MORP Site Information Form (site log) International GNSS Service See Instructions at: ftp://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/station/general/sitelog_instr.txt 0. Form Prepared by (full name) : Peter Clarke Date Prepared : 2015-09-05 Report Type : UPDATE If Update: Previous Site Log : morp_20140724.log Modified/Added Sections : 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, : 3.10, 3.11, 10.14, 10.15 1. Site Identification of the GNSS Monument Site Name : Morpeth Four Character ID : MORP Monument Inscription : IERS DOMES Number : 13299S001 CDP Number : Monument Description : PILLAR Height of the Monument : 0.0 m Monument Foundation : CONCRETE BLOCK Foundation Depth : 2.4 m Marker Description : Gravity force centred Date Installed : 1996-06-01T00:00Z Geologic Characteristic : BOULDER CLAY Bedrock Type : SEDIMENTARY Bedrock Condition : Fracture Spacing : over 200 cm Fault zones nearby : NO Distance/activity : Additional Information : The antenna is mounted on a 4.5t : quarried trapezoidial stone : (~2.4m high x ~1.5m base x ~0.7m top) : and placed in a hole dug down to : the sandstone bedrock. The stone was : concreted to the bedrock. : The marker is defined as the : intersection of the vertical axis from : the horizontal benchmark (forced : centering plate) with the horizontal : plane tangent to the height benchmark : (vertical bolt) 2. Site Location Information City or Town : Morpeth State or Province : Northumberland Country : United Kingdom Tectonic Plate : EURASIAN Approximate Position (ITRF) X coordinate (m) : 3645667.9 Y coordinate (m) : -107277.3 Z coordinate (m) : 5215053.5 Latitude (N is +) : +551246.04 Longitude (E is +) : -0014107.79 Elevation (m,ellips.) : 144.4 Additional Information : 3. GNSS Receiver Information 3.1 Receiver Type : ROGUE SNR-12 RM Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : 219 Firmware Version : 3.2.32.1 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 10 deg Date Installed : 1996-10-31T00:00Z Date Removed : 1999-12-13T23:59Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : This site operated semi-continuously : since the date shown. The back catologue : of data are available upon request. 3.2 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00105 Firmware Version : 1L00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 10 deg Date Installed : 2000-02-01T00:00Z Date Removed : 2002-04-15T00:00Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.3 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00105 Firmware Version : 1L00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2002-04-15T00:00Z Date Removed : 2002-05-20T14:00Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.4 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00973 Firmware Version : 6J00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2002-05-20T15:00Z Date Removed : 2002-06-23T00:00Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.5 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00105 Firmware Version : CD00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2002-09-03T12:21Z Date Removed : 2002-10-05T16:45Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.6 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00105 Firmware Version : CD00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 5 deg Date Installed : 2002-10-05T16:45Z Date Removed : 2004-03-17T10:30Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.7 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00970 Firmware Version : CD00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 5 deg Date Installed : 2004-03-17T10:31Z Date Removed : 2004-11-18T13:15Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.8 Receiver Type : ASHTECH Z-XII3 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : LP00976 Firmware Version : CD00 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2004-11-18T13:15Z Date Removed : 2007-04-29T08:47Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.9 Receiver Type : TRIMBLE NETRS Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : 4722133054 Firmware Version : 1.2-0 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2007-10-31T11:36Z Date Removed : 2011-10-13T12:00Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : 3.10 Receiver Type : TRIMBLE NETR8 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : 4843K33417 Firmware Version : 4.19 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2011-10-13T12:00Z Date Removed : 2014-01-20T12:00Z Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : serial number incorrectly set to 4843K3347 : from 2011-10-13 to 2014-01-20 : satellite system incorrectly set to GPS+GLO : prior to 2015-09-05 3.11 Receiver Type : TRIMBLE NETR8 Satellite System : GPS Serial Number : 4843K33417 Firmware Version : 4.70 Elevation Cutoff Setting : 0 deg Date Installed : 2014-01-20T12:00Z Date Removed : CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ Temperature Stabiliz. : none Additional Information : satellite system incorrectly set to GPS+GLO : prior to 2015-09-05 (antenna is incapable of GLO : reception) 3.x Receiver Type : (A20, from rcvr_ant.tab; see instructions) Satellite System : (GPS+GLO+GAL+BDS+QZSS+SBAS) Serial Number : (A20, but note the first A5 is used in SINEX) 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 : AOAD/M_T NONE Serial Number : 221 Antenna Reference Point : BPA Marker->ARP Up Ecc. (m) : 0.0330 Marker->ARP North Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Marker->ARP East Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Alignment from True N : 0 deg Antenna Radome Type : NONE Radome Serial Number : Antenna Cable Type : Huber+Suhner Antenna Cable Length : 60 m Date Installed : 1996-10-31T00:00Z Date Removed : 2005-06-14T16:00Z Additional Information : Added LNA 2002-12-19T15:00Z 4.2 Antenna Type : AOAD/M_T NONE Serial Number : 221 Antenna Reference Point : BPA Marker->ARP Up Ecc. (m) : 0.0330 Marker->ARP North Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Marker->ARP East Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Alignment from True N : 0 deg Antenna Radome Type : NONE Radome Serial Number : Antenna Cable Type : Huber+Suhner Antenna Cable Length : 60 m Date Installed : 2005-06-14T16:00Z Date Removed : 2009-07-26T00:00Z Additional Information : antenna moved by a sheep in enclosure : removal time is approximate to a few days only : and is based on time series analysis 4.3 Antenna Type : AOAD/M_T NONE Serial Number : 221 Antenna Reference Point : BPA Marker->ARP Up Ecc. (m) : 0.0330 Marker->ARP North Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Marker->ARP East Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Alignment from True N : 0 deg Antenna Radome Type : NONE Radome Serial Number : Antenna Cable Type : Huber+Suhner Antenna Cable Length : 60 m Date Installed : 2009-07-26T00:00Z Date Removed : 2009-08-17T13:40Z Additional Information : antenna relocated to forced centred position : antenna hardware was not changed 4.4 Antenna Type : AOAD/M_T NONE Serial Number : 221 Antenna Reference Point : BPA Marker->ARP Up Ecc. (m) : 0.0330 Marker->ARP North Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Marker->ARP East Ecc(m) : 0.0000 Alignment from True N : 0 deg Antenna Radome Type : NONE Radome Serial Number : Antenna Cable Type : Huber+Suhner Antenna Cable Length : 60 m Date Installed : 2009-08-17T13:40Z Date Removed : CCYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ Additional Information : 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 : MORG Tied Marker Usage : GLONASS+GPS Tied Marker CDP Number : Tied Marker DOMES Number : 13299M001 Differential Components from GNSS Marker to the tied monument (ITRS) dx (m) : 5.1413 dy (m) : 0.1382 dz (m) : -3.2924 Accuracy (mm) : 1 mm Survey method : GPS CAMPAIGN/TOTAL STATION Date Measured : 2007-03-29T13:00Z Additional Information : 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 : INTERNAL Input Frequency : Effective Dates : 1996-10-31/CCYY-MM-DD Notes : 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.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 : Met3 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 101666 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy (% rel h) : 2 Aspiration : UNASPIRATED Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2007-02-26 Effective Dates : 2007-07-11/2010-01-08 Notes : 8.1.2 Humidity Sensor Model : Met3 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 101666 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy (% rel h) : 2 Aspiration : UNASPIRATED Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2010-02-15 Effective Dates : 2010-02-24/2012-04-03 Notes : removed to allow recalibration 8.1.3 Humidity Sensor Model : Met4 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 118599 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy (% rel h) : 2 Aspiration : UNASPIRATED Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2012-02-01 Effective Dates : 2012-04-03/CCYY-MM-DD Notes : incorrectly previously specified as Met3 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 : Met3 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 101666 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy : 0.08 hPa Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2007-02-26 Effective Dates : 2007-07-11/2010-01-08 Notes : Height is from base of sensor to MORP : reference point. Sensor removed for : recalibration 8.2.2 Pressure Sensor Model : Met3 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 101666 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy : 0.08 hPa Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2010-02-15 Effective Dates : 2010-02-24/2012-02-01 Notes : Height is from base of sensor to MORP : reference point. Sensor removed for : recalibration 8.2.3 Pressure Sensor Model : Met4 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 118599 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy : 0.08 hPa Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2012-02-01 Effective Dates : 2012-04-03/CCYY-MM-DD Notes : 