The impact of errors in polar motion and nutation on UT1 determinations from VLBI Intensive observations

Details The impact of errors in polar motion and nutation on UT1 determinations from VLBI Intensive observations The impact of errors in polar motion and nutation on UT1 determinations from VLBI Intensive observations

Dec 2008

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Journal of Geodesy, Volume 82, Issue 12, pp.863-869

Computer Science

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Universal Time Ut1, Geodetic Vlbi, Intensive Observations, Polar Motion And Nutation

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The earth’s phase of rotation, expressed as Universal Time UT1, is the most variable component of the earth’s rotation. Continuous monitoring of this quantity is realised through daily single-baseline VLBI observations which are interleaved with VLBI network observations. The accuracy of these single-baseline observations is established mainly through statistically determined standard deviations of the adjustment process although the results of these measurements are prone to systematic errors. The two major effects are caused by inaccuracies in the polar motion and nutation angles introduced as a priori values which propagate into the UT1 results. In this paper, we analyse the transfer of these components into UT1 depending on the two VLBI baselines being used for short duration UT1 monitoring. We develop transfer functions of the errors in polar motion and nutation into the UT1 estimates. Maximum values reach 30 [μs per milliarcsecond] which is quite large considering that observations of nutation offsets w.r.t. the state-of-the-art nutation model show deviations of as much as one milliarcsecond.

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