<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Daily and weekly coordinates solutions of GNSS permanent stations operating within EPN network allows to track long-term changes of coordinates caused e.g. by the local and global movements of tectonic plates. They are therefore an excellent tool for testing stability and repeatability of stations position. The article presents an analysis of coordinates changes of selected reference stations based on weekly EPN solutions. In addition the author proposes parameters of approximating function by assuming an existence of periodic, annually repeatable trend. The author performed also an independent fitting function for two different periods of two ITRF frames of routine time analysis and reprocessing.</p></abstract>

Daily and weekly coordinates solutions of GNSS permanent stations operating within EPN network allows to track long-term changes of coordinates caused e.g. by the local and global movements of tectonic plates. They are therefore an excellent tool for testing stability and repeatability of stations position. The article presents an analysis of coordinates changes of selected reference stations based on weekly EPN solutions. In addition the author proposes parameters of approximating function by assuming an existence of periodic, annually repeatable trend. The author performed also an independent fitting function for two different periods of two ITRF frames of routine time analysis and reprocessing.

The Study of Seasonal Changes of Permanent Stations Coordinates based on Weekly EPN Solutions

AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering, Department of Geomatics, 30 Mickiewicza Al., 30-059 Krakow, Poland

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Daily and weekly coordinates solutions of GNSS permanent stations operating within EPN network allows to track long-term changes of coordinates caused e.g. by...

The Study of Seasonal Changes of Permanent Stations Coordinates based on Weekly EPN Solutions

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 1 - 18

Received: Nov 10, 2012

Accepted: Dec 14, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2016-0001

Keywords
coordinate time series, EPN, EUREF, GNSS permanent network

© 2016 Artificial Satellites

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Study of Seasonal Changes of Permanent Stations Coordinates based on Weekly EPN Solutions

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 1 - 18

Received: Nov 10, 2012

Accepted: Dec 14, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2016-0001

Keywordscoordinate time series, EPN, EUREF, GNSS permanent network

© 2016 Artificial Satellites

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
coordinate time series, EPN, EUREF, GNSS permanent network