Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica
A PRARE (Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment) tracking antenna was installed by the 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-38) at Syowa Station (69.0°S, 39.6°E), Antarctica in March 1997. The antenna pillar pin of the PRARE tracking antenna was tied to the International GPS Service for...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:d66dd25fb23c4326907d6e62f5100eb1 2023-05-15T13:45:15+02:00 Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica Kazuo Shibuya Masaki Kanao Toshihiro Higashi Shigeru Aoki 2000-03-01 https://doi.org/10.15094/00009111 https://doaj.org/article/d66dd25fb23c4326907d6e62f5100eb1 en other eng National Institute of Polar Research doi:10.15094/00009111 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/d66dd25fb23c4326907d6e62f5100eb1 undefined Antarctic Record, Vol 44, Iss 1, Pp 14-24 (2000) geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2000 fttriple https://doi.org/10.15094/00009111 2023-01-22T18:10:05Z A PRARE (Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment) tracking antenna was installed by the 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-38) at Syowa Station (69.0°S, 39.6°E), Antarctica in March 1997. The antenna pillar pin of the PRARE tracking antenna was tied to the International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS) antenna reference point by relative GPS positioning, and its International Terrestrial Reference Frame 1994 (ITRF94) coordinates were estimated as X_P=1766500.399m, Y_P=1460251.211m, and Z_P=-5932214.446m at the epoch of 1997.0. The total number of normal point data for range measurements attained almost 100% (around 2500min per week) from March to September, 1997; however, the number of received data decreased significantly thereafter. This may be due to a degraded X-band RF-cable under the cold temperature condition in the radome. Although an on-site tropospheric correction could not be made, post-processing with the surface synoptic data showed improvements of the overall root mean square (rms) range errors from about 50cm to 30cm. Application of the PRARE obtained precise orbits to radar altimeter and synthetic aperture radar studies will be discussed in a separate report. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica E. Antarctica Unknown Antarctic Pillar ENVELOPE(166.217,166.217,-77.583,-77.583) Syowa Station |
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A PRARE (Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment) tracking antenna was installed by the 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-38) at Syowa Station (69.0°S, 39.6°E), Antarctica in March 1997. The antenna pillar pin of the PRARE tracking antenna was tied to the International GPS Service for Geodynamics (IGS) antenna reference point by relative GPS positioning, and its International Terrestrial Reference Frame 1994 (ITRF94) coordinates were estimated as X_P=1766500.399m, Y_P=1460251.211m, and Z_P=-5932214.446m at the epoch of 1997.0. The total number of normal point data for range measurements attained almost 100% (around 2500min per week) from March to September, 1997; however, the number of received data decreased significantly thereafter. This may be due to a degraded X-band RF-cable under the cold temperature condition in the radome. Although an on-site tropospheric correction could not be made, post-processing with the surface synoptic data showed improvements of the overall root mean square (rms) range errors from about 50cm to 30cm. Application of the PRARE obtained precise orbits to radar altimeter and synthetic aperture radar studies will be discussed in a separate report. |
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Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica |
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Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica |
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Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica |
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Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica |
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Installation and operation of PRARE tracking antenna at Syowa Station, Antarctica |
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installation and operation of prare tracking antenna at syowa station, antarctica |
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