IAG 150 Years Proceedings of the 2013 IAG Scientific Assembly, Postdam, Germany, 1–6 September, 2013
Willis, Pascal
Rizos, Chris
Springer
International Association of Geodesy Symposia; 143
625-630
Yes
No
International
978-3-319-30895-1
Heidelberg
Germany
2013 International Association of Geodesy Scientific Assembly
01-09-2013 to 06-09-2013
International Association of Geodesy
Potsdam
Germany
[en] Global Navigation Satellite Sstem ; King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory ; South Georgia Island ; South Atlantic Ocean
[en] During February 2013 the King Edward Point (KEP) Geodetic Observatory was established in South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, through a University of Luxembourg funded research project and in collaboration with the United Kingdom National Oceanography Centre, British Antarctic Survey, and Unavco, Inc. Due to its remote location in the South Atlantic Ocean, as well as being one of few subaerial exposures of the Scotia tectonic plate, South Georgia Island has been a key location for a number of global monitoring networks, e.g. seismic, geomagnetic and oceanic. However, no permanent geodetic monitoring station has been established previously, despite the lack of observations from this region. In this study we will present an evaluation of the GNSS and meteorological observations from the KEP Geodetic Observatory for the period from 14 February to 31 December 2013. We calculate multipath and positioning statistics and compare these to those from IGS stations using equipment of the same type. The on-site meteorological data are compared to those from the nearby KEP meteorological station and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis model, and the impact of these data sets on integrated water vapour estimates is evaluated. We discuss the installation in terms of its potential contributions to sea level observations using tide gauges and satellite altimetry, studies of tectonics, glacio-isostatic adjustment and atmospheric processes.
University of Luxembourg: Research Unit of Engineering Sciences - RUES ; University of Luxembourg: High Performance Computing - ULHPC
University of Luxembourg - UL
New Geodetic Infrastructure and Reprocessed GPS Solutions for Sea Level, Climatology and Geodynamics (GSCG)
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