Contiuous GPS station BRUJ

Continuous GPS measurements at BRUJ

General information

The station at Bruarjökull started collecting data on September 16, 2005. The station is funded by the National Power company, intended for monitoring of environmental effects of the Kárahnjúkar hydroelectric plant.
Measurements are made using a Trimble 5700 receiver and a Trimble Zephyr antenna with a Trimble radome.
The approximate station coordinates are: 64.82926 N, 16.08848 W, and the height above sea level is 748.2 m.
The antenna height from the benchmark to the bottom of the antenna is 1.030 m.

Raw data:

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Pictures and diagrams

Instrument setup (schematic diagram)
Antenna monument, Sighvatur Pálsson wiring the gear. Kárahnjúkar in hindsight. [HG sep. 2005]
Cable for electricity dug down. SIL vault on the left; wind generator and solarcell on the right. [HG sep. 2005]
All set!. [HG sep. 2005]
GPS receiver and GSM modem in a box on the monument. [HG sep. 2005]

Results

Displacements of BRUJ in east, north and vertical coordinates (in millimeters) assuming REYK is stationary:

Preliminary results -Results from automatic processing using CODE predicted orbits.
Revised results -Results obtained using CODE final orbits.
Final results (outliers and instrumental offsets removed)

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Halldór Geirsson (dori@vedur.is),