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"Plate Boundary Observatory GPS Update"
  • Plate Boundary Observatory GPS Update


  • Greg Anderson
  • PBO Data Products Manager


  • CORS Users Forum, Long Beach, CA
  • 13 September 2005
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Topics
  • What is the Plate Boundary Observatory?
  • PBO GPS equipment
  • Network operations/construction status
  • Data management status/real-time progress
  • Mt. St. Helens response
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Topics
  • What is the Plate Boundary Observatory?
  • PBO GPS equipment
  • Network operations/construction status
  • Data management status/real-time progress
  • Mt. St. Helens response
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What is PBO?
  • Geodetic component of EarthScope, installed and operated by UNAVCO and funded by the National Science Foundation.


  • Install & run large network to study:
    • Earthquake processes & seismic hazards
    • Magmatic processes & volcanic hazards
    • Active deformation & tectonics
    • Continental geodynamics
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PBO GPS Network
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Topics
  • What is the Plate Boundary Observatory?
  • PBO GPS equipment
  • Network operations/construction status
  • Data management status/real-time progress
  • Mt. St. Helens response
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CGPS Equipment
  • Trimble NetRS receivers and choke-ring antennas
  • SCIGN-type deep- and shallow-drilled monuments
  • Solar/wind DC power, AC where possible
  • CDMA, VSAT, radio deliver IP-based data comms
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Survey-mode GPS Equipment
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Topics
  • What is the Plate Boundary Observatory?
  • PBO GPS equipment
  • Network operations/construction status
  • Data management status/real-time progress
  • Mt. St. Helens response
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Network Progress: 31 Aug 2005
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Status Maps: 31 Aug 2005
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Topics
  • What is the Plate Boundary Observatory?
  • PBO GPS equipment
  • Network operations/construction status
  • Data management status/real-time progress
  • Mt. St. Helens response
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GPS Data Management Overview
  • Data Status
    • 182 of 211 stations have returned data
    • 105 stations archived routinely
    • Others lack comms or have various problems
    • Data for Jan 2004-Sep 2005 available via GPS archives
  • Data Analysis
    • 2 Analysis Centers (CWU, UCB) & 1 GPS AC Coordinator (MIT)
    • Data products: position & velocity solutions, time series, etc.
    • All of 2004 and July 2005 forward have been processed
    • RMS ~1.5 mm horizontal, 4 mm vertical
    • Archived at GPS Archives at UNAVCO Facility and IRIS DMC
    • Products available from Archives by end of September 2005
  • Data Management
    • Data Management web site: http://pboweb.unavco.org/data
    • Special data request tool available on PBO web site
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PBO Routine GPS Data Products
  • Level 0 (at least daily)
    • 15-sec BINEX, routine download
    • 5-sps BINEX, triggered download
    • Survey-mode BINEX files


  • Level 1 (automated QC @ PBO HQ)
    • 15-sec, 5-sps, survey-mode BINEX


  • Level 2 (1-, 15-day and 1-yr latencies)
    • Individual AC position solution (CWU and UCB)
    • Individual AC processing input and output files (CWU and UCB)
    • Combined position & velocity solutions & time series (MIT)
    • Combined baseline time series (MIT)
    • Coseismic offsets (MIT)


  • Archived at UNAVCO Facility, IRIS DMC
  • Level 0/1 data available now
  • Level 2 data by end of September 2005
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Routine GPS Data Flow
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Archived Data Volume (as of 8/31)
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Real-time GPS Plans
  • RTK feeds
    • Landowners have access from NetRS
    • RTCM (v2.1, 2.2, 2.3), CMR, CMR+, RT17
    • Can grant to 3rd parties
    • Approximately 25 stations w/feeds as of 8/31/2005
    • Includes local surveyors, utilities, etc.

  • IP-based data flow
    • Possibly using NTrip software (see Weber talk)
    • 2005: Test w/5 southern CA stations (w/SOPAC)
    • 2006: Test with about a dozen stations
    • 2007-2008: expand to selected other stations
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RTK Station Layout
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Real-time GPS Plans
  • RTK feeds
    • Landowners have access from NetRS
    • RTCM (v2.1, 2.2, 2.3), CMR, CMR+, RT17
    • Can grant to 3rd parties
    • Approximately 25 stations w/feeds as of 8/31/2005
    • Includes local surveyors, utilities, etc.

  • IP-based data flow
    • Possibly using NTrip software (see Weber talk)
    • 2005: Test w/5 southern CA stations (w/SOPAC)
    • 2006: Test with about a dozen stations
    • 2007-2008: expand to selected other stations
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High-rate RT GPS Data Flow
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Special Data Request Tool
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"Mount Saint Helens"
  • Mount Saint Helens
  • Volcanic Crisis Response
  • October 2004
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Mt. St. Helens Response
  • Stations recon’ed Aug 2004
  • Installations planned Summer 2005
  • Magmatic systems committee recommended rapid response to Sept 23rd 2005 increased seismic activity and steam/ash eruptions
  • Installed stations:
    • 2 in far field
    • 5 on flanks in 2 days
    • 2 more on flanks Feb 2005
  • 9 more GPS planned
  • 4 strain + 4 tilt planned
  • Hourly data from 8 stations
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Mt. St. Helens response
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Oct 04-May 05 Station Velocities
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Summary
  • PBO is geodetic component of EarthScope project
  • Network Operations Status
    • 875 new CGPS stations over next 5 years
    • 211 new stations are installed
  • Data Management Status
    • Data Management web site: http://pboweb.unavco.org/data
    • 182 of 211 stations have returned data
    • Data for Jan 2004-Sep 2005 available via GPS archives
    • Special data requests: http://pboweb.unavco.org/shared/scripts/datarequests
  • Data Analysis
    • Analysis Centers (CWU, UCB) and AC Coordinator (MIT)
    • Data products: position and velocity solutions, time series, etc.
    • Available from Archives by Sept 2005
  • Real-Time Data Progress & Plans
    • RTK feeds now available to landowners, about 25 active
    • 5 stations have IP-based real-time feeds as test
    • Will be expanding, making data available from Boulder in 2006
    • Possibly using NTrip software
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