CDDIS: NASA's Archive of Space Geodesy Data
Global VLBI Terrestrial Reference Frame solution product

doi: 10.5067/VLBI/VLBI_global_soln_trf_001

Data Center Citation

Noll, Carey E., The Crustal Dynamics Data Information System: A resource to support scientific analysis using space geodesy, Advances in Space Research, Volume 45, Issue 12, 15 June 2010, Pages 1421-1440, ISSN 0273-1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2010.01.018.

Data Citation

International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS) Global VLBI Terrestrial Reference Frame solution product [online]. Available from the NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA at: http://doi.org/10.5067/VLBI/VLBI_global_soln_trf_001, Accessed [[enter user data access date]].

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Summary

  • Name: Global VLBI Terrestrial Reference Frame solution product available from the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
  • Format: SINEX
  • Spatial Coverage: 90.0N to -90.0S, 180.0E to -180.0W
  • Temporal Coverage: 2003-07-11 to 2023-10-16
  • Temporal Resolution: daily
  • File Size: up to 650 KB
  • Platforms:

Description

The Terrestrial Reference Frame product consists of a set of station positions, velocities, and correlations. A minimum of three years of data is used in each solution. The TRF operational product is available on the IVS Data Centers approximately quarterly.

Data Access

The Global VLBI Terrestrial Reference Frame solution files are online:

in subdirectories by year as follows:

AAACCCCC.trf.gz

Code Meaning
AAA3-character analysis center
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gz gzip compressed file

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