Author: IERS Rapid Service/Prediction Center
Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date: 14 Nov 24


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.     60624.33    10               0.010               0.013

GSFC Int.    60626.75    67               0.000               0.021

USNO Int.    60626.75    37               0.005               0.016

IAA VLBI     60587.27     7  -0.06  0.12 -0.009   0.12  0.08  0.005

GSFC VLBI    60612.21     9   0.06 -0.10  0.000   0.07  0.06  0.008

USNO VLBI    60612.21     9  -0.08 -0.07  0.003   0.12  0.15  0.008

IVS  VLBI    60608.28     7   0.15  0.14  0.001   0.10  0.13  0.014

ILRS SLR     60626.50    28   0.07 -0.20          0.10  0.12

IGS Final    60609.50    30   0.00  0.00          0.00  0.00

IGS Rapid    60626.50    17   0.00  0.00          0.00  0.01

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

IGS Ultra    60628.00     6   0.00  0.00          0.01  0.01

             60628.00     6               0.000*              0.001*

USNO GPS     60498.00    31               0.016*              0.080*

NCEP AAM     60635.50    15               0.000               0.001

* 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    60609.5  30   0.00  0.00 -0.006* 0.000*  0.00  0.00  0.023* 0.023*

IGS Rapid    60626.5  30  -0.01 -0.01 -0.001* 0.000*  0.02  0.03  0.057* 0.020*

IGS Ultra    60627.25 120 -0.01  0.01 -0.008* 0.003*  0.03  0.03  0.053* 0.026*

Bulletin B   60584.0  30   0.00  0.00  0.028          0.05  0.02  0.020

C04          60598.0  30  -0.01  0.01  0.020          0.04  0.03  0.022


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