NISU Site Information Form (site log) International GPS Service See Instructions at: ftp://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/station/general/sitelog_instr.txt 0. Form Prepared by (full name) : Marc Abbott Weiss Date Prepared : 2009-08-14 Report Type : Update If Update: Previous Site Log : nisu_20060621.log Modified/Added Sections : 3.1, 4.1 1. Site Identification of the GNSS Monument Site Name : NISU antenna at NIST Four Character ID : NISU Monument Inscription : NONE IERS DOMES Number : 49507M001 CDP Number : NONE Monument Description : METAL POLE ON TOP OF ELEVATOR SHAFT ON ROOFTOP Height of the Monument : (m) Monument Foundation : ROOF OF BLDG Foundation Depth : (m) Marker Description : no geodetic marker, ARP only Date Installed : 2002-01-01T00:00Z Geologic Characteristic : (BEDROCK/CLAY/CONGLOMERATE/GRAVEL/SAND/etc) Bedrock Type : (IGNEOUS/METAMORPHIC/SEDIMENTARY) Bedrock Condition : (FRESH/JOINTED/WEATHERED) Fracture Spacing : (1-10 cm/11-50 cm/51-200 cm/over 200 cm) Fault zones nearby : (YES/NO/Name of the zone) Distance/activity : (multiple lines) Additional Information : The reference is antenna ARP only, mounted on : a forced centering threaded rod that is bolted : to a pole. The pole is mounted to the top of : the elevator shaft above our highest roof. 2. Site Location Information City or Town : Boulder State or Province : Colorado Country : USA Tectonic Plate : North America Approximate Position (ITRF) X coordinate (m) : -1288363.592 Y coordinate (m) : -4721684.338 Z coordinate (m) : 4078659.412 Latitude (N is +) : +395943.53 Longitude (E is +) : -1051544.10 Elevation (m,ellips.) : 1653.9 Additional Information : (multiple lines) 3. GNSS Receiver Information 3.1 Receiver Type : NOV EURO4-1.00-222 Satellite System : GPS+WAAS Serial Number : 00480087 Firmware Version : 2.140-L1L2W Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 Date Installed : 2002-01-01T00:00Z Date Removed : 2009-08-25T18:00Z Temperature Stabiliz. : NONE Additional Information : System replaced by station NIST 3.x Receiver Type : (A20, from rcvr_ant.tab; see instructions) Satellite System : (GPS/GLONASS/GPS+GLONASS) Serial Number : (A5) Firmware Version : (A11) Elevation Cutoff Setting : (deg) Date Installed : (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ) Date Removed : (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ) Temperature Stabiliz. : (none or tolerance in degrees C) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 4. GNSS Antenna Information 4.1 Antenna Type : NOV600 NONE Serial Number : 02370080 Antenna Reference Point : TOP Marker->ARP Up Ecc. (m) : 0.0 Marker->ARP North Ecc(m) : 0.0 Marker->ARP East Ecc(m) : 0.0 Alignment from True N : 0 Antenna Radome Type : NONE Radome Serial Number : Antenna Cable Type : Andrew FSJ1-50A Antenna Cable Length : 56.9 Date Installed : 2002-01-01T00:00Z Date Removed : 2009-08-25T18:00Z Additional Information : System replaced by station NIST 4.x Antenna Type : (A20, from rcvr_ant.tab; see instructions) Serial Number : (A*, but note the first A5 is used in SINEX) Antenna Reference Point : (BPA/BCR/XXX from "antenna.gra"; see instr.) Marker->ARP Up Ecc. (m) : (F8.4) Marker->ARP North Ecc(m) : (F8.4) Marker->ARP East Ecc(m) : (F8.4) Alignment from True N : (deg; + is clockwise/east) Antenna Radome Type : (A4 from rcvr_ant.tab; see instructions) Radome Serial Number : Antenna Cable Type : (vendor & type number) Antenna Cable Length : (m) Date Installed : (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ) Date Removed : (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 5. Surveyed Local Ties 5.1 Tied Marker Name : DMA Tied Marker Usage : LOCAL CONTROL Tied Marker CDP Number : NONE Tied Marker DOMES Number : Differential Components from GNSS Marker to the tied monument (ITRS) dx (m) : -32.431 dy (m) : 3.525 dz (m) : -22.524 Accuracy (mm) : 10 Survey method : GPS CAMPAIGN and local survey Date Measured : 2002-08-23T22:00Z Additional Information : NGS National Geodetic Survey PID#AI7564 5.2 Tied Marker Name : NIST TF NE 1 Tied Marker Usage : LOCAL CONTROL Tied Marker CDP Number : NONE Tied Marker DOMES Number : Differential Components from GNSS Marker to the tied monument (ITRS) dx (m) : 17.692 dy (m) : 23.501 dz (m) : 16.155 Accuracy (mm) : 10 Survey method : GPS CAMPAIGN and local survey Date Measured : 2002-08-23T22:00Z Additional Information : NGS National Geodetic Survey PID#AI7563 5.3 Tied Marker Name : NIST TF PT 1 Tied Marker Usage : LOCAL CONTROL Tied Marker CDP Number : (A4) Tied Marker DOMES Number : (A9) Differential Components from GNSS Marker to the tied monument (ITRS) dx (m) : 105.081 dy (m) : -80.293 dz (m) : -89.771 Accuracy (mm) : 10 Survey method : GPS CAMPAIGN and local survey Date Measured : 2002-08-23T22:00Z Additional Information : NGS National Geodetic Survey PID#AI7562 5.x Tied Marker Name : Tied Marker Usage : (SLR/VLBI/LOCAL CONTROL/FOOTPRINT/etc) Tied Marker CDP Number : (A4) Tied Marker DOMES Number : (A9) Differential Components from GNSS Marker to the tied monument (ITRS) dx (m) : (m) dy (m) : (m) dz (m) : (m) Accuracy (mm) : (mm) Survey method : (GPS CAMPAIGN/TRILATERATION/TRIANGULATION/etc) Date Measured : (CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 6. Frequency Standard 6.1 Standard Type : EXTERNAL H-MASER Input Frequency : 5 MHz Effective Dates : 2002-01-01/CCYY-MM-DD Notes : Input signal is UTC(NIST). It is generated : by an Auxiliary Output Generator (AOG) steered : to UTC(NIST) from one of five H-masers in our : ensemble. All H-masers and the AOG are : Symmetricom products. 6.x Standard Type : (INTERNAL or EXTERNAL H-MASER/CESIUM/etc) Input Frequency : (if external) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 7. Collocation Information 7.1 Instrumentation Type : NATIONAL TIME & FREQUENCY STANDARDS Status : PERMANENT Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 7.x Instrumentation Type : (GPS/GLONASS/DORIS/PRARE/SLR/VLBI/TIME/etc) Status : (PERMANENT/MOBILE) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8. Meteorological Instrumentation 8.1.1 Humidity Sensor Model : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Data Sampling Interval : (sec) Accuracy (% rel h) : (% rel h) Aspiration : (UNASPIRATED/NATURAL/FAN/etc) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.1.x Humidity Sensor Model : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Data Sampling Interval : (sec) Accuracy (% rel h) : (% rel h) Aspiration : (UNASPIRATED/NATURAL/FAN/etc) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.2.1 Pressure Sensor Model : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Data Sampling Interval : (sec) Accuracy : (hPa) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.2.x Pressure Sensor Model : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Data Sampling Interval : (sec) Accuracy : (hPa) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.3.1 Temp. Sensor Model : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Data Sampling Interval : (sec) Accuracy : (deg C) Aspiration : (UNASPIRATED/NATURAL/FAN/etc) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.3.x Temp. Sensor Model : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Data Sampling Interval : (sec) Accuracy : (deg C) Aspiration : (UNASPIRATED/NATURAL/FAN/etc) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.4.1 Water Vapor Radiometer : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Distance to Antenna : (m) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.4.x Water Vapor Radiometer : Manufacturer : Serial Number : Distance to Antenna : (m) Height Diff to Ant : (m) Calibration date : (CCYY-MM-DD) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Notes : (multiple lines) 8.5.1 Other Instrumentation : (multiple lines) 8.5.x Other Instrumentation : (multiple lines) 9. Local Ongoing Conditions Possibly Affecting Computed Position 9.1.1 Radio Interferences : (TV/CELL PHONE ANTENNA/RADAR/etc) Observed Degradations : (SN RATIO/DATA GAPS/etc) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 9.1.x Radio Interferences : (TV/CELL PHONE ANTENNA/RADAR/etc) Observed Degradations : (SN RATIO/DATA GAPS/etc) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 9.2.1 Multipath Sources : Other antennas Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 9.2.x Multipath Sources : (METAL ROOF/DOME/VLBI ANTENNA/etc) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 9.3.1 Signal Obstructions : Mountains to West up to about 5 deg Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 9.3.x Signal Obstructions : (TREES/BUILDLINGS/etc) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 10. Local Episodic Effects Possibly Affecting Data Quality 10.1 Date : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Event : (TREE CLEARING/CONSTRUCTION/etc) 10.x Date : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Event : (TREE CLEARING/CONSTRUCTION/etc) 11. On-Site, Point of Contact Agency Information Agency : National Institute of Standards and Technology Preferred Abbreviation : NIST Mailing Address : Mail Stop 847 : 325 Broadway : Boulder, CO 80305 Primary Contact Contact Name : Marc Weiss Telephone (primary) : 303-497-3261 Telephone (secondary) : Fax : 303-497-6461 E-mail : mweiss@boulder.nist.gov Secondary Contact Contact Name : Victor Zhang Telephone (primary) : 303-497-3977 Telephone (secondary) : Fax : 303-497-6461 E-mail : vzhang@boulder.nist.gov Additional Information : (multiple lines) 12. Responsible Agency (if different from 11.) Agency : National Institute of Standards and Technology Preferred Abbreviation : NIST Mailing Address : Mail Stop 847 : 325 Broadway : Boulder, CO 80305 Primary Contact Contact Name : Marc Weiss Telephone (primary) : 303-497-3261 Telephone (secondary) : Fax : 303-497-6461 E-mail : mweiss@boulder.nist.gov Secondary Contact Contact Name : Victor Zhang Telephone (primary) : 303-497-3977 Telephone (secondary) : Fax : 303-497-6461 E-mail : vzhang@boulder.nist.gov Additional Information : Data flow contacts: dstowers@jpl.nasa.gov : and ruud@unavco.org 13. More Information Primary Data Center : JPL Secondary Data Center : UNAVCO URL for More Information : http://tf.nist.gov Hardcopy on File Site Map : (Y or URL) Site Diagram : (Y or URL) Horizon Mask : (Y or URL) Monument Description : (Y or URL) Site Pictures : http://tf.nist.gov/time/nisu.htm Additional Information : (multiple lines) Antenna Graphics with Dimensions (insert text graphic from file antenna.gra)