Thank you to Nlingi as always for these articles related to our work.
I would like to give attention to the following articles from August 2026 that I believe are related to IVS subject matter(s). I provide the doi link, and a quick synopsis picked directly from the abstract/introduction of the article. If you have a recent article, you would like me to highlight, please let me know and I will update the list.
—Nlingi Habana
(1) Cite: Handirk, et al. (2026)
Title: Obtaining Local‐Tie Vectors From Short‐Baseline Interferometry Between Legacy S/X and VGOS Telescopes at Ny‐Ålesund
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025RS008586
Synopsis: “[We present group and phase delays of specially designed short-baseline interferometry sessions between the new VGOS telescopes NYALES13S and NYALES13N and the legacy S/X telescope NYALES20. The aim of these sessions was to obtain local-tie vectors between these telescope generations at the Ny-Ålesund Geodetic Earth Observatory.]”
(2) Cite: Kierulf, et al. (2026)
Title: Effects of glacial loading in Svalbard on the VLBI scale realisation
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-026-02121-1
Synopsis: “In this study, we analyse the nonlinear vertical motion at Ny-Ålesund, compare it with predicted elastic loading signals arising from glacier thinning, and assess its impact on the VLBI scale estimates.”
(3) Cite: Yu, et al. (2026)
Title: High-frequency Earth rotation parameters estimated from VLBI observations during CONT campaigns
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40623-026-02541-5
Synopsis: “The Desai–Sibois high-frequency Earth rotation parameter (HF-ERP) model provides one of the most detailed descriptions of diurnal and sub-diurnal variability up to date. However, it still underrepresents short-period signals, underscoring the need for reliable, observation-based HF-ERP series for ERP model validation and excitation studies. In this study, we analyzed data from the continuous very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) campaigns (CONT08–CONT17) to estimate ERP with daily and hourly resolution.”
(4) Cite: Kim, et al. (2026)
Title: A Catalog of Maser Pointing Calibrators for the Korean VLBI Network
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aea2cd
Synopsis: “This paper presents a catalog of maser pointing calibrators for the Korean Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (KVN), compiled from all available KVN single-dish observations obtained between 2009 October and 2025 August. The catalog contains 55 SiO maser sources selected using uniform quantitative criteria, including a minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of ≥7, reliable astrometric positions, and suitability for routine pointing calibration.”
(5) Cite: Hodgson, et al. (2026)
Title:The Astro2Geo Project I: Radio astrometric offsets correlated with γ-ray brightness
Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2026.10207
Synopsis: “Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) exhibit intrinsic changes in source structure that can manifest as apparent shifts in their astrometric positions. The high-precision radio measurements used to maintain the ICRF therefore provide a powerful means to investigate the astrophysical mechanisms driving these position changes. We therefore investigated the relationship between the astrometric positions of ICRF AGN and their 𝛾-ray emission.”