From: Kristine M. Larson Subject: [IGSMAIL-1078] New IGS site in Greenland (KELY) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 14:52:44 PDT ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail Tue Oct 3 14:52:44 PDT 1995 Message Number 1078 ****************************************************************************** Author: Kristine M. Larson Subject: New IGS site in Greenland (KELY) A TurboRogue receiver was installed near the Sondrestrom fjord in Greenland on July 23, 1995. It is located at the the Sondrestrom Incoherent Scatter Radar facility, (operated by SRI) which graciously allowed us to install the GPS receiver at their site. This radar facility is known as Kellyville. A 3 megawatt radar operates approximately 10% of the month. This radar operates at 1290 MHz. Because of concerns about the antenna, we are not currently collecting data through the radar runs. At the present time, Kellyville has the only civilian internet access in Greenland. The data are currently being picked up by NOAA (CIGNET) and will be available via the IGS data centers. Three reference marks were installed, and surveys will be deposited to the IGS Central Bureau in the near future. This site was installed with the cooperation of a large number of people and institutions, including: John Wahr, Kristine Larson, Koni Steffen (University of Colorado) Tonie van Dam, Doug Robertson, Dave Crump, Miranda Chin (NOAA) Mary McCready (SRI) Rene Forsberg and Bo Madsen (KMS) Funding and a GPS receiver was provided by NASA. The site log, which has been submitted to the IGS Central Bureau is included below. If you have additional questions about the site, you can contact me directly. Regards, Kristine Larson kristine.larson@colorado.edu ********************************** SITE INFORMATION FORM ********************************** 0. Form Prepared by (full name): Kristine M. Larson Campus Box 429 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 kristine.larson@colorado.edu (303) 492-5141 (voice) / (303) 492-7881 (fax) Date : October 1, 1995 Report type : NEW (NEW or UPDATE) 1. Site Identification of the GPS monument Site Name : Kellyville (Kangerlussuaq) 4 char ID : KELY Monument Inscription : KELLYVILLE 1995 IERS DOMES Number : 43005M001 CDP Number : none Date : July 23, 1995 Additional information : internet connection available 2. Site Location City : Kangerlussuaq Country : Greenland Tectonic Plate : North American Additional information : The GPS site is located on the Sondrestrom fjord, at the Sondrestrom Incoherent Scatter Radar facility. This facility is known as Kellyville. A 3 megawatt radar operates approximately 10% of the month. This radar operates at 1290 MHz. Because of safety concerns, we are not currently collecting data through the radar runs. The nearest town is Kangerlussuaq. We have named this site KELY so as to not confuse this site with a temporary GPS marker named KANG. Approximate Geodetic Coordinates Latitude : 66.9873 Longitude : -50.9448 Height : 230.5636 3. GPS Receiver Type : ROGUE SNR-8000 Serial Number : 314 Firmware Version : 3.2 Date : July 23, 1995 4. GPS Antenna Type : DORNE MARGOLIN T Serial Number : 394 Date : July 23, 1995 Vertical Antenna Height: 0.00 Antenna Reference Point: ARP 5. Local Site Ties Monument CDP DOMES Components Accuracy Date Name Number Number dX dY dZ mm yy-mm-dd ................... ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .. .. ................... ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .. .. ................... ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ .. .. .. .. Differential coordinates from the GPS monument to the reference and other monuments. The components are parallel to the XYZ-axes of the global geocentric reference system ITRF (WGS-84). "Accuracy" is estimated accuracy of local survey (millimeters). 6. Frequency standard H-maser / / Cesium / / Quartz / / Internal / X / Other (specify) : Date : 7. Collocation SLR / / VLBI / / DORIS / / PRARE / / Other GEOPHYSICAL Instrumentation (specify) : Other (specify) : 8. On-site, Point of Contact Agency Information Agency : SRI Contact : Mary McCready Address : Sondrestrom Incoherent Scatter Radar Facility Postboks 108 3910 Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Telephone : +299 11260 E-mail : mccready@umimmak.srpo.gl Fax : +299 11120 9. Responsible Operations Agency (if different from item 8) Agency : Geosciences Laboratory, NOS/NOAA Contact : Miranda Chin Address : NOAA, N/OES13 SSMC IV, Sta 8201 1305 East-West Hwy. Silver Spring MD 20910 U.S.A. Telephone : 301-713-2852 E-mail : miranda@gracie.grdl.noaa.gov Fax : 301-713-4475 10. Please insert here the character graphics corresponding to the antenna type. Check, complete or change if necessary the antenna dimensions. TurboRogue: DORNE MARGOLIN T ----- / + \ <-- 0.128 L2 | + | <-- 0.110 L1 +--------------------------------------------------+ <-- 0.102 TCR | | | | | | | | +-+--------------------------------------------------+-+ <-- 0.038 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+ <-- 0.035 BCR | | =| | +------x------+ <-- 0.000 ARP <-- 0.381 --> ARP: Antenna Reference Point L1 : L1 Phase Center L2 : L2 Phase Center TCR: Top of Chokering BCR: Bottom of Chokering 11. Hard copy information The next items should be compiled and sent to the Central Bureau (see original IGS Station Information Report, or contact the CB for forms). Please mark 'X' if on file or date expected to be available. Site Map : Site Diagram : Horizon Mask : Monument description : Site pictures : [Mailed From: Kristine Larson ] [Mailed From: Robert Liu ]