Laser scanner and terrestrial surveying applied to gravitational deformation monitoring of large VLBI telescopes' primary reflector

P Sarti, L Vittuari, C Abbondanza - Journal of Surveying …, 2009 - ascelibrary.org
Laser scanning surveys were performed on the primary mirror of the very long baseline
interferometry (VLBI) telescopes situated at Medicina and Noto observatories, with the …

Gravity-dependent signal path variation in a large VLBI telescope modelled with a combination of surveying methods

P Sarti, C Abbondanza, L Vittuari - Journal of Geodesy, 2009 - Springer
The very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) antenna in Medicina (Italy) is a 32-m AZ-EL
mount that was surveyed several times, adopting an indirect method, for the purpose of …

Local effects of redundant terrestrial and GPS-based tie vectors in ITRF-like combinations

C Abbondanza, Z Altamimi, P Sarti, M Negusini… - Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Tie vectors (TVs) between co-located space geodetic instruments are essential for
combining terrestrial reference frames (TRFs) realised using different techniques. They …

Intrasite motions and monument instabilities at Medicina ITRF co-location site

P Sarti, C Abbondanza, J Legrand… - Geophysical Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We process the total-station surveys performed at the ITRF co-location site Medicina
(Northern Italy) over the decade (2001–2010) with the purpose of determining the extent of …

Impact of network geometry, observation schemes and telescope structure deformations on local ties: simulations applied to Sardinia Radio Telescope

C Abbondanza, P Sarti - Journal of Geodesy, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The 64-m Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) is currently under construction in
Sardinia (Italy). To ensure future surveying and monitoring operations at an utmost level of …

VLBI-GPS Eccentricity Vectors at Medicina's Observatory via GPS Surveys: Reproducibility, Reliability and Quality Assessment of the Results

C Abbondanza, L Vittuari, M Negusini… - … Reference Frames: IAG …, 2009 - Springer
Local ties are key elements for the computation of combined space geodetic products: the
different ITRF realizations determined by merging single technique geodetic reference …

[PDF][PDF] Terrestrial Surveying Applied to Large VLBI Telescopes and Eccentricity Vectors Monitoring

P Sarti, C Abbondanza, L Vittuari - 13th FIG symposium on deformation …, 2008 - fig.net
Large VLBI telescopes undergo gravitational deformations which affect both geodetic and
astronomic observations as well as the real reference point (RP) position (ie the reference …

An overview of the Sardinia Radio Telescope geodetic potential at national and international levels

P SARTI, M NEGUSINI, S Montaguti, F Mantovani… - 2006 - openaccess.inaf.it
Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) potentials in geodesy are mostly connected to VLBI
techniques and they may have a remarkable impact on both national and international …

[PDF][PDF] Geodetic research at IRA-INAF: recent results between a golden past and a gloomy future

M NEGUSINI, P SARTI, C Abbondanza - 2009 - openaccess.inaf.it
Medicina (Northern Italy) and Noto (Sicily) 32 m, AZ-EL, VLBI radio telescopes are managed
by the Institute of Radioastronomy and funded by the National Institute of Astrophysics. They …

[PDF][PDF] Studio delle deformazioni gravitazionali delle antenne VLBI di Medicina e di Noto con metodologiche Laser Scanning, Topografiche e FEM

S Montaguti - 2008 - amsdottorato.unibo.it
1.1 Introduzione alla interferometria radio 5 1.1. 1 La tecnica VLBI 9 1.1. 2 Applicazioni della
tecnica VLBI 15 1.2 Radiotelescopi di Medicina e di Noto 20 1.2. 1 Tipologie dei …