Products_IGS.pptVIP

Content IGS Combined Products Objectives Description Precision/availability Consistency Use of IGS Products Relative Positioning Precise Point Positioning/Navigation Compatibility Scientific Applications IGS Products Limitations and Solutions Future Developments IGS PRODUCTS Support practical positioning and scientific applications of GPS, such as surveying, navigation and national geodetic control networks monitoring of Earth rotation, deformation and atmosphere (trop. ion.) easy access and contributions to ITRF, time transfers, etc. Provides convenient and precise “IGS reference system” through the core IGS combined products: orbits, Earth rotation parameters (ERP), station positions/velocities and satellite/station clocks additional combined products, consistent with the core products: tropospheric zenith path delays (ZPD), ionospheric TEC (total electron count) maps and associated rec./satellite diff. calibration biases (DCB) IGS combined orbits (since 1994) ; clocks and ERP (since 1995); station positions (since 1996) and tropospheric ZPD (since 1997) IGS Products are more precise and reliable than the individual AC solutions (up to 8 Analysis Center solutions combined) IGS Product Description Core Combined Products: orbits/clocks/ ERP/station positions IGS Final orbit, clock and ERP combined solutions (12 day delay) IGS Rapid orbit, clock and ERP combined solutions (17 hour delay) IGS Predicted orbit and clock combined solutions (1 hour before the observation day) Nine Associate ACs (AACs) produce regional station position solutions in SINEX format Up to eight ACs, AACs contribute global orbit, ERP, global station position (SINEX) solutions and up to five ACs clock solutions Combined Zenith Path Delay (ZPD) seven ACs, produced by GFZ, since Jan. 1997 Weekly files by site, 2 hour resolution (four weeks delays) Combined Global Ionosphere Maps of Total Electron Content (TEC) Five ACs, AACs, Combined TEC and DCBs (Differential Code Biases) in IONEX for