The first year of Antarctic VLBI observations

Jike Takaaki, Fukuzaki Yoshihiro, Shibuya Kazuo, Doi Koichiro, Manabe Seiji, Jauncey David L., Nicolson George D., McCulloch Peter M.
We are undertaking a series of geodetic VLBI observations between the Syowa Station ++-m antenna in Antarctica, and the ,0-m antennas in Hobart Tasmania and Hartebeesthoek South Africa. These observations are the beginning of our campaign to monitor the motion and stability of the Antarctic plate. We describe here the results of the first year's observations made during the southern summer and winter of +332. Two mutually incompatible recording systems, K. and S" are used. The Mitaka FX
more » ... or was used to correlate these data. By using software called CALC-/MSOLV, the mean position of the antenna's geodetic reference point was found to be X῎+100+3..+/,῍*.**0 m, Y῎+.0*.+*.3,-῍*.**/ m and Z῎ ῌ/3-"1-.-,3῍*.*+/ m at the epoch of +332.3 in the International Terrestrial Reference Frame ,*** (ITRF,***) system. From a comparison with measurements made with other space geodetic techniques we estimate that our results have typical uncertainties of no more than , tocm in each coordinate.
doi:10.15094/00003147 fatcat:ncfecw3ju5epbbcji3ot3mibqq