Data · collection
GPS Data from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), IGS Global Data Center
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS) supports researchers who use satellites in the Global Positioning System (GPS) for studies in geodynamics.
Description
GPS satellites transmit signals that allow one to determine, with great accuracy, the locations of GPS receivers. The receivers can be fixed on the Earth, in moving vehicles, aircraft, or in low-Earth orbiting satellites.
The time evolution of receiver locations allows researchers to study the motions of tectonic plates, displacements associated with earthquakes, earth orientation, and other geophysically interesting phenomena. Global Positioning System (GPS) uses microwave measurements of range (transmitter-to-receiver distance), accurate to within a centimeter or less, to determine positions of stations on the Earth's surface. Relative site positions can be measured to within a centimeter.
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This system was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense for military navigation and timing. The International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS) ("igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/"), a service established by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), officially started its activities on January 1, 1994, after a successful pilot phase of more than one year. The IGS provides GPS orbits, tracking data, and other high-quality GPS data and data products on line in near real time to meet the objectives of a wide range of scientific and engineering applications and studies.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) is a Global Data Center within the IGS. It's mission is to archive high precision GPS data, particularly for the study of earthquake hazards, tectonic plate motion, crustal deformation, and meteorology. Data is available through the Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center (SOPAC): "sopac.ucsd.edu/"
Links
Get the data
- Access to the SOPAC data archives. sopac.ucsd.edu/dataArchive ↗
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- Information about GPS activities at Scripps. sopac.ucsd.edu ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- IGS Home Page. igscb.jpl.nasa.gov ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214584655-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214584655-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Coordinate Reference System · Crustal Motion · Earthquake Magnitude/Intensity · Earthquakes · Global Positioning System · Global Positioning System Satellites · Gravitational Field · Lithospheric Plate Motion · Ocean Crust Deformation · Orbital Characteristics · Plate Tectonics · Polar Motion · Satellite Orbits/Revolution
Provenance · 1 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214584655-SCIOPS | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:gps | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/natural-hazards/earthquakes | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/geodetics/coordinate-reference-system | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/gravity-gravitational-field/crustal-motion | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/gravity-gravitational-field/crustal-motion/ocean-crust-deformation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/gravity-gravitational-field/gravitational-field | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/gravity-gravitational-field/polar-motion | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/gravity-gravitational-field/satellite-orbits-revolution | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/earthquakes/earthquake-magnitude-intensity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/plate-tectonics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/tectonics/plate-tectonics/lithospheric-plate-motion | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/platform-characteristics/orbital-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:gps | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |