To investigate and remove the network effect to the national GNSS network the results obtained from three GNSS networks which are tied to ITRF2008 using minimal constraints were
compared. The first network is the EUREF Permanent Network (EPN), the second is EPN
subnetwork processed by WUT LAC (WUT), the third is exactly Ukraine reference network
(URN). The position differences between these networks – EPN and URN (WUT and URN)
can reach 9.1 (6.6) mm for X, 4 (3.8) mm for Y and 11.7 (12.2) mm for Z. To obtain consistent
station positions and velocities without network effect two weekly solutions were combined.
The results demonstrate that the network effect on the local solution (Ukraine reference network) can be eliminated. This approach is valid because the same data analysis strategy was
applied during both network processing.
Removing the Influence of Network Effect on Local Position Solution
1Polish Air Force University, Poland
2Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
DOI: DOI: 10.1515/aon-2018-0011
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