ECGN was initiated by IAG Sub-Commission for Europe EUREF (SC1.3a) and IAG Sub-Commission for Europe of the International Gravity and Geoid Commission (IGGC) with relationship to Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities (CCM) of Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) IAG Inter-Commission Project Vertical Reference Frames (ICP 1.2) IAG European Gravity and Geoid Project (CP 2.1) IAG Study Group on Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters (SG 2.1) WG: Martine Amalvict, Trevor Baker, Carine Bruyninx, Johannes Ihde, Olivier Francis, Ambrus Kenyeres, Jaakko Makinen, Steve Shipman, Jaroslav Simek, Herbert Wilmes
Motivation Starting Position Metsähovi UNIGRACE Wladyslawowo Rostock GGP GGP Jozefoslaw EUVN TG Pecny Modra Pesky Wettzell Graz Penc Gilau Ljubljana Trieste Osijek Constanta Varna Dubrovnik Sofia UELN EPN European Projects
Principles Observation system (GGOS Observing System) Time series and periodic observations Combination of space geodesy and gravity at terrestrial reference stations (local ties) Using of available infrastructure and standards as far as possible Stepwise realization: 1 st Call: Network infrastructure 2 nd Call: Data processing, combination Level of combination: I. at the stations II. in the network III. with external observations ( e.g. GRACE)
ECGN Station (August-2004) ECGN status 1 st call proposals 20 countries 72 stations with GPS (EPN) absolut gravity levelling to EVRS 6 super coducting grav. 15 tide gauges 8 ECGN core 42 ECGN 7 candidate 15 proposed
Standards and Guidelines for each main observation technique (GPS, gravity measurements, levelling, tide gauge) guidelines and forms for acquisition of data were prepared generally already existing data bases will be used for ECGN project GPS all ECGN stations should be included to the European Permanent GPS network (EPN) see: http://www.epncb.oma.be Gravity measurements ECGN Standards for absolute gravity measurements (see ECGN Website PDF File) Standard for SG observations - Global Geodynamic Project GGP see: http://www.eas.slu.edu/ggp/ggpas.html
Levelling all ECGN stations should be connected to the United European Levelling Network - UELN (see http://evrs.leipzig.ifag.de) Tide Gauges for Tide Gauge measurement the data of Permanent Sea Level Observing System (PSMSL) (http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/datainfo/contrib.html) and the project European Sea Level Service (ESEAS) shall be used Local Ties each type of observation has its own marker and one marker has to be declared as main marker ECGN Standard for Local Ties Determination (see ECGN Website PDF File) Meta Data Base ECGN Meta Data Form (see ECGN Website PDF/TXT File)
Conclusions for Continuation, Data Analysis, 2 nd Call In a second call it will be asked for: Investigations for the combination of space technique observations with gravity field related data AG/SG combination AG/SG array for GRACE/GOCE validation Combination of space techniques (GPS/GLONASS, GALILEO, VLBI, SLR) Single station analysis of different observation techniques Data and analysis centers ECGN workshop planned in spring 2005
News New ECGN home page design Address: http://www.bkg.bund.de/ecgn Levelling Forms of the stations Stationen SMILD/SULD (Denmark) are available Stations Höfn und Reykjavik in Island are in preparation Absolute gravity measurements for HERS anounced for spring 2005 Sometimes the progress is a snail
ECGN Web Site ECGN Home Page Address: http://www.bkg.bund.de/ecgn ECGN Website Guidelines and Forms with links to guidelines and forms for the different observation techniques Startpage - Guidelines or Links from BKG-Website http://www.bkg.bund.de Rubriks Geodesy or Information Services
Contents Objectives Network Infrastructure Standards, Guidelines Examples Conclusions for Continuation
(1) Objectives of ECGN Realization of an integrated European Terrestrial Reference Frame for Spatial Reference and Gravity Realization of a terrestrial reference system and maintenance of long time stability with an accuracy 10-9 for Europe especially in the vertical component In-situ combination of space geodesy (GPS) with Earth gravity parameters (gravity, heights) Modelling of influences of time depended parameters to TRF (of the solid Earth of the Earth gravity field, the atmosphere, the oceans, the hydrosphere) Modelling of terrestrial gravity field components to validate satellite gravity missions Geodetic platform in Europe for geo-initiatives (GMES, INSPIRE, GEOSS, GGOS)
(2) Network Infrastructure 1st Call for Participation (April 2003): Implementation of ECGN Stations This call concerns the elaboration of the observation network of ECGN stations with the standard observation techniques: GNSS (GPS/GLONASS, GALILEO) permanent Gravity (super conducting gravimeter and/or absolut gravimeter) permanent or repeated Levelling connections to the of UELN/EVRS repeated Tide gauges permanent Meteorological parameters permanent.
Example 2: Medicina 0,015 Time Variation of Crustal Deformation Monitored by Gravity and Space Techniques at Medicina / Italy (trend removed) (Zerbini/Richter 2003) 70 0,010 50 0,005 30 meters 0,000-0,005 10-10 -30 nms-2 (0,1µGal) -0,010-50 -0,015-70 01.01.1998 30.06.1998 27.12.1998 25.06.1999 22.12.1999 19.06.2000 16.12.2000 14.06.2001 11.12.2001 09.06.2002 Height Gravity episodic (AG) Gravity cont.(sg)
Examples for Time Variations of Heights SEASONAL VARIATIONS - compare SG variations with GRACE data - mass variations (from GRACE) give surface loading changes and hence seasonal variations in GPS/SLR/VLBI SECULAR VARIATIONS - GPS vertical rates have accuracy of 2-3mm/year (reference frame) - AG obs. give independent vertical rates - also compare EPN at coastline with geological rates and tide gauge rates.
Example 1: Observed gravity changes Onsala / Schweden BIFROST Station Onsala AS@125 cm Absolutschweremessungen in µgal Drift: - 0,9 µgal / Jahr 981.716.220 981.716.215 981.716.210 981.716.205 981.716.200 1992 1994 FG5-101 1996 1998 FG5-102 2000 2002 2004 FG5-301
49,370 Example 2: Long-Term Crustal Deformation Monitored by Gravity and Space Techniques at Medicina / Italy meters 49,365 49,360 49,355 49,350 49,345-2,2 mm / year 49,340 49,335 01.01.1998 27.12.1998 22.12.1999 16.12.2000 11.12.2001 06.12.2002 80,0 60,0 15 +/- 15 nms -2 / year Height trends for Medicina by 40,0 20,0 0,0 12 +/- 8 nms -2 / year 12 nms -2 / year approx. -3.6 mm / year IGS - 3.6 mm / year EUREF - 4.2 mm / year Local - 2.2 mm / year Gravity - 3.6 mm +/- 2.7 mm / year -20,0-40,0 01.01.1998 03.07.1998 02.01.1999 04.07.1999 03.01.2000 04.07.2000 03.01.2001 05.07.2001 04.01.2002 Abs. obs. - model SG 23 - model Abs.obs-model-(SG23-model) Linear (Abs. obs. - model) Linear (Abs.obs-model-(SG23-model))
Example 3: GPS re-analysis 1/2000 12/2003 36 European sites (IGS, EUREF, GREF) (Söhne/Schwahn 2004)
Vertical residual amplitudes (HELG fixed)
Comparison of time series of AG and tide gauge observations Lerwick Newlyn
Residuals of time series vertical component