The Central European GNSS Research Network (CEGRN) dataset

J Zurutuza; A Caporali; M Bertocco; M Ishchenko; O Khoda; H Steffen; M Figurski; E Parseliunas; S Berk; G Nykiel

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104762

The Central European GNSS Research Network (CEGRN) dataset

Data Brief. 2019 Nov 12:27:104762. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104762. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

J Zurutuza¹, A Caporali¹, M Bertocco¹, M Ishchenko², O Khoda², H Steffen³, M Figurski⁴, E Parseliunas⁵, S Berk⁶, G Nykiel⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Via Giovanni Gradenigo, 6, 35131, Padova, Italy.
² Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Astrometry and Space Geodynamics, Academician Zabolotny Street 27, Ukraine.
³ Lantmateriet, the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority, 801 82, Gavle, Sweden.
⁴ Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Street, 80-233, Gdansk, Poland.
⁵ Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Department of Geodesy and Cadastre, Sauletekio Al. 11, LT-10223, Vilnius, Lithuania.
⁶ The Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, Zemljemerska ulica 12, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abstract

The Central European GNSS Research Network (CEGRN) collects GNSS data since 1994 from contributors which today include 42 Institutions in 33 Countries. CEGRN returns a dataset of coordinates and velocities computed according to international standards and the most recent processing procedures and recommendations. We provide a dataset of 1229 positions and velocities resulting from 3 or more repetitions of coordinate measurements of each site over 4 or more years. The velocity data result from a combination of eight multiyear, partially overlapping networks, using 234 stations of class A of the European Permanent Network (EPN) for alignment to the 'European Fixed' ETRF2000 Reference Frame. The rms (root mean square) of the 8 individual contributions to the combined solution, after a 7 - parameter Helmert transformation, is less than 5 mm in the observation period 1996-2017. This combined CEGRN network maintains the origin coincident with that of the ETRF2000 reference frame to within 1.8 mm rms for the entire period of analysis. The mean positions and velocities of common EPN Class A and CEGRN stations differ by 0.0 ± 1.1, 0.5 ± 1.0 and 0.1 ± 2.7 mm for the coordinates and 0.06 ± 0.13, -0.07 ± 0.12, 0.38 ± 0.28 mm/yr for the velocities respectively for the North, East and Up components at epoch 2010.0.

Keywords: CEGRN; Dense velocity field; ETRF2000 densification; Multiyear analysis.