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Table 1 Parameterizations of the KF and LSM solutions. For the KF part, the PSD Φ for random walk processes are given. For LSM, the temporal resolution of the piecewise linear functions estimated in the adjustment are given. The listed constraints are relative and valid for the intervals stated in the other column

From: Tropospheric delay determination by Kalman filtering VLBI data

Parameter

Φ (KF)

Interval (LSM)

Constraints (LSM)

Station coordinates

0.1

cm2/day

1

day

No constraints

Source coordinates

0.01

mas2/day

1

day

No constraints

Pole coordinates and UT1

0.1

mas2/day

1

day

0.0001

mas

Celestial pole offsets

0.01

mas2/day

1

day

0.0001

mas

Clock parameters

52

cm2/daya

1

h

1.3

cm

ZWD

19

cm2/dayb

20

min

1.5

cm

Gradients

0.02

cm2/day

6

h

0.05

cm

  1. aThe clock parameters are assumed to have an ASD of 1.5·10−14 at 50 min, corresponding to Φ=52 cm2/day for a random walk
  2. bThe value given for ZWD is just an average as several different stochastic models for ZWD have been investigated within the scope of this study