INSTRMNT

MAR 1999

9903.0

STATION POSITION SUBGROUP

                                                                                
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INSTRMNT 3          1.0            0.                                           
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COLUMNS FORMAT         DESCRIPTION                         DEFAULT VALUE & UNITS
                                                                                
1-8     A8     INSTRMNT - Specifies tracking                                    
               instrument parameters.                                           
                                                                                
9-10    I2     Antena number (If ANTPHC option has               0
               been invoked) 
               GEODYN will use the antenna number
               which have been provided on unit 22. 

                       otherwise

               Antenna mount type. (If ANTPHC option             3              
               has NOT been invoked)
                                                                                  
                =1  X-Y East-West                                               
                =2  X-Y North- South                                            
                =3  Azimuth-Elevation                                           
                =4  Hour Angle-Declination                                      
                =5  Richmond VLBI Antenna Mount                                 
                =6  Displacement applied to 
                    station height
                =7  Station height read from
                    unit 23 [NOTE 2]
                =8  Pressure changes read from
                    unit 23 [NOTE 3]
                                                                                
13-16   I4     Laser Tracking Station Detector Type              1              

               MCP Stations:
                =1  Wuhan
                =2  Wettzell                                                    
                    Tokyo
                =3  MOBLAS-5 (Yarragadee)                                       
                    HOLLAS   (Haleakala, HI)                                    
                    TLRS-4                                                      
                =4  MOBLAS-4 (Monument Peak, CA)                                
                    MOBLAS-8 (Quincy, CA)                                       
                    TLRS-3              
                    MLRS     (FT. Davis, TX)                                    
                =5  MOBLAS-7 (Greenbelt, MD)                                    
                =6  TLRS-1                                                      
                =7  TLRS-2                                                      
                =8  Bar Giyyora                                                 
                =9  Orroral                                                     
                    MTLRS-2

               PMT Stations:
                =10 Herstmonceux                                                
                =11 Zimmerwald
                    Borowiec, Poland
                =12 Grasse                                                      
                =13 Shanghai                                                    
                    San Fernando, Spain
                =14 MTLRS-1                                                     
                =15 Helwan                                                      
                =16 Beijing
                =17 Chang Chun                                                  
                    Katsively, Ukraine
                    Riga, Latvia
                =18 Postsdam
                    Dunaovcy, Ukraine
                    Maidanak, Uzbekistan
                    Evpatoria, Ukraine
                    Komsomolsk, Russia
                    Balkash, Russia
                    Simeiz, Ukraine
                =19 Santiago, Cuba
                    Metsahovi, Finland

               SPAD Stations:
                =20 Herstmonceux                                                
                    Graz
                    Simosato
                    MTLRS-1                                                     
                    FTLRS
		     
               Matera Station:
                =21 Matera
                                                                                
21-35   D15.6  Antenna axis displacement in meters.              0.         M   
                                                                                
36-50   D15.6  Nominal received wavelength in microns.           0.    M*1.0D-6 
               ( 0. indicates nominal wavelength will                           
                 be used from observation file as                               
                 supplied by the Tracking Data                                  
                 Formatter Program.)                                            
                                                                                
51-65   D15.6  Turn around factor (TRF).                         1.             
               (TRF=Wavelength trans./wavelength rec.)



                                                               
NOTES:                                                                          
                                                                                
   [1]  Inclusion of an INSTRMNT card which is blank except for columns 1-8     
        negates any previous INSTRMNT card and reverts back to the station      
        complement defaults.                                                    

   [2]  A "7" in column 10 requests reading the station height offsets from
        unit 23.  The following quantities are read:
										
         Col
         1-6     IYMD       I6      - year, month, day (YYMMDD)
         7-10    IHM        I4      - hour, minute (HHMM)
        11-20    SEC        F10.1   - seconds
        21-22                       - not used
        23-30    NSTA       I8      - station number
        36-59    AOFF       D24.16  - height offset

        If the file connected to unit 23 is not present or is empty, no station
        height offsets are applied.  Otherwise, the station height offset is
        chosen as the value on the record whose time is less than or equal to
        the current time.  A time before the start of the table takes the
        value of the first offset for that station; a time after the end of 
        the table takes the last value in the table.

   [3]  A "8" in column 10 requests reading the station pressure values from
        unit 23.  The following quantities are read:
										
         Col
         1-6     IYMD       I6      - year, month, day (YYMMDD)
         7-10    IHM        I4      - hour, minute (HHMM)
        11-20    SEC        F10.1   - seconds
        21-22                       - not used
        23-30    NSTA       I8      - station number
        36-59    pmean      D24.16  - pressure offset (mbar)
        60-83    scale              - pressure scale factor

        The reading of unit 23 and the assignment of values is done as for 
        option 7.  (See NOTE [2] above)

UNITS:  KM =Kilometers; M  =Meters    ; S  =Seconds    ; M/S=Meters per second  
        DEG=Degrees   ; RAD=Radians   ; AS =Arc seconds; MAS=Milli-arc seconds  
                                                                                
                                                                                
IF CARD IS OMITTED:  No instrument correction will be applied.
      



Patrick Dahiroc
1998-09-10