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"EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory"
  • EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory
  • Status Update


  • Greg Anderson
  • PBO Data Products Manager


  • CORS Users Forum, Fort Worth, TX
  • 26 September 2006
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Topics
  • What is the Plate Boundary Observatory?
  • Network operations/construction status
  • Data management
  • Web tools
  • Real-time progress/plans
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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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PBO GPS: Halfway Done
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PBO GPS: Halfway Done
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GPS Operational %
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Raw GPS Data Volume
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Current GPS Data Flow
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PBO GPS Data Products
  • Level 0 (at least daily)
    • 15-sec raw, routine download
    • 5-sps raw, triggered download
    • Survey-mode raw files


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


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


  • Archived at UNAVCO Facility, IRIS DMC


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Which stations are built/planned?
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Which stations are operating?
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Tell me more about station X
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How do I get data?
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Special Data Request Tool
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PBO RTK for Landowners
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RTK Stations (Planned/Active)
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IP-based real-time via Ntrip
  • Prototype testing with interested groups
  • Contact me at anderson@unavco.org or 303-381-7555
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Summary
  • PBO is geodetic component of EarthScope project


  • Network Operations Status
    • Half of 852 new CGPS have been installed
    • Typically, 90+% operational

  • Data Management Status
    • 96% of stations have returned data
    • ~150 GB raw data (Jan 2004-present) available
    • Special data requests: http://pboweb.unavco.org/data_request

  • Real-Time Data Progress & Plans
    • RTK feeds now available to landowners, 40 active/planned
    • Prototype Ntrip IP-based real-time system available for testers
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