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Station and Satellite Clock Products

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) clock combination solutions are available in two forms: rapid and final.

International GNSS Service (IGS) analysis centers provide clock solutions to NASA’s Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) using pre-determined schedules, e.g., daily and weekly. The IGS analysis center coordinator retrieves these solutions and produces a combined product, which is then in turn archived at CDDIS. The IGS produces clock results in two forms, tabulated at 5 minutes and 30 seconds. These combination solutions are considered the official IGS products.

IGS clock combination solutions are available in two forms: rapid and final. The rapid clock combination is a daily solution available approximately 17 hours after the end of the previous UTC day. The final, and most consistent and highest quality IGS solutions, consists of daily clock files, generated on a weekly basis approximately 13 days after the end of the solution week. All clock solution files utilize the RINEX Extensions to Handle Clock Information.

All operational IGS GNSS products (i.e., orbits, station positions, EOP, clock solutions) are available in subdirectories by GPS week. Solution summary files are provided by the analysis centers in which they describe their analysis methods and strategies and list processing statistics. IGS provides descriptions of AC analysis procedures and models used.

In 2009, 2013, and 2020 the IGS initiated “reprocessing campaigns” (repro1, repro2, and repro3 respectively). The IGS analysis centers re-processed the GNSS data from the global network of IGS stations (from 1994 to 2007 for repro1, from 1994 through 2012/2013 for repro2, from 1994 through 2022 for repro3) to produce a fully consistent set of products utilizing the most recent models and updated processing strategies. These reprocessed solutions are available within the weekly subdirectory structure as outlined below, in /repro1, /repro2, and /repro3 and subdirectories.

The starting directory for these files (GPS and GPS+GLONASS solutions) is:

and for GLONASS-only solutions:

At the end of 2022, the IGS made the decision to change the name format going forward of many of its products archived at CDDIS. A table is available on the IGS website which compares the old and new name formats. The table can be found on the following page:

Name Format Since GPS Week 2238

Append the following directory and file names to the starting directory:

File Naming ConventionWWWW/AAA0PPPTYP_YYYYDDDHHMM_LEN_SMP_CNT.FMT.gz

as described in the table below.

CodeMeaning
WWWWGPS week
AAAanalysis center name
CODECenter for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE)
EMR
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
ESAEuropean Space Agency (ESA)
GFZGeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)
GRGGroupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS)
IGSInternational GNSS Service (IGS)
JGXJapanese Space Agency (JAXA)
JPLNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
MITMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
NGSNOAA/National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
SIOScripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
USNUS Naval Observatory (USNO)
PPPcampaign/project specification
OPSOperational IGS product
RNNReprocessing campaign N
TYPsolution type identifier
FINFinal solution combination
RAPRapid solution combination
ULTUltra-rapid solution combination
YYYY4-digit year
DDD3-digit day of year
HH2-digit hour
MM2-digit minute
LENintended product period
SMPtemporal product sampling resolution
CNTcontent type
CLKSatellite and station clock solutions
CLSClock solution analysis summary
SUMAnalysis summary
FMTfile format
CLKSatellite and station clock solutions
SUMAnalysis summary
gzgzipped file

Name Format Before GPS Week 2237

Append the following directory and file names to the starting directory:

File Naming ConventionWWWW/AAAWWWWD.TYP.Z

as described in the table below.

CodeMeaning
WWWWGPS week
AAAanalysis center name/type of solution
cod
CODE (3-day long arc solution)
cofCODE (1-day solution)
coxCODE (GLONASS only)
emrNRCan
emxNRCan (GLONASS only)
esaESA
gfzGFZ
grgGRGS
gsiGeodetic Systems, Inc.
iacMCC Geoscience (GLONASS only)
iglIGS final solution combination (GLONASS only)
 igrIGS rapid solution combination
 igsIGS final solution combination
 iguIGS ultra-rapid solution combination
 igvIGS ultra-rapid solution combination (GLONASS only)
 jplJPL
 mccMCC Geoscience (GLONASS only from SLR data)
 mitMIT
 migMIT
 nclUniversity of Newcastle
 ngsNOAA/NGS
 sioSIO
Dday of week (0-6, 7 indicates weekly)
TYPtype of solution
clkSatellite and station clock solution (5-minute)
clk_30Satellite and station clock solution (30-second)
clsClock solution analysis summary
.ZUNIX compressed file

Though many clock products are available, the products listed below have permanent DOIs:

WWWW/igsWWWWd.clk.ZSatellite and station clock solution (5 minute)
doi: 10.5067/GNSS/gnss_igsclk5_001
WWWW/igsWWWWd.clk_30.ZSatellite and station clock solution (30 second)
doi: 10.5067/GNSS/gnss_igsclk30_001
WWWW/igsWWWWd.cls.ZGNSS Combined Final Clock Solution Comparison Summary Product
doi: 10.5067/GNSS/gnss_igscsum_001
WWWW/igrWWWWd.clk.ZGNSS Rapid Combined Satellite and Receiver Clock Solution (5 minute) Product
doi: 10.5067/GNSS/gnss_igsrclk_001
WWWW/igrWWWWd.cls.ZGNSS Combined Rapid Clock Solution Comparison Summary Product
doi: 10.5067/GNSS/gnss_igrcsum_001