PAAP Geology and Planetary Science CORS Site

11/22/05

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This homepage describes the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) site located on the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Our site is jointly maintained by the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.    William Harbert is the University of Pittsburgh contact for questions related to PAAP.

As presently estimated this site is moving on the North America Plate and has the following yearly velocity components:ITRF00 VELOCITY  (yearly motion in north, east and upward directions  in meters per year): (Predicted with HTDP_2.7 August 2003). 

  • VX =  -0.0168 m/yr      northward =   0.0023 m/yr     

  • VY =  -0.0017 m/yr      eastward  =  -0.0168 m/yr   

  • VZ =   0.0019 m/yr      upward    =   0.0003 m/yr   

Check the NGS PAAP CORS site for additional details and PAAP CORS site data download.

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What is the CORS network?
 

 The CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Station) is a network of GPS stations that are permanently installed around the United States. The CORS sites in Pennsylvania are maintained by PennDOT in collaboration with other institutions and allows a user to download the data that are being recorded to use with their own GPS observations.

Need more information?  Check the presentations below.

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Microsoft PowerPoint DocumentWhat is Continuously Operating Reference Stations? (CORS) (5.9 MB)

Presentation describes: National Geodetic Survey (NGS), National Ocean Survey (NOS), future Global Positioning System user sectors, CORS coverage, sites, overview, partners and applications. (Charles Challstrom and Richard Snay, January 2002)

Microsoft PowerPoint DocumentContinuously Operating Reference Stations Information (1.8 MB)

Presentation describes: National CORS and Cooperative CORS, ground station, Global Positioning System data-Rinex format, data availability, meteorological data, and technology transfer. (Miranda Chin National Geodetic Survey; March 2001)

Microsoft PowerPoint DocumentNational Geodetic Survey Products for Accurate Global Positioning System Positioning (1.2 MB)

Presentation describes: coordinates and velocities, transformation software, Global Positioning System orbital data, Global Positioning System antenna phase pattern models, Geoid99, and Total Electron Content Mapping. (Tomas Soler, National Geodetic Survey; January 2002)

Microsoft PowerPoint DocumentCORS Data Access (1.9 MB)

Presentation describes: Web access, Cooperative CORS, and industry applications. (Gordon Adams, National Geodetic Survey January 2002)

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This site was last updated by William Harbert on 11/22/05