The Development of the EUREF Permanent GPS Network : Current Status and Future Plans

Carine Bruyninx

Abstract:	The IAG Subcommission for the European Reference Frame (EUREF) is responsible for the maintenance and promotion of a three-dimensional reference frame for Europe. The EUREF subcommission decided in 1995 to coordinate the activities related to local European permanent GPS networks for the maintenance of the European Reference Frame. Presently, the EUREF permanent GPS network consists of more than 60 permanent GPS stations. The data analysis is divided among different European Institutions. One analysis center is responsible for merging the individual subnetwork solutions into one European solution. This EUREF solution is then submitted to the IGS within the frame of the IGS densification project. Weekly solutions for Europe are available since the beginning of 1996. The agreement between the solutions of the different analysis centers is of the same quality as the week-to-week repeatabilities of each analysis center. The repeatability of the weekly EUREF solution is about 3 mm for the north and east components and 6 mm for the up-component. In May 1997, EUREF submitted its solution to the International Earth Rotation Service. As a result, all EUREF stations will show up in the next realization of the International Terrestrial Reference System.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997) September 16 - 19, 1997 Kansas City, MO
Pages:	1151 - 1157
Cite this article:	Bruyninx, Carine, "The Development of the EUREF Permanent GPS Network : Current Status and Future Plans," Proceedings of the 10th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1997), Kansas City, MO, September 1997, pp. 1151-1157.
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