Author: IERS Rapid Service/Prediction Center
Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date: 29 Jan 15


In this report, individual Earth orientation time series are compared
to the IERS Bulletin A combination.  For further information, including
the raw time series, refer to http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/earth-orientation/
eo-info/general. 

The first table below shows some comparison results for those series
included in Bulletin A during the last 30 days.  All data are aligned to
the system defined the ITRF and the ICRF reference frames by removing
a priori mean bias and rate.

Units: milliseconds of arc for x, y; milliseconds of time for UT1-UTC

Contributor   Latest      #         Mean          Standard Deviation
Series         Day               (series-BullA)
                                x     y  UT1-UTC    x     y  UT1-UTC

GSI Int.     57047.33    10              -0.006               0.013

GSFC Int.    57049.79    31               0.005               0.022

USNO Int.    57049.79    19               0.006               0.015

IAA VLBI     57036.21     5  -0.64 -0.07  0.006   0.25  0.23  0.018

GSFC VLBI    57036.21     6   0.00 -0.01  0.006   0.20  0.18  0.010

USNO VLBI    57036.21     5  -0.07  0.03  0.013   0.23  0.19  0.012

IVS  VLBI    57028.21     6  -0.08 -0.26 -0.002   0.13  0.09  0.002

ILRS SLR     57049.50    29  -0.03 -0.02          0.14  0.12

IAA SLR      57049.96    31   0.30 -0.05          0.27  0.33

MCC SLR      57046.00    27   0.10  0.31          0.17  0.18

IGS Final    57032.50    30   0.00  0.00          0.01  0.02

IGS Rapid    57050.50    18   0.00  0.00          0.02  0.03

             ---        ---               ---                 ---

IGS Ultra    57051.00     2   0.00  0.01          0.03  0.05

             57051.00     5               0.001*              0.004*

USNO GPS     57051.25    32              -0.002*              0.038*

NCEP AAM     57058.50    15              -0.001               0.002

* All satellite techniques provide information on the rate of change of
  Universal Time contaminated by effects due to unmodelled orbit node
  motion.  VLBI-based results have been used to minimize drifts in UT
  estimates.


The following table shows comparisons for other related time series during
the last 30 days.  No systematic corrections have been applied.

Units: milliseconds of arc for x, y; milliseconds of time for UT, LOD 

              Latest   #              Mean                Standard Deviation
Series         Day               (series-BullA)
                             x     y     UT     LOD     x     y      UT    LOD 

IGS Final    57032.5  30   0.00  0.01 -0.002* 0.000*  0.02  0.04  0.009* 0.015*

IGS Rapid    57049.5  30   0.01 -0.01  0.003* 0.001*  0.04  0.04  0.027* 0.015*

IGS Ultra    57050.25 120 -0.02  0.00 -0.006* 0.005*  0.04  0.04  0.031* 0.030*

Bulletin B   56992.0  30   0.01  0.02 -0.002          0.03  0.02  0.009

08C04        57021.0  30   0.01  0.02  0.000          0.02  0.04  0.019


Plots of the residuals are available at http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/
earth-orientation/eo-products/weekly.
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