Homogenization of long-term GPS monitoring series at permanent stations in Central Europe and Balkan Peninsula

  • Ján HEFTY Department of Theoretical Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering Slovak University of Technology
  • Miroslava IGONDOVÁ Department of Theoretical Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering Slovak University of Technology
  • Branislav DROŠČÁK Institute of Geodesy and Cartography
Keywords: GPS permanent stations in Central Europe, GPS reprocessing, time series of site coordinates, zenith total delays and precipitable water vapor

Abstract

The  network   of  54  permanent  GPS  stations situated  in  Central   Europe, Alpine-Adriatic region  and  Balkan Peninsula is analyzed by  unified  processing strategy, using  homogeneous models  for reduction of physical effects,  and  is uniformly referred to as the International Terrestrial Reference  Frame  – ITRF2005.  The resulting time series  of observed site  coordinates and site  troposphere parameters from interval 1999.5 to 2008.5 are inspected for their  continuity, homogeneity, long-term  drift,  and seasonal variations.

Author Biographies

Ján HEFTY, Department of Theoretical Geodesy, Faculty of Civil Engineering Slovak University of Technology

Radlinského 11, 813 68 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Branislav DROŠČÁK, Institute of Geodesy and Cartography

Chlumeckého 4, 827 45 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Published
2009-03-01
How to Cite
HEFTY, J., IGONDOVÁ, M., & DROŠČÁK, B. (2009). Homogenization of long-term GPS monitoring series at permanent stations in Central Europe and Balkan Peninsula. Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy, 39(1), 19-42. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10126-009-0002-8
Section
original research papers