Radiointerferometric polar motion observations with high temporal resolution |
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| Authors: | A Nothnagel G D Nicolson J Champbell H Schuh |
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| Institution: | (1) Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory/FRD, PO Box 443, 1740 Krugersdorp, South Africa;(2) Geodetic Institute of the University of Bonn, Nussallee 17, W-5300 Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany;(3) Geodetic Institute of the University of Bonn, Germany;(4) Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Köln, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Summary For several years polar motion has been routinely monitored with the technique of geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) at five-day intervals. Here we present the results of the first two series of VLBI measurements for polar motion monitoring observed on a quasi daily basis employing only a single baseline. The high sensitivity of the long north-south baseline between radio telescopes at Wettzell in Germany and Hartebeesthock in South Africa for both components of polar motion permitted relatively short and inexpensive measurements of only two hours duration per session. The results of this series agree very well with the pole path determined with the IRIS network using 4 observatories in each observing session of 24 hour duration. With the polar motion results of the two series spanning about 35 days each, spectral analyses were performed which have shown a fortnightly period with a high degree of probability. These measurements demonstrate the potential of long north-south VLBI baselines for monitoring polar motion with very high temporal resolution for studies of short period fluctuations. |
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