Author: IERS Rapid Service/Prediction Center
Subject: Earth Orientation Contributions to IERS Bulletin A
Date:  1 Jun 23


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.     60091.33     9               0.009               0.008

GSFC Int.    60095.79    43               0.002               0.012

USNO Int.    60095.79    22              -0.005               0.011

IAA VLBI     60010.21     5  -0.43  0.34 -0.001   0.38  0.29  0.027

GSFC VLBI    60080.21     8  -0.01  0.03 -0.001   0.06  0.09  0.002

USNO VLBI    60083.27     8  -0.02 -0.04 -0.001   0.05  0.16  0.002

IVS  VLBI    60062.28     9   0.06  0.27  0.001   0.13  0.25  0.005

ILRS SLR     60094.50    30  -0.07  0.10          0.16  0.24

IAA SLR      59952.19    31   0.00 -0.15          0.24  0.25

MCC SLR      59939.00    28   0.15  0.05          0.16  0.15

IGS Final    60077.50    30   0.00  0.00          0.01  0.00

IGS Rapid    60095.50    18   0.00  0.00          0.03  0.01

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

IGS Ultra    60096.00     2   0.02  0.01          0.01  0.01

             60096.00     1               0.001                 ---

USNO GPS     60096.25    32               0.002*              0.043*

NCEP AAM     60103.50    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    59909.5  30   0.00  0.00  0.002* 0.001*  0.01  0.00  0.023* 0.016*

IGS Rapid    59926.5  30  -0.01  0.00 -0.002* 0.000*  0.04  0.04  0.051* 0.019*

IGS Ultra    59927.25 120  0.01 -0.01 -0.004* 0.001*  0.05  0.04  0.062* 0.022*

Bulletin B   60035.0  30   0.00  0.00  0.007          0.02  0.02  0.012

14C04        60066.0  30   0.01  0.03 -0.009          0.04  0.03  0.033


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