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Uncertainty in geocenter estimates in the context of ITRF2014
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Riddell, A and King, MA and Watson, CS and Sun, Y and Riva, REM and Rietbroek, R, Uncertainty in geocenter estimates in the context of ITRF2014, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, (5) pp. 4020-4032. ISSN 2169-9313 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Uncertainty in the geocenter position and its subsequent motion affects positioning estimates on the surface of the Earth and downstream products such as site velocities, particularly the vertical component. The current version of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame, ITRF2014, derives its origin as the long-term averaged center of mass as sensed by Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), and by definition, it adopts only linear motion of the origin with uncertainty determined using a white noise process. We compare weekly SLR translations relative to the ITRF2014 origin, with network translations estimated from station displacements from surface mass transport models. We find that the proportion of variance explained in SLR translations by the model-derived translations is on average less than 10%. Time-correlated noise and non-linear rates, particularly evident in the Y and Z components of the SLR translations with respect to the ITRF2014 origin, are not fully replicated by the model-derived translations. This suggests that translation-related uncertainties are underestimated when a white noise model is adopted, and that substantial systematic errors remain in the data defining the ITRF origin. When using a white noise model, we find uncertainties in the rate of SLR X, Y and Z translations of ±0.03, ±0.03 and ±0.06 respectively, increasing to ±0.13, ±0.17 and ±0.33 (mm/yr, one sigma) when a PLW noise model is adopted.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | ITRF2014, geodesy, reference frame, geocentre, uncertainty, precision |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geophysics |
| Research Field: | Geodesy |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Riddell, A (Mrs Anna Riddell) |
| UTAS Author: | King, MA (Professor Matt King) |
| UTAS Author: | Watson, CS (Dr Christopher Watson) |
| ID Code: | 116095 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (FT110100207) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 25 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2017-05-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-07-04 |
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