Delivered-To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Message-ID: <20E81FA1A1DD404F87AC7DE3E01E28A5028E29B4@mlts1.lt.admin.ch> From: stefan.schaer@swisstopo.ch To: igsmail@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov, eurefmail@oma.be Subject: [IGSMAIL-5199]: NRT data flow problem caused by DC outage Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 08:58:39 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-igsmail Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 31 Aug 23:58:44 PDT 2005 Message Number 5199 ****************************************************************************** Author: Stefan Schaer Dear IGS/IGLOS/EUREF colleagues, We would like to point to a problem that (once more) became obvious thanks to the recent DC outage at BKG: http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/mail/igsmail/2005/msg00119.html This DC outage revealed a dramatic impact on the IGS/IGLOS/EUREF NRT data flow. At CODE, we suffered particularly from the reduced IGLOS data flow, which makes ultra-rapid (as well as rapid) GPS/GLONASS-combined POD (unnecessarily) more difficult, if not impossible. We think a list of affected stations might help to prevent similar data flow blackouts in the future. The following list includes all stations for which hourly files were made available at BKG on day 242 (for the hours prior to the outage): http://www.aiub.unibe.ch/download/igsdata/bkg_outage_nrtdata.txt Stations that remained "unaffected" by the BKG DC outage are indicated with "OK". Stations for which NO hourly observation data could be found at any DC (during the DC outage) are indicated with "data flow INTERRUPTED". A compiled list of these "BKG-dependent" stations may be found at: http://www.aiub.unibe.ch/download/igsdata/bkg_outage_nrtdata_interrupted.txt In total, 35 of 147 hourly stations were directly affected by this several hours lasting DC breakdown (more specifically: 29 of 85 IGS stations, 16 of 30 IGLOS stations, and 21 of 119 EUREF stations found at the BKG DC). All these 35 stations seem to consider just one DC (obviously BKG) for hourly (and daily?) file upload. It is worth mentioning that 5 of the affected stations even have the status of an "IGb00" fiducial site (used for datum definition): hofn joze lhas trab wtzr To avoid misunderstanding, here we address a station-related, not a DC-related problem. According to "IGS/EUREF Site Guidelines", GNSS observation stations must consider a secondary DC for backup. Best regards, Stefan Schaer