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Connecticut Height
Modernization2010
Thomas H Meyer (UConn)Robert Baron (CT DOT)
Darek Massalski (CT DOT)Kazi Arifuzzaman (UConn)
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Overview
Goal: to assess the accuracy of GEOID03 and GEOID09 in Connecticut
Means: how well do GPS-determined orthometric heights compare with NAVD 88 published heights
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Markers
70 markers 22 class A 10 class B 11 class C 2 class D 25 transfers
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Occupations 2007-2008
Summer, Fall Only First-Order
bench marks At least three
occupations per mark 4 hour duration Re-level range pole
each hour
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GPS Equipment
Receivers UConn
TOPCON HipPer Lite+ (internal) Javad Legacy (LegAnt) Odyssey (internal)
CTDOT Trimble 5700 (Zephyr)
2-m, fixed-height tripods
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GPS Processing
Pinnacle and OPUS RINEX v.2 IGS precise ephemerides NGS guidelines CORS for control (no benchmarks)
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Checks
Pinnacle vectors against CORS inversed vectors None statistically different (95%)
Pinnacle and OPUS Compare ellipsoid heights Different differencing kernels
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Pinnacle h – OPUS hLetters/colors indicate stability classes
Box-whisker plotDots indicate outliers.
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Pinnacle – OPUS no outliers
Error-bar plot Frequency histogram
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Conclusion
Pinnacle seems to be producing ellipsoid heights that are consistent with PAGES
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Networks
NGS specifications No “bad” vectors
All vectors, including substandard No phase-center variation correction
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Marker LocationsLetter indicates stability class. Circles indicate stdev (1-s) of HG03 and HG09. Black: too low; red: too high.
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General ResultsHG03 – H88 and HG09 –
H88 Box-whisker plots
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Frequency Histogram
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By Stability Class
Class A and transfers the same.Others indicate settling.
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Residual Trend Analysis Normalize eastings and northings
(-1, 1), unit variance Fit a plane through differences Constant terms (These are consistent with
Tranes et al. [2007]) GEOID03: -0.012 m (significant (99%) ) GEOID09: -0.017 m (significant (99%) )
Slope terms GEOID03: significant (99%) GEOID09: not significant (99%)
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Conclusions
1. GEOID03 and GEOID09 are accurate at their stated levels in CT
2. GEOID09 out-performed GEOID033. HG03 and HG09 too low by about 1 cm
1. Subsidence2. Re-observe the bench marks3. No “correction surface” warranted
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