<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Recent space and satellite technologies offer great opportunities to determine crustal movements in the single, global reference frame. The densification of the global network through local area networks leads to increase the resolution of modelled deformations both horizontal and vertical. However, the credibility of the obtained velocity field is limited by several factors associated with unmodelled (or mismodelled) effects at the stage of GNSS data adjustment. Some of them are periodic (the influence of local atmospheric or hydrological impacts), some temporary (natural or anthropogenic seismicity) or related to local influences (snow load or effects associated with the freezing of the ground). This paper presents the usefulness of ASG-EUPOS time series for determination of the regional velocity field. The system has been operating since mid-2008, so the velocities obtained through the processing of 3-year time series are supposed to be reliable. The paper also presents comparison of the velocity determinations to the geological NNR-NUVEL-1A and geodetic APKIM2005 models.</p></abstract>

Recent space and satellite technologies offer great opportunities to determine crustal movements in the single, global reference frame. The densification of the global network through local area networks leads to increase the resolution of modelled deformations both horizontal and vertical. However, the credibility of the obtained velocity field is limited by several factors associated with unmodelled (or mismodelled) effects at the stage of GNSS data adjustment. Some of them are periodic (the influence of local atmospheric or hydrological impacts), some temporary (natural or anthropogenic seismicity) or related to local influences (snow load or effects associated with the freezing of the ground). This paper presents the usefulness of ASG-EUPOS time series for determination of the regional velocity field. The system has been operating since mid-2008, so the velocities obtained through the processing of 3-year time series are supposed to be reliable. The paper also presents comparison of the velocity determinations to the geological NNR-NUVEL-1A and geodetic APKIM2005 models.

Unmodelled Effects in the Horizontal Velocity Field Determination: ASG-EUPOS Case Study

Centre of Applied Geomatics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw

Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

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Recent space and satellite technologies offer great opportunities to determine crustal movements in the single, global reference frame. The densification of...

Unmodelled Effects in the Horizontal Velocity Field Determination: ASG-EUPOS Case Study

Publié en ligne: 14 juin 2012

Pages: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-012-0014-x

Mots clés
GPS, local velocity field, ASG-EUPOS

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Unmodelled Effects in the Horizontal Velocity Field Determination: ASG-EUPOS Case Study

Publié en ligne: 14 juin 2012

Pages: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10018-012-0014-x

Mots clésGPS, local velocity field, ASG-EUPOS

This content is open access.

Mots clés
GPS, local velocity field, ASG-EUPOS