Earth and space observation at the German Antarctic Receiving Station O’Higgins
ABSTRACT The German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) O’Higgins at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula is a dual purpose facility for earth observation and has existed for more than 20 years. It serves as a satellite ground station for payload data downlink and telecommanding of remote sens...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247414000540 2024-03-03T08:38:43+00:00 Earth and space observation at the German Antarctic Receiving Station O’Higgins Klügel, Thomas Höppner, Kathrin Falk, Reinhard Kühmstedt, Elke Plötz, Christian Reinhold, Andreas Rülke, Axel Wojdziak, Reiner Balss, Ulrich Diedrich, Erhard Eineder, Michael Henniger, Hennes Metzig, Robert Steigenberger, Peter Gisinger, Christoph Schuh, Harald Böhm, Johannes Ojha, Roopesh Kadler, Matthias Humbert, Angelika Braun, Matthias Sun, Jing 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000540 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247414000540 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 51, issue 6, page 590-610 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000540 2024-02-08T08:39:53Z ABSTRACT The German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) O’Higgins at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula is a dual purpose facility for earth observation and has existed for more than 20 years. It serves as a satellite ground station for payload data downlink and telecommanding of remote sensing satellites as well as a geodetic observatory for global reference systems and global change. Both applications use the same 9 m diameter radio antenna. Major outcomes of this usage are summarised in this paper. The satellite ground station O’Higgins (OHG) is part of the global ground station network of the German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD) operated by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). It was established in 1991 to provide remote sensing data downlink support within the missions of the European Remote Sensing Satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2. These missions provided valuable insights into the changes of the Antarctic ice shield. Especially after the failure of the on-board data recorder, OHG became an essential downlink station for ERS-2 real-time data transmission. Since 2010, OHG is manned during the entire year, specifically to support the TanDEM-X mission. OHG is a main dump station for payload data, monitoring and telecommanding of the German TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites. For space geodesy and astrometry the radio antenna O’Higgins significantly improves coverage over the southern hemisphere and plays an essential role within the global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network. In particular the determination of the Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) and the sky coverage of the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) benefit from the location at a high southern latitude. Further, the resolution of VLBI images of active galactic nuclei (AGN), cosmic radio sources defining the ICRF, improves significantly when O’Higgins is included in the network. The various geodetic instrumentation and the long time series at O’Higgins allow a reliable determination of crustal motions. VLBI station ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Polar Record 51 6 590 610 |
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ABSTRACT The German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) O’Higgins at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula is a dual purpose facility for earth observation and has existed for more than 20 years. It serves as a satellite ground station for payload data downlink and telecommanding of remote sensing satellites as well as a geodetic observatory for global reference systems and global change. Both applications use the same 9 m diameter radio antenna. Major outcomes of this usage are summarised in this paper. The satellite ground station O’Higgins (OHG) is part of the global ground station network of the German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD) operated by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). It was established in 1991 to provide remote sensing data downlink support within the missions of the European Remote Sensing Satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2. These missions provided valuable insights into the changes of the Antarctic ice shield. Especially after the failure of the on-board data recorder, OHG became an essential downlink station for ERS-2 real-time data transmission. Since 2010, OHG is manned during the entire year, specifically to support the TanDEM-X mission. OHG is a main dump station for payload data, monitoring and telecommanding of the German TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites. For space geodesy and astrometry the radio antenna O’Higgins significantly improves coverage over the southern hemisphere and plays an essential role within the global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) network. In particular the determination of the Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) and the sky coverage of the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) benefit from the location at a high southern latitude. Further, the resolution of VLBI images of active galactic nuclei (AGN), cosmic radio sources defining the ICRF, improves significantly when O’Higgins is included in the network. The various geodetic instrumentation and the long time series at O’Higgins allow a reliable determination of crustal motions. VLBI station ... |
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Klügel, Thomas Höppner, Kathrin Falk, Reinhard Kühmstedt, Elke Plötz, Christian Reinhold, Andreas Rülke, Axel Wojdziak, Reiner Balss, Ulrich Diedrich, Erhard Eineder, Michael Henniger, Hennes Metzig, Robert Steigenberger, Peter Gisinger, Christoph Schuh, Harald Böhm, Johannes Ojha, Roopesh Kadler, Matthias Humbert, Angelika Braun, Matthias Sun, Jing |
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Earth and space observation at the German Antarctic Receiving Station O’Higgins |
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Earth and space observation at the German Antarctic Receiving Station O’Higgins |
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