Height bias and scale effect induced by antenna gravitational deformations in geodetic VLBI data analysis |
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| Authors: | Pierguido Sarti Claudio Abbondanza Leonid Petrov Monia Negusini |
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| Institution: | (1) Istituto di Radioastronomia (IRA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Via P. Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The impact of signal path variations (SPVs) caused by antenna gravitational deformations on geodetic very long baseline interferometry
(VLBI) results is evaluated for the first time. Elevation-dependent models of SPV for Medicina and Noto (Italy) telescopes
were derived from a combination of terrestrial surveying methods to account for gravitational deformations. After applying
these models in geodetic VLBI data analysis, estimates of the antenna reference point positions are shifted upward by 8.9
and 6.7 mm, respectively. The impact on other parameters is negligible. To simulate the impact of antenna gravitational deformations
on the entire VLBI network, lacking measurements for other telescopes, we rescaled the SPV models of Medicina and Noto for
other antennas according to their size. The effects of the simulations are changes in VLBI heights in the range −3, 73] mm
and a net scale increase of 0.3–0.8 ppb. The height bias is larger than random errors of VLBI position estimates, implying
the possibility of significant scale distortions related to antenna gravitational deformations. This demonstrates the need
to precisely measure gravitational deformations of other VLBI telescopes, to derive their precise SPV models and to apply
them in routine geodetic data analysis. |
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