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Using cosmic radio sources to measure the deformation of the
Australian plate:
the AuScope VLBI project
Oleg Titov
Australian Government
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
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Leap second!
Additional second to increase the length of day
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will be introduced on 1, July, 2012
From 24 hours
to 24 hours 00 minutes 01 seconds
We’ll stay in offices 1 seconds longer!
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Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
Now
10 billon years
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UT1-UTC
Geoscience Australia
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1. The Earth slows down due to tidal friction
and energy dissipation;
2. Two time scales:
UT1 – connected with real Earth (does not
flow uniformly)
UTC – connected to atomic clock (TAI)
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UT1-UTC
20 June 2012
When difference UT1-UTC exceeds 0.9 seconds, new
leap second is introduced by IERS
(International Earth Rotation Service)
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Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
UTC TIME STEP on the 1st of July 2012
A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. The sequence of dates of the UTC
second markers will be:
2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s
2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s
2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s
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Geoscience Australia
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How IERS measures UT1-UTC?
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Using VLBI
Very Long Baseline Interferometry –
special astronomical technique
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Geoscience Australia
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Hobart – two telescopes
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Geoscience Australia
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;cos12 c
BTT
1T
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
B
B = 10000 km,
= 0.03cos sec
2T
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Geoscience Australia
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Parkes
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Geodetic VLBI network
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When the number of stations is more than 2, we could convert (B,
φ) to station positions and coordinates of reference radio
sources (quasars)
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Quasars (“quasi-stellar”)are very distant radio sources
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They are used to be at the cosmological distances, their light was emitted when
the Universe was young, so their position are expected to be stable.
Observed in GHz wavelengths 2.3 GHz and 8.4 GHz – to calibrate
ionosphere
Typical flux: 0.110 Jy
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Quasar 3C273B
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Point-like coreand extended jet
Typical structure:
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Quasars
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Positions are known with accuracy up to 10 microseconds
of arc
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For comparison
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Moon: 30’
Darling Harbour on the Moon: 1”
50c coin: ~ 15 microseconds of arc
A man on the Moon: 0”.001 = 1 milliarcsecond
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Local tie
Geoscience Australia
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Geoscience Australia
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We observe distant objects from the moving platform
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Precession, nutation, EOP
1. Precession P=26000 years Amplitude ~ 23°
2. Nutation P=18.6 year Amplitude ~ 9”
3. Pole motion P=1 & 1.2 year Amplitude ~ 0”.15 (9 meters)
4. Universe Time P=1 & 0.5 year Amplitude ~ 0.01 sec
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Three major areas
Geoscience Australia
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1. International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) -
positions of reference radio sources (VLBI only!)
2. International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) -
positions of the reference point on Earth
3. Earth Orientation Parameters (link between ICRF
and ITRF), UT1-UTC is measured by VLBI only!
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VLBI in Australia
Geoscience Australia
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1989 - 26-meter dish in Hobart has been erected
2005 - extension of the geodetic VLBI network was
started to discuss
2007 – funding within NCRIS has been approved
2011 – network of three 12-meter telescopes started
operations
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AuScope project densificationAuScope project densification
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Geoscience Australia
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Australian – New Zealand network
Geoscience Australia
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12m Antenna at Patriot12m Antenna at Patriot5 deg/sec in azimuth, 1.5 deg/sec in elevation
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The 64-meter “dish” at workThe 64-meter “dish” at work
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AuScope network
• Hobart12 – started operation in tag along mode
in October 2010; in full mode – January, 2011
• Yarragadee – since 26 May, 2011
• Katherine – since 16 June, 2011;
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Hobart12
Geoscience Australia
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Participates mostly in international programs to estimate Earth Orientation Parameters (prepared by IVS);Astrometry (IVS);Regional geodesy (GA + UTAS)
In total we have 78 ‘good’ session From 50 to 635 observations per session
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Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
ITRF2005 Velocity field
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Hobart12 – X component
Geoscience Australia
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X - component
Year
2011.0 2011.2 2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2 2012.4
met
er
-0.90
-0.85
-0.80
-0.75
-0.70
-0.65
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Hobart12 – Y component
Geoscience Australia
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Y-component
Year
2011.0 2011.2 2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2 2012.4
met
er
1.12
1.14
1.16
1.18
1.20
1.22
1.24
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Hobart12 – Z component
Geoscience Australia
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Z-component
Year
2011.0 2011.2 2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2 2012.4
met
er
-8.20
-8.15
-8.10
-8.05
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Hobart12 (ITRF2005)
Geoscience Australia
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Component VLBIGPS + local tie
(26-Nov-09)VLBI - GPS
X (meter)-3949990.683 +/-
0.004-3949990.675 +/-
0.004-0.008 +/- 0.005
Y (meter)2522421.181 +/-
0.0032522421.199 +/-
0.003-0.018 +/- 0.004
Z (meter)-4311708.161 +/-
0.004-4311708.170 +/-
0.0030.009 +/- 0.005
Reference epoch T = 2009.904
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Hobart12 (ITRF2005)
Geoscience Australia
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ComponentHobart26
(ITRF2005)Hobart12
Hobart26-Hobart12
VX (cm/y) -3.95 -4.1 +/- 0.8 0.2 +/- 0.8
VY (cm/y) 0.91 0.4 +/- 0.50.5 +/- 0.5
VZ (cm/y) 4.15 4.5 +/- 0.8 0.4 +/- 0.8
Tectonic velocities
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Hobart12: error budget?
Geoscience Australia
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Component X Y Z
σ (cm) 0.4 0.2 0.9
Weighted rms (cm)
2.4 1.3 2.2
External errors (positions of radio
sources) contribute to the total
geodetic error budget!
internal
external
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Kath12M
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
In total we have 24 ‘good’ session
From 104 to 700 observations per
session
Not properly tied to ITRF2005
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Kath12M – X component
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
met
er
-4.70
-4.65
-4.60
-4.55
-4.50
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Kath12M – Y component
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
met
er
2.30
2.35
2.40
2.45
2.50
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Kath12M – Z component
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
met
er
-3.34
-3.32
-3.30
-3.28
-3.26
-3.24
-3.22
-3.20
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Yarra12M
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
In total we have 12 ‘good’ session From 28 to 452 observations per session
Not properly tied to ITRF2005
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Yarra12M – X component
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.2 2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
met
er
-6.20
-6.18
-6.16
-6.14
-6.12
-6.10
-6.08
-6.06
-6.04
-6.02
-6.00
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Yarra12M – Y component
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.2 2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
me
ter
9.85
9.90
9.95
10.00
10.05
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Yarra12M – Z component
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.2 2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
met
er
-1.00
-0.98
-0.96
-0.94
-0.92
-0.90
-0.88
-0.86
-0.84
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Geoscience Australia
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Internal vs external accuracy
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
Baseline lengths are sensitive to selection of the reference radio sources
For X, Y, Z components – external accuracy looks worse then internal
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First catalogue (Ma et al., 1990)
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ICRF1 defining sources
Geoscience Australia
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ICRF1 catalogue (1998)
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
1.2/3 in the northern hemisphere
2.1/3 in the southern hemisphere
608 sources
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ICRF2 sources
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ICRF2 catalogue (2009)
Geoscience Australia
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295 “defining” sources with the positional accuracy ~0.04 mas
922 “non-defining” sources
1217 VCS sources
3414 sources separated into 3 groups
For the sake of homogeneity, less accurate radio sources in the southern hemisphere were included
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ICRF2 defining sources (295)
Geoscience Australia
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degrees
-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
as
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
cos
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ICRF2 non-defining sources (922)
Geoscience Australia
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degrees
-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
as
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
cos
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ICRF in the South
Geoscience Australia
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1.Positional accuracy of the “defining” and “non-defining” sources in the southern hemisphere is 2-3 times worse;
2.More resources to be spent for improvement (in collaboration with key stakeholders – ATNF, UTAS).
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Tectonic impact on the Earth rotation
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
1.Boxing day earthquake and tsunami, 26-Dec 2004
2.27-Feb 2010, Chile. VLBI site Tigoconc was shifted on 3 meters
3.11-Mar 2011, Japan, First big earthquake during the VLBI network operation
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Earthquake in Japan – 11 March 2011
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UT1-UTC during 10-11 March 2011
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Earthquake, 11 March 2011
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P = 1.5 hoursP = 3 hours
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Conclusion
• Geodesy (positive)
• Astrometry (negative)
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Geodesy
• AuScope network operates successfully in spite
of some technical problems;
• Geodetic positions for Hobart12 were calculated
(ITRF2005) with accuracy ~ 4 mm;
• A good consistency with independent (GPS +
local tie) results;
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Astrometry
• Number of the ICRF2 reference radio sources in the
southern hemisphere in sufficient, but positional accuracy
needs to improved;
• Astrometric problems are likely to contribute to the total
error budget
• We should keep an eye on the observational schedules
and, particularly, on the source selection
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Short-term strategy
• To run more sessions (AuScope + Parkes +
Warkworth + Hartrao) to get more observations
of the reference radio sources and extend the list
(AuScope expires since 1, July 2013);
• To revise the existing list of reference radio
sources (in cooperation with IVS-IERS-IAU);
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Long-term strategy
• Running scheduling inside GA
• Making correlation inside GA
• To build up fourth 12-meter dish in north NSW or
south Queensland
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Thank you!
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P.S.Don’t forget asking your
manager for the leap second allowance
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Baseline Hobart12 - Kath12M (ICRF2 reference radio
sources)
Geoscience Australia
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Year
2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
3431
870
+..
. (m
eter
)
8.96
8.98
9.00
9.02
9.04
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Hobart12 - Katherine (alternative list of reference
radio sources)
Geoscience Australia
20 June 2012
Year
2011.4 2011.6 2011.8 2012.0 2012.2
3431
870
+ .
.. (
met
er)
8.92
8.94
8.96
8.98
9.00
9.02
9.04
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Hobart - Katherine, GPS data
Geoscience Australia
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Hobart12 - Katherine
Geoscience Australia
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Reference sources
Baseline rate (cm/year)
ICRF2 list
(2011-2012)-3.8 +/- 1.3
The alternative list (2011-2012)
-1.6 +/- 1.9
GPS
(2010-2012) -0.3 +/- 0.7
Baseline rate estimates
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Tectonic impact on the Earth rotation
Geoscience Australia
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1.Boxing day earthquake and tsunami, 26-Dec-2004
2.27-Feb-2010, Chile. VLBI site Tigoconc was effected – shifted on 3 meters
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Earthquake in Chile – 27-Feb-2010
20 October 2010