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The EUREF permanent network (EPN) is a network of continuously operating global navigation satellite system (GNSS) stations, primarily installed for reference frame maintenance. In order to ensure the long term reliability of the EPN products, a thorough station performance monitoring has been initiated and carried out in addition to the routine GNSS data management, processing and analysis. This paper addresses the main factors influencing the quality of the coordinate time series in a permanent GNSS network. Relevant examples, based on the EPN experience are given, the analysis strategy is introduced, the estimated coordinate offsets are published and the importance of this analysis for site velocity estimation is demonstrated. The results are derived from the analysis of the EPN weekly combined solutions covering the period from 1996 to 2003. Our target is the identification, interpretation and elimination of offsets and outliers present in the EPN coordinate time series in order to estimate reliable coordinates and velocities and consequently maintain a high quality kinematic reference network.
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This work was supported by the Hungarian Space Office grant (TP147) and the Janos Bolyai Research Scolarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The authors thank E. Brockman and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments and suggestions. Some figures were generated by the Generic Map** Tools version 3.4 (Wessel and Smith 1995).
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Kenyeres, A., Bruyninx, C. EPN coordinate time series monitoring for reference frame maintenance. GPS Solutions 8, 200–209 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-004-0104-8
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