Coordinates in Kangerlussuaq (Sødalen) East Greenland.
Abstract
In July 2011 three survey markers were observed in an episodic survey campaign using Leica GNSS equipment.
Coordinates for these stations are derived from three stations within the IGS(igscb.jpl.nasa.gov) global network
of permanent stations. KELY, QAQ1 and SCOR all have long history of coordinates and velocities. Further three
stations from the GNET permanent stations KULU, KUAQ and MIK2 are included.
GNSS receivers and antennas
Receiver, antenna and radome types for each are listed in the table 1 below along with vertical antenna heights
from survey marker to antenna reference point (ARP).
STATION NAME RECEIVER TYPE ANTENNA TYPE DOME REC # ANT # ANT HGT
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KELY 43005M002 ASHTECH UZ-12 ASH701945C_M NONE 0 0 0.0762
QAQ1 43007M001 ASHTECH UZ-12 ASH701945E_M SCIS 0 24206 0.1206
SCOR 43006M002 ASHTECH UZ-12 ASH701941.B SCIS 703 11301 0.1977
KULU TRIMBLE NETRS TRM29659.00 SCIT 0 0 0.0000
MIK2 TRIMBLE NETRS TRM59800.00 SCIS 0 0 0.0000
KUAQ TRIMBLE NETRS TRM59800.00 SCIS 0 0 0.0000
SKAE LEICA GX1230GG LEIAX1202GG NONE 352362 0 0.0000
MIKF LEICA GX1230GG LEIAX1202GG NONE 352361 0 0.0000
SOED LEICA GX1230GG LEIAX1202GG NONE 352361 0 0.0000
Table 1 Receiver and antenna information in accordance with IGS naming conventions
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GNSS observations
Observations are sampled at least every 30 seconds and arranged in daily files starting at 00:00:00Z and ending
at 23:59:59Z. A quality check is performed on all observation files using the ‘teqc’ program provided by UNAVCO
(www.unavco.org). Table 2 show the total number of 30 second epochs collected in one day represented as a
fraction of 24 hours.
Date 04‐07‐2011 05‐07‐2011 06‐07‐2011 07‐07‐2011 08‐07‐2011 09‐07‐2011
Station\DOY 185 186 187 188 189 190
KELY 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00
QAQ1 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00
SCOR 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00
KULU 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00
KUAQ 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00
MIK2 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00 24,00
SKAE 12,71 23,74 23,74 20,80 ‐ ‐
SOED ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 7,58 ‐
MIKF ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 5,63
Table 2 Consecutive hours of data collected per day
Defining coordinates
Coordinates defining the reference frame is derived from the IGS08 Reference Frame tables with coordinates
and velocities for KELY, QAQ1 and SCOR. Table 3 show coordinates for these stations extrapolated from 2005‐
01‐01T00:00Z to 2011‐07‐06T00:00Z (mid epoch of episodic campaign).
IGS08 COORDINATES 26-APR-2011
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LOCAL GEODETIC DATUM: IGS08 EPOCH: 2011-07-06 0:00:00
NUM STATION NAME X (M) Y (M) Z (M) FLAG
414 SCOR 43006M002 1982095.9482 -798820.9898 5989464.5936 IGS08
381 QAQ1 43007M001 2170941.9808 -2251829.9941 5539988.4136 IGS08
219 KELY 43005M002 1575558.9710 -1941827.9554 5848076.5350 IGS08
Table 3 Defining coordinates
Initial coordinates for KUAQ, MIK2, KULU, SKAE, SOED and MIKF are computed using SCOUT (sopac.ucsd.edu).
Processing software and characteristics
Coordinates are processed using the Bernese GPS Processing Software version 5, release 11‐May‐2011. Final
precise orbits and satellite clocks from IGS (cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov) have been used for the processing.
Observations below 10 degrees over horizon have been excluded from the processing.
The following models/characteristics are applied:
Ionospheric modeling (linear free combination/apriori model)
Tropospheric modeling (Zenith delay estimation)
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Earth rotation and polar motion
Solid earth tide
Ocean loading (GOT00.2)
Absolute phase center modeling (IGS_1608.ATX)
Results
Table 4 show the obtained coordinates in IGS08 Reference Frame and their formal errors (1 sigma).
Station name Typ Estimated value RMS error
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KUAQ X 1957695.9981 0.0003
Y -1273906.4678 0.0003
Z 5916113.7567 0.0008
U 864.9779 0.0008
N 68 35 13.196484 0.0003
E -33 3 9.884987 0.0002
KULU X 2107682.3178 0.0003
Y -1596883.7174 0.0003
Z 5784773.5305 0.0008
U 67.4978 0.0008
N 65 34 45.608019 0.0003
E -37 8 57.690013 0.0002
MIK2 X 2032023.3125 0.0003
Y -1242876.3470 0.0003
Z 5897693.5723 0.0008
U 815.7503 0.0008
N 68 8 25.008122 0.0003
E -31 27 6.555465 0.0002
MIKF X 2028562.6645 0.0025
Y -1243127.2333 0.0018
Z 5898038.2316 0.0056
U 86.0676 0.0060
N 68 9 53.636205 0.0018
E -31 30 1.658318 0.0011
SKAE X 2024615.7272 0.0005
Y -1249570.0407 0.0004
Z 5898527.3100 0.0015
U 544.9327 0.0015
N 68 9 59.114503 0.0005
E -31 40 56.703727 0.0003
SOED X 2027858.0026 0.0020
Y -1236690.0808 0.0016
Z 5899695.7260 0.0053
U 153.6878 0.0056
N 68 12 12.136102 0.0014
E -31 22 37.002216 0.0011
Table 4 IGS08 estimated coordinates
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Repeatability between multiday solutions is typical:
3 mm in North component
1 mm in East component
5 mm in Height component
Accuracy for the multiday observed station SKAE is assessed better than 2 cm at the epoch of observation.
Accuracy for MIKF and SOED is assessed better than 5 cm at epoch of observation.
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