Table 2 A list of upcoming VGOS stations (Hase and Pedreros 2014) which are located within the area where the third station scheduled in a tag-along mode provides an improvement to the UT1–UTC estimated from the INT1 and INT2 sessions
From: Identifying optimal tag-along station locations for improving VLBI Intensive sessions
INT1 | INT2 | INT1 \(\cap\) INT2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area | \(\beta\) | Area | \(\beta\) | Area | \(\beta\) | |
Wettzell (VGOS) (Wz) | A | 0.81 | A | 0.79 | A | 0.80 |
Onsala (On) | A | 0.80 | A | 0.81 | A | 0.81 |
Metsähovi (Mh) | A | 0.79 | A | 0.84 | A | 0.82 |
Ny-Ålesund (Ny) | A | 0.81 | A | 0.83 | A | 0.82 |
Svetloe (Sv) | A | 0.80 | A | 0.85 | A | 0.83 |
Kazan (Kz) | A | 0.79 | A | 0.88 | A | 0.84 |
Gilmore Creek (Gc) | A | 0.73 | B | 0.73 | B | 0.73 |
Badary (Bd) | B | 0.79 | A | 0.86 | B | 0.82 |
Zelenchukskaya (Zc) | B | 0.79 | A | 0.86 | B | 0.83 |
Ussuriysk (Uy) | C | 0.77 | A | 0.79 | C | 0.78 |
Yebes (Yb) | C | 0.83 | B | 0.83 | C | 0.83 |
Ishioka (Is) | – | – | A | 0.77 | – | – |
Sejong (Sj) | – | – | A | 0.80 | – | – |
Seshan (Sh) | – | – | A | 0.83 | – | – |
Nanshan (Nh) | – | – | A | 0.88 | – | – |
Kokee (VGOS) (Kk) | A | 0.68 | – | – | – | – |
McDonald (Md) | C | 0.77 | – | – | – | – |
Greenbelt (Gg) | C | 0.81 | – | – | – | – |
Westford (Wf) | C | 0.81 | – | – | – | – |
Flores (Fl) | C | 0.84 | – | – | – | – |
Santa Maria (Sm) | C | 0.84 | – | – | – | – |
Tenerife (Tf) | C | 0.86 | – | – | – | – |