A new high-precision and low-power GNSS receiver for long-term installations in remote areas

• Published in: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
• Main Authors: Jones, David H., Robinson, Carl, Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-65-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00013745; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00013701/gi-5-65-2016.pdf; https://gi.copernicus.org/articles/5/65/2016/gi-5-65-2016.pdf

We have developed a new high-precision GNSS receiver specifically designed for long-term unattended deployments in remote areas. The receiver reports its status, and can be reprogrammed remotely, through an integrated satellite data link. It uses less power than commercially available alternatives while being equally, if not more, accurate. Data are saved locally on dual SD card slots for increased reliability. Deployments of a number of those receivers in several different locations on the Antarctic ice sheet have shown them to be robust and able to operate flawlessly at low temperatures down to −40 °C.