Geodesy by radio interferometry: Effects of atmospheric modeling errors on estimates of baseline length

• Analysis of very long baseline interferometry data indicates that systematic errors in prior estimatesof baseline length, of order 5 cm for ~8000-km baselines, were due primarily to mismodeling of theelectrical path length of the troposphere and mesosphere ("atmospheric delay"). Here we discussobservational evidence for the existence of such errors in the previously used models for the atmosphericdelay and develop a new "mapping" function for the elevation angle dependence of this delay. Thedelay predicted by this new mapping function differs from ray trace results by less than ~5 mm, at allelevations down to 5° elevation, and introduces errors into the estimates of baseline length of •

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geofysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geophysics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

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