ITRF2014: A new release of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame modeling nonlinear station motions

Z Altamimi, P Rebischung, L Métivier… - … research: solid earth, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
For the first time in the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) history, the
ITRF2014 is generated with an enhanced modeling of nonlinear station motions, including …

A VLBI experiment using a remote atomic clock via a coherent fibre link

C Clivati, R Ambrosini, T Artz, A Bertarini, C Bortolotti… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We describe a VLBI experiment in which, for the first time, the clock reference is delivered
from a National Metrology Institute to a radio telescope using a coherent fibre link 550 km …

Estimating integrated water vapor trends from VLBI, GPS, and numerical weather models: Sensitivity to tropospheric parameterization

K Balidakis, T Nilsson, F Zus, S Glaser… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we estimate integrated water vapor (IWV) trends from very long baseline
interferometry (VLBI) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) data analysis, as well …

Source structure and measurement noise are as important as all other residual sources in geodetic VLBI combined

JM Anderson, MH Xu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The celestial sources observed by geodetic very‐long‐baseline interferometry (VLBI), most
of which are quasars, are resolved—they have a finite angular size as measured by the …

IVS contribution to ITRF2014

S Bachmann, D Thaller, O Roggenbuck, M Lösler… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Every few years the International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS) Center of the
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) decides to generate a …

On the impact of local ties on the datum realization of global terrestrial reference frames

S Glaser, R König, KH Neumayer, T Nilsson… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Local ties (LTs) at co-located sites are currently used to combine different single-technique
solutions to determine global terrestrial reference frames (TRFs). We assess by simulations …

The AUSTRAL VLBI observing program

L Plank, JEJ Lovell, JN McCallum, D Mayer… - Journal of geodesy, 2017 - Springer
The AUSTRAL observing program was started in 2011, performing geodetic and astrometric
very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) sessions using the new Australian AuScope VLBI …

Future SLR station networks in the framework of simulated multi-technique terrestrial reference frames

S Glaser, R König, KH Neumayer, K Balidakis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Currently, the requirements of the Global Geodetic Observing System are not yet met by the
latest global terrestrial reference frames (TRF). In this study, we assess potential TRF …

The source structure of 0642+ 449 detected from the CONT14 observations

MH Xu, R Heinkelmann, JM Anderson… - The Astronomical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The CONT14 campaign with state-of-the-art very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) data
has observed the source 0642+ 449 with about 1000 observables each day during a …

Observation of the Earth's nutation by the VLBI: how accurate is the geophysical signal

C Gattano, SB Lambert, C Bizouard - Journal of Geodesy, 2017 - Springer
We compare nutation time series determined by several International VLBI Service for
geodesy and astrometry (IVS) analysis centers. These series were made available through …