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Geodetics Data Access and Tools
NASA has geodetics datasets that help researchers characterize the shape of Earth and the motion of its components. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, Worldview, and Giovanni to make the most of geodetics data.
Geodetics Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Ultra-Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Product (sub-daily files, generated 4 times/day) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
extended standard product-3 (SP3c) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Ultra-Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Summary Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Text format, UNIX compressed ASCII | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Ultra-Rapid Orbit Solution Comparison Summary Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Text format, UNIX compressed ASCII | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Weekly Ionosphere Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) Grid Validation Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IONEX (IONosphere map EXchange) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) 2020 products (IGS20) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GPS | 1983-01-01 to 2020-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | ||
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Predicted Ionosphere Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS, GPS, GNSS | 2008-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IONEX (IONosphere map EXchange) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Rapid Clocks Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS, GPS, GNSS | 2000-11-05 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Rapid Orbit Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS | GLONASS, GPS | 1994-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SP3 (Standard Product 3) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Real-Time Clocks Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS, GPS, GNSS | 2008-10-05 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IGS SSR | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Satellite Data from NASA CDDIS | 1 | CHAMP, ICESat, JASON-1, SAC-C | GPS | 2002-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX V2 | |
| Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Positions Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS, GPS, GNSS | 1992-06-14 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | |
| Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Rapid Ionosphere Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS, GPS, GNSS | 2004-09-10 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IONEX (IONosphere map EXchange) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Real-Time Orbit Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS | GLONASS, GPS | 2008-10-05 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RTCM SSR (State Space Representation) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Troposphere Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS, GPS, GNSS | 1997-01-26 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX_TRO | |
| Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) Ultra-Rapid Orbit Products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS | GLONASS, GPS | 2000-09-17 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Global Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF) solution products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | 2003-07-11 to 2023-10-16 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | ||
| GNSS GLONASS Combined Broadcast Ephemeris Data (30-second sampling, daily files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS P, GNSS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| GRACE/GRACE-FO Level-4 Monthly Gravitational-Rotational-Deformation version 01 from NASA MEaSUREs HOMaGE | 1.0 | GRACE-FO, GRACE | GRACE-FO MWI, GRACE INTERFEROMETER | 2002-04-16 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Station Position Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Extension of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) for Precise Orbit Determination (DPOD) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IDS internal DPOD format | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) IDS Coordinates of the Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF) origin (Geocenter) Time Series Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5, Sentinel-3B | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Geocenter | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) IDS Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) Time Series Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | DORIS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
EOP | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) IDS Ionospheric Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-4, SPOT-5, Sentinel-3B | DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON, DORIS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Daily Data (raw files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX DORIS 3.0 | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) IDS Global SINEX Station Position Time Series Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IDS STCD (Station Coordinates Difference) format |
Featured Geodetics Observation Method: GNSS
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is a space geodesy technology that provides autonomous geospatial positioning around the world. One such system is the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is made up of 24 satellites, each traveling in a 12-hour orbit. A similar system is the GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS) constellation consisting of 24 satellites. Each system is designed so that multiple satellites are within range of any point on Earth in order to precisely determine its location.
GNSS data can used to determine location and positioning around Earth as well as to study geophysics, the motions of tectonic plates and their displacements due to earthquakes, Earth orientation, and atmospheric properties among many other things.
GNSS data can used to determine location and positioning around Earth as well as to study geophysics, the motions of tectonic plates and their displacements due to earthquakes, Earth orientation, and atmospheric properties among many other things.
Join us on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 2pm ET to learn how to discover and access the real-time Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data!
Join us to learn more about Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) radio occultation science and applications! We will highlight science impacts in the areas of numerical weather prediction, forecasting cyclone genesis, and space weather.
Join us on Sept. 28 to learn about the NASA Making Earth System Data Records (ESDR) for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Extended Solid Earth Science ESDR System (ESESES) project, whose Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-derived data products enable research on tectonic motion, crustal deformation, earthquakes, tsunamis, sea level rise, extreme weather, and more!
This update to NASA's Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) archive makes accessing all RINEX data easier and more transparent for the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) user community.
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