doi: 10.5067/GNSS/gnss_igsrorb_001

• Data Center Citation
• Data Citation
• Summary
• Description
• Data Access
• Documentation

Data Center Citation

Noll, Carey E., The Crustal Dynamics Data Information System: A resource to support scientific analysis using space geodesy, Advances in Space Research, Volume 45, Issue 12, 15 June 2010, Pages 1421-1440, ISSN 0273-1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.01.018.

Data Citation

International GNSS Service, GNSS Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Product, Greenbelt, MD, USA:NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS), Accessed [[enter user data access date]] at doi: 10.5067/gnss/gnss_igsrorb_001.

Other standard citation formats may be used for this data set and can be found at the DOI Citation Formatter website.

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Summary

• Name: GNSS Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Product from the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
• Format: SP3, UNIX compressed ASCII
• Spatial Coverage: 90.0 to -90.0, 180.0 to -180.0
• Temporal Coverage: 1994-01-02 to present
• Temporal Resolution: Daily
• File Size: 100 Kbytes/day
• Platforms: GPS

Description

The IGS rapid products can be used to determine precise coordinates of the observing stations, gravity field parameters, and Earth orientation parameters. The IGS derived products are essential for Earth science research; multi-disciplinary positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) applications; and education.

This derived product set consists of Global Navigation Satellite System Rapid Orbit Product (daily files, generated daily) from the NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS). GNSS satellites provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. GNSS data sets from ground receivers at the CDDIS consist primarily of the data from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS). Since 2011, the CDDIS GNSS archive includes data from other GNSS (Europe’s Galileo, China’s Beidou, Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System/QZSS, the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System/IRNSS, and worldwide Satellite Based Augmentation Systems/SBASs), which are similar to the U.S. GPS in terms of the satellite constellation, orbits, and signal structure. Analysis Centers (ACs) of the International GNSS Service (IGS) retrieve GNSS data on regular schedules to produce precise orbits identifying the position and velocity of the GNSS satellites. The IGS Analysis Center Coordinator (ACC) uses these individual AC solutions to generate the official IGS rapid combined orbit products. The rapid combination is a daily solution available approximately 17 hours after the end of the previous UTC day. All orbit solution files utilize the extended standard product-3 (SP3c) format and span 24 hours from 00:00 to 23:45 UTC. The IGS rapid products have a quality nearly comparable to that of the final products. For most applications the user of IGS products will not notice any significant differences between results obtained using the IGS Final and the IGS Rapid products.

Data Access

The GNSS Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Products (GPS and GPS+GLONASS solutions) are online:

Append the following directory and file names to the starting directory:

WWWW/igrWWWWD.sp3.Z

as described in the table below.

Code	Meaning
WWWW	GPS week
D	day of week (0-6, 7 indicates weekly)
.Z	UNIX compressed file

Documentation

http://cddis.nasa.gov/Data_and_Derived_Products/GNSS/GNSS_data_and_product_archive.html