Abstract We review the main concepts underlying the determination of terrestrial reference frames (TRFs) through a recursive algorithm based on Kalman Filtering and Rauch-Tung-Striebel (RTS) smoothing which is currently adopted at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to compute sub-secular frame products (JTRFs). We contextualize the TRF determination in the state-space framework and we emphasize connections between frame state, its observability through space-geodetic frame inputs and the similarity transformation which is central to frame definition. We elaborate on the notion of sub-secular frame, enabled by our approach, in constrast to standard TRF products which, secular by construction, are designed to represent the long-term mean physical properties of the frame. Comparisons of JTRF solutions to standard products such as the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) suggest high-level consistency in a long-term sense with time derivatives of the Helmert transformation parameters connecting the two TRFs below 0.18 mm/yr. We discuss advantages and limitations of JPL approach to TRF determination and outline lines of inquiries that are currently being researched as part of JTRF development plan.


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    Titel :

    A sequential estimation approach to terrestrial reference frame determination


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 65 , 4 ; 1235-1249


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-11-13


    Format / Umfang :

    15 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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