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 : Met3 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 101666 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy : 0.5 deg C Aspiration : UNASPIRATED Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2007-02-26 Effective Dates : 2007-07-11/2010-01-08 Notes : Sensor removed for recalibration 8.3.2 Temp. Sensor Model : Met3 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 101666 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy : 0.5 deg C Aspiration : UNASPIRATED Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2010-02-15 Effective Dates : 2010-02-24/2012-02-01 Notes : 8.3.3 Temp. Sensor Model : Met4 Manufacturer : Paroscientific Serial Number : 118599 Data Sampling Interval : 600 sec Accuracy : 0.5 deg C Aspiration : UNASPIRATED Height Diff to Ant : -0.746 m Calibration date : 2012-02-01 Effective Dates : 2012-04-03/CCYY-MM-DD Notes : 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.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.x Other Instrumentation : (multiple lines) 9. Local Ongoing Conditions Possibly Affecting Computed Position 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.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 : Timber Fence Effective Dates : 1996-10-31/CCYY-MM-DD Additional Information : Below 15 degrees elevation, ~5-10m from : antenna, surrounds antenna : See 10.5 below for changes to fence 9.3.x Signal Obstructions : (TREES/BUILDINGS/etc) Effective Dates : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Additional Information : (multiple lines) 10. Local Episodic Effects Possibly Affecting Data Quality 10.1 Date : 2002-09-26/2002-09-26 Event : WEED CLEARING 10.2 Date : 2003-06-06/2003-06-06 Event : WEED CLEARING/GRAVEL DISTRIBUTION 10.3 Date : 2004-06-15/2004-06-15 Event : WEED CLEARING 10.4 Date : 2005-06-15/2005-06-15 Event : WEED CLEARING AND REPAIR OF FENCING 10.5 Date : 2006-06-01/2006-10-30 Event : INSTALLATION OF NEW MONUMENT 7m SOUTH : RELOCATION AND EXTENSION OF FENCE TO : SOUTH 10.6 Date : 2007-07-01/2007-07-30 Event : WEED CLEARING 10.7 Date : 2008-11-25/2008-11-25 Event : WEED CLEARING AND RELOCATION OF FENCE : TO THE NORTH OF THE ANTENNA : WILL LIKELY CHANGE (ENHANCE) TRACKING : AT LOW ELEVATIONS in NE AND NW SECTORS 10.8 Date : 2009-12-16/2010-01-08 Event : Snow covered antenna for all or part of : this time. On 2010-01-08 cover was ~250mm : Snow removed on this date 10.9 Date : 2010-07-26/2010-07-26 Event : Weed clearing from near antenna at : 1330Z-1500Z 10.10Date : 2010-11-25/2010-11-29 Event : Snow covered antenna for all or part of : this time. On 2010-01-29 cover was ~400mm : Snow removed on this date at 1000Z 10.11Date : 2011-02-17/2011-02-18 Event : Work ongoing at site, do not use data : from 2011-02-17T12:00Z until : 2011-02-18T12:00Z 10.12Date : 2012-03-29/2012-03-29 Event : Weed clearing from near antenna at : 1000Z-1130Z 10.13Date : 2014-05-15/2014-07-16 Event : Unusually vigorous weed growth took place : near the antenna over this interval, : cleared between 2014-07-14 and 2014-07-16 10.14Date : 2015-05-22/2015-05-22 Event : Weed clearing from near antenna between : 1145Z-1315Z 10.15Date : 2015-09-04/2015-09-04 Event : Weed clearing from near antenna between : 1100Z-1400Z 10.x Date : (CCYY-MM-DD/CCYY-MM-DD) Event : (TREE CLEARING/CONSTRUCTION/etc) 11. On-Site, Point of Contact Agency Information Agency : University of Newcastle Preferred Abbreviation : NCL Mailing Address : Farm Manager : Cockle Park Farm : Morpeth NE61 7DM : UK Primary Contact Contact Name : David Watson Telephone (primary) : +44 (0)1670 790227 Telephone (secondary) : Fax : +44 (0)1670 791078 E-mail : Secondary Contact Contact Name : Martin Robertson Telephone (primary) : +44 (0)191 2087834 Telephone (secondary) : +44 (0)191 2086445 Fax : +44 (0)191 2088691 E-mail : Martin.Robertson@newcastle.ac.uk Additional Information : 12. Responsible Agency (if different from 11.) Agency : School of Civil Engineering and : Geosciences Preferred Abbreviation : NCL Mailing Address : University of Newcastle : Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU : UK Primary Contact Contact Name : Peter Clarke Telephone (primary) : +44 (0)191 2086351 Telephone (secondary) : +44 (0)191 2086445 Fax : +44 (0)191 2086502 E-mail : Peter.Clarke@newcastle.ac.uk Secondary Contact Contact Name : Telephone (primary) : Telephone (secondary) : Fax : E-mail : Additional Information : 13. More Information Primary Data Center : BKG Secondary Data Center : SIO URL for More Information : Hardcopy on File Site Map : Y Site Diagram : Y Horizon Mask : Y Monument Description : Y Site Pictures : ftp://stella.ncl.ac.uk/pub/MORP/pictures Additional Information : Antenna Graphics with Dimensions AOAD/M_T ----- / + \ <-- 0.128 L2 | + | <-- 0.110 L1 +--------------------------------------------------+ <-- 0.102 TCR | | | | | | | | +-+--------------------------------------------------+-+ <-- 0.038 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+ <-- 0.035 BCR | | | | +------x------+ <-- 0.000 BPA=ARP <-- 0.381 -->