The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences
peer reviewed During February 2013 the King Edward Point (KEP) Geodetic Observatory was established in South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, through a University of Luxembourg funded research project and in collaboration with the United Kingdom National Oceanography Centre, British Antarctic Survey,...
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ftunivluxembourg:oai:orbilu.uni.lu:10993/17029 2024-04-21T07:52:32+00:00 The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences Teferle, Felix Norman Hunegnaw, Addisu Ahmed, Furqan Sidorov, Dmitry Woodworth, Philip L Foden, Peter R Williams, Simnon P D University of Luxembourg: Research Unit of Engineering Sciences - RUES ULHPC - University of Luxembourg: High Performance Computing 2016 https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/17029 https://orbilu.uni.lu/bitstream/10993/17029/1/kepgo.pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2015_175 en eng Springer http://www.springer.com/fr/book/9783319246031 https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/17029 info:hdl:10993/17029 https://orbilu.uni.lu/bitstream/10993/17029/1/kepgo.pdf doi:10.1007/1345_2015_175 scopus-id:2-s2.0-84984870535 open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:isbn:978-3-319-30895-1 IAG 150 Years Proceedings of the 2013 IAG Scientific Assembly, Postdam, Germany, 1–6 September, 2013, 625-630 (2016); 2013 International Association of Geodesy Scientific Assembly, Potsdam, Germany [DE], 01-09-2013 to 06-09-2013 Global Navigation Satellite Sstem King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory South Georgia Island South Atlantic Ocean Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique conference paper http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject peer reviewed 2016 ftunivluxembourg https://doi.org/10.1007/1345_2015_175 2024-03-27T14:13:09Z peer reviewed During February 2013 the King Edward Point (KEP) Geodetic Observatory was established in South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, through a University of Luxembourg funded research project and in collaboration with the United Kingdom National Oceanography Centre, British Antarctic Survey, and Unavco, Inc. Due to its remote location in the South Atlantic Ocean, as well as being one of few subaerial exposures of the Scotia tectonic plate, South Georgia Island has been a key location for a number of global monitoring networks, e.g. seismic, geomagnetic and oceanic. However, no permanent geodetic monitoring station has been established previously, despite the lack of observations from this region. In this study we will present an evaluation of the GNSS and meteorological observations from the KEP Geodetic Observatory for the period from 14 February to 31 December 2013. We calculate multipath and positioning statistics and compare these to those from IGS stations using equipment of the same type. The on-site meteorological data are compared to those from the nearby KEP meteorological station and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis model, and the impact of these data sets on integrated water vapour estimates is evaluated. We discuss the installation in terms of its potential contributions to sea level observations using tide gauges and satellite altimetry, studies of tectonics, glacio-isostatic adjustment and atmospheric processes. New Geodetic Infrastructure and Reprocessed GPS Solutions for Sea Level, Climatology and Geodynamics (GSCG) Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic British Antarctic Survey South Atlantic Ocean South Georgia Island University of Luxembourg: ORBilu - Open Repository and Bibliography 625 630 |
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Global Navigation Satellite Sstem King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory South Georgia Island South Atlantic Ocean Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique Teferle, Felix Norman Hunegnaw, Addisu Ahmed, Furqan Sidorov, Dmitry Woodworth, Philip L Foden, Peter R Williams, Simnon P D The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences |
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peer reviewed During February 2013 the King Edward Point (KEP) Geodetic Observatory was established in South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, through a University of Luxembourg funded research project and in collaboration with the United Kingdom National Oceanography Centre, British Antarctic Survey, and Unavco, Inc. Due to its remote location in the South Atlantic Ocean, as well as being one of few subaerial exposures of the Scotia tectonic plate, South Georgia Island has been a key location for a number of global monitoring networks, e.g. seismic, geomagnetic and oceanic. However, no permanent geodetic monitoring station has been established previously, despite the lack of observations from this region. In this study we will present an evaluation of the GNSS and meteorological observations from the KEP Geodetic Observatory for the period from 14 February to 31 December 2013. We calculate multipath and positioning statistics and compare these to those from IGS stations using equipment of the same type. The on-site meteorological data are compared to those from the nearby KEP meteorological station and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis model, and the impact of these data sets on integrated water vapour estimates is evaluated. We discuss the installation in terms of its potential contributions to sea level observations using tide gauges and satellite altimetry, studies of tectonics, glacio-isostatic adjustment and atmospheric processes. New Geodetic Infrastructure and Reprocessed GPS Solutions for Sea Level, Climatology and Geodynamics (GSCG) |
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Teferle, Felix Norman Hunegnaw, Addisu Ahmed, Furqan Sidorov, Dmitry Woodworth, Philip L Foden, Peter R Williams, Simnon P D |
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Teferle, Felix Norman Hunegnaw, Addisu Ahmed, Furqan Sidorov, Dmitry Woodworth, Philip L Foden, Peter R Williams, Simnon P D |
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Teferle, Felix Norman |
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The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences |
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The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences |
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The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences |
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The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences |
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The King Edward Point Geodetic Observatory, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean: A First Evaluation and Potential Contributions to Geosciences |
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king edward point geodetic observatory, south georgia, south atlantic ocean: a first evaluation and potential contributions to geosciences |
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Antarc* Antarctic British Antarctic Survey South Atlantic Ocean South Georgia Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic British Antarctic Survey South Atlantic Ocean South Georgia Island |
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