations acting on the spacecraft are estimated twice per arc
(i.e. for 4-day periods). To absorb (unmodeled) geocenter motion,
3 coefficients of the gravity field model are estimated: C(1,0),
C(1,1) and S(1,1). Finally, the overall weighting scheme for the
individual SLR observations is also modified slightly.

3. As of the same date, provisions for handling the dual-wavelength systems
7405 and 7810 properly have been installed. This is done by introducing
dummy station ids 6405 and 6810 for the observations taken on 2nd wavelength.
The specific analysis results are easily recognizable because the wavelength
has been added to the printout of the station name.

4. As of July 7, 2004, similar provisions for handling the dual-wavelength syste
7941 properly have been installed. This is done by introducing a
dummy station id 6941 for the observations taken on 2nd wavelength.


From: Ron Noomen

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