Ajaccio

 

AJAB 10077S002

 

JoG: AJAB should not be used for ITRF2005, too few data

 

IDS : AJAB should not be used for ITRF2005, too few data

 

ITRF: AJAB is not in ITRF2005

 

Preliminary computations:

 

No AJAB data left in computation. Need for other source of information, for example transforming previous DPOD2000 (ITRF2000) coordinates/velocity into ITRF2005

 

Position in dpod2000_2 in 1997.0 was

 

AJAB 1997.0 4696990.16 723981.10 4239679,21 -12.9 19.7 10.9

 

So in ITRF2000 at epoch 2000.0 we get

 

AJAB 2000.0 4696990.121 723981.160 4239679.243 -12.9 19.7 10.9

 

When transforming from ITRF2000 into ITRF2005, I get

 

AJAB 2000.0 4696990.103 723981.156 4239679.246  -12.77 19.58 12.79

 

Reprocessing the 5 weeks of AJAB data (Februray-March 2002) and fixing the velocity to the above values, I obtain at epoch 2000.0

 

2000.0 AJAB 4696990.1210 723981.1692 4239679.2237 -12.77 19.58 12.79

statistics AJAB XYZ 0.0158 0.0190 0.0123 5

 

This is an excellent agreement, knowing that I test the position outside the observation period.

 

Recommendation:

 

No change for AJAB; should not be used; retain JoG coordinates