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Date:2001-01-30 06:45:00
Sender:Ron Noomen, DEOS, Delft, The Netherlands <Ron Noomen <Ron.Noomen@lr.tudelft.nl>>
Subject:[SLR-Report] No. 675: Delft QL Report, January 30, 2001
Author:Ron Noomen, DEOS, Delft, The Netherlands
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SLR Electronic Report 2001-01-30 06:45:00 UTC Message No. 675
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Author: Ron Noomen, DEOS, Delft, The Netherlands
Subject: Delft QL Report, January 30, 2001


WEGENER-2 IERS

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


January 30, 2001


This is a weekly 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 Mon, Jan 29, 2001.
Questions and comments should be addressed to:

K.F. Wakker
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research
Kluyverweg 1
NL-2629 HS Delft
The Netherlands

Telephone: +31-(0)15-2782065/2785377
Telefax : +31-(0)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 Mon,
Jan 29,2001. 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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1824 Kiev, Ukraine 010123 - 010124 5 4
1873 Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine 010126 - 010126 1 1
1884 Riga, Latvia 010123 - 010123 1 2
7080 McDonald Obs., Fort Davis, TX 010122 - 010127 7 6
7090 Yarragadee, Australia 010123 - 010129 10 7
7105 Greenbelt, Maryland 010122 - 010129 18 13
7124 Papeete, Tahiti 010124 - 010126 2 -
7210 Haleakala Obs., Maui, Hawaii 010123 - 010126 3 2
7249 Beijing, China 010126 - 010129 6 5
7501 Hartebeesthoek, SA (MOB-6) 010122 - 010127 3 -
7811 Borowiec, Poland 010124 - 010127 6 3
7820 Kunming, China 010121 - 010127 3 6
7824 San Fernando, Spain 010122 - 010123 - 2
7832 Riyad, Saudi Arabia 010122 - 010128 3 4
7835 Grasse, France 010125 - 010125 1 -
7836 Potsdam, Germany 010123 - 010127 3 3
7837 Shanghai Observatory, China 010126 - 010129 2 1
7838 Simosato Observatory, Japan 010123 - 010128 2 3
7839 Graz, Austria 010123 - 010123 - 1
7840 Herstmonceux, United Kingdom 010124 - 010126 6 4
7845 Grasse, France (LLR) 010129 - 010129 - 1
7849 Mount Stromlo, Australia 010122 - 010129 6 5
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TOTAL 010121 - 010129 88 73
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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 10 days which are computed simultaneously. This
week´s data interval runs from Thu, Jan 18, 2001 to Sun, Jan 28, 2001. The
measurement and dynamic models used in this analysis are close to the IERS
Standard. The overall model is referred to as QLDACMOD9. The details of this
model can be obtained on request. The terrestrial reference frame is provided
by a special version of the SSC(DUT) 93L05 station coordinates solution.

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

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Satellite LAGEOS-1 LAGEOS-2
Number of Stations 0 0
Number of Passes 0/ 0 0/ 0
Number of Normal Points 0/ 0 0000/ 0
RMS of Fit (mm) 0 0
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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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Distribution of daytime, nighttime and twilight passes since Nov 1, 2000:
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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 010123 - 010124 0/ 5/ 0 0/ 4/ 0 9
1864 MD2LAS 001112 - 001223 0/ 5/ 0 0/ 8/ 0 13
1873 SIMLAS 001101 - 010126 0/ 4/ 0 0/ 10/ 0 14
1884 RIGLAS 001102 - 010123 0/ 7/ 0 0/ 6/ 0 13
1893 CRMLAS 001107 - 001202 0/ 5/ 0 0/ 3/ 0 8
7080 MLRS25 001102 - 010127 22/ 50/ 3 15/ 51/ 5 146
7090 ML0514 001101 - 010129 45/ 78/ 11 79/ 49/ 8 270
7105 ML0725 001101 - 010129 22/108/ 4 14/ 96/ 8 252
7110 ML0414 001101 - 010107 13/ 92/ 4 6/ 81/ 8 204
7124 ML0819 001107 - 010126 0/ 21/ 0 0/ 12/ 2 35
7210 HOLLAS 001115 - 010126 0/ 25/ 0 0/ 11/ 1 37
7231 WUHA01 001103 - 001205 0/ 8/ 0 0/ 9/ 0 17
7237 CHALAS 001102 - 010121 0/ 64/ 0 0/ 53/ 0 117
7249 BEJLAS 001101 - 010129 0/ 28/ 0 0/ 24/ 0 52
7335 KASLAS 001108 - 010118 4/ 16/ 1 5/ 15/ 1 42
7339 TATLAS 001107 - 010118 21/ 28/ 0 7/ 26/ 3 85
7403 TLRS3 001101 - 001123 0/ 11/ 0 0/ 10/ 0 21
7501 ML0616 001101 - 010127 6/ 21/ 3 10/ 9/ 1 50
7810 ZIMLAT 001102 - 010103 11/ 18/ 1 3/ 13/ 2 48
7811 POLLAS 001103 - 010127 0/ 35/ 0 0/ 26/ 0 61
7820 YSLR01 001101 - 010127 0/ 92/ 0 0/110/ 0 202
7824 SPNLAS 001101 - 010123 1/ 41/ 0 2/ 38/ 2 84
7831 HELLAS 001101 - 001104 0/ 3/ 0 0/ 1/ 0 4
7832 SALRO 001211 - 010128 2/ 4/ 0 2/ 2/ 1 11
7835 GRASSE 001101 - 010125 6/ 53/ 1 5/ 48/ 0 113
7836 GFZLAS 001101 - 010127 5/ 48/ 2 0/ 40/ 1 96
7837 CHILAS 001102 - 010129 0/ 43/ 0 0/ 40/ 0 83
7838 SHOLAS 001107 - 010128 0/ 72/ 0 0/ 71/ 1 144
7839 AUSLAS 001102 - 010123 10/ 31/ 1 7/ 25/ 3 77
7840 RGOLAS 001102 - 010126 24/ 77/ 4 7/ 66/ 3 181
7845 GRASLL 001103 - 010129 5/ 13/ 0 2/ 13/ 0 33
7849 MSLO01 001101 - 010129 107/ 40/ 10 113/ 20/ 8 298
7939 SAO102 001101 - 001121 0/ 6/ 0 0/ 2/ 0 8
8834 WLRS01 001101 - 010116 4/ 17/ 0 3/ 25/ 2 51
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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.




D. COMMENTS

1. This is a QLDAC analysis report in a new style. Although our old report
served quite well for observation campaigns, we have received many requests
to adjust our report to the current situation (i.e. a permanent global SLR
network with few mobile systems), and to spend more attention to the quality
of the data taken by the global network.
The most important element of the report is the table with statistics for
each individual data pass. Although the numbers will speak for themselves,
we must give a warning here that some of you may be disappointed to see that
their station appears to be suffering from a data problem. However, we are
using a model for station positions that is already 7 years old, and which
may be responsible for errors in the station position in the order of 1-5 cm.
We intend to introduce a new coordinates solution in the course of this
millennium.
Readers of this report are invited to provide us suggestions for further
improvements.


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From: Ron Noomen

